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PLUMS. 



^Belgian Purple. Fruit medium size, roundish. Skin deep 

 purple, covered with blue bloom. Flesh greenish, juicy, 

 sweet. A valuable cooking plum. March. 



Clyman. A standard early plum of Californian origin, largely 

 shipped to the Eastern States, where it fetches good 

 prices. Mottled, reddish purple, blue bloom ; free 

 stone ; flesh firm, dry and sweet. Ripens with the Cape 

 Ked Cherry Plum. Bears heavily in some situations 

 here. 



Coe's Golden Drop. Fruit very large, being generally about 

 2^ inches long and 2 inches in diameter, oval. Flesh 

 yellowish red, sugary and delicious, one of the most 

 delicious dessert plums and a good shipper. 



Czar. Fruit large, oval, roundish. Skin dull red to quite black 

 when well ripened, covered with blue bloom. Flesh 

 tender, sweet, juicy, separating freely from the stone. 

 A very valuable cooking plum. Tree a free grower and 

 abundant bearer. January February. 



Damask. (Constantia.) A handsome, oval, purple plum of the 

 largest size, covered with blue bloom. Flesh yellowish, 

 juicy, sweet, delicious. Has a great local reputation, 

 last year fetching 6s. a hundred on the Cape Town 

 market. A free grower and good bearer. 



Diamond. English. Branches long. Fruit of the largest size. 

 Skin black, covered with a blue bloom. Flesh deep 

 yellow, coarse-grained. Free stone. A cooking plum 

 of better quality in this country than at home. A 

 heavy cropper. February. 



Goliith.. Fruit very large, oblong. Skin deep reddish purple, 

 paler on shady side, covered with blue bloom. Flesh 

 yellow, juicy, adheres to stone. A fine showy plum, 

 suitable for dessert, and an excellent culinary fruit. 

 February and later. 



Greengage. It is hardly necessary to describe this plum, of 

 good repute in every country. 



Imperial Gage. Very large. Flesh slightly yellowish, colour 

 bright yellow. Highly recommended by Mr. Van der 

 Byl, of Constantia, who always gets highest price for 

 this variety and finds it suited to every soil. Free stone. 



