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Jefferson. Fruit large, oval. Skin greenish yellow, becoming 

 a rich golden yellow with red on the sunny side, Flesh 

 yellow, firm, juicy, rich, delicious. A splendid American 

 dessert plum, and a good shipper. February March. 



Kirk's. Fruit above medium size, round. Skin dark purple, 

 with a few deep yellow spots, and covered with blue 

 bloom. Flesh greenish yellow, fine, juicy, richly 

 flavoured. Separates freely the stone. A splendid 

 dessert fruit, and a good shipper, hardy and vigorous, 

 and an abundant bearer. February and March. 



Large Black Imperial.--Fruit large. Skin very dark purple, 

 or rather deep crimson, paler where shaded. Flesh 

 yellow, juicy, firm and sweet. A fine dessert fruit and 

 cooking plum. Tree a very healthy and vigorous grower 

 of its class. March. 



Peach Plum. Fruit very large, roundish, brownish red, coarse- 

 grained but juicy, pleasant flavour. A well-known Cali- 

 fornia early shipping plum. January. 



Pond's Seedling 1 . A very valuable English variety, highly 

 esteemed and very extensively shipped from California 

 under the name of Gros Prune, very popular in the 

 Eastern States. Fruit very large, oval. Skin from dark 

 red, thickly strewed with grey dots, covered with bluish 

 bloom. Flesh yellowish, juicy, briskly flavoured, 

 adhering to the stone. A beautiful plum. February 

 and March. 



Reid's Late Gem. A valuable new late plum from New 

 Zealand, forwarded to me by Government Pomologist, 

 who strongly recommended it. Very late and moderate 

 grower. Bears heavily here and can be recommended. 



Rivers' Early Prolific. Purple, oval, medium size, juicy, 

 and good, free stone. A free grower, healthy, and an 

 enormous bearer. Maintains its reputation where fruited 

 here. Will ripen January and February. One of the 

 best cooking plums. 



Rivers' Late Prolific. A seedling of Early Prolific, with the 

 same characteristics, but ripens three weeks later. 



Tragedy. A standard early shipping plum of Calif ornian 

 origin. Very popular in the Eastern States. Should 

 ripen here before Cherry Plum season is over. Medium 

 to large. Skin purple. Flesh yellowish green, very 

 rich and sweet. Perfect free stone. Behaviour here 

 as to growth excellent, bearing qualities not so certain. 



