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Wax Plum. — A late variety, ripening during the month of 

 October, when light colored plums are mostly gone. Its pa- 

 rents are supposed to be Bleeker's Yellow and Denniston's Su- 

 perb. Fruit large, slightly oval ; stem quite two inches long 

 and downy ; color the richest yellow, mostly covered with 

 carmine ; bloom lilac ; flesh greenish yellow, juicy, fair, sac- 

 charine, with a sprightly, very pleasant flavor ; stone free. Oc- 

 tober. 



HoioarcTs Favorite. — Another seedling named in honor of 

 Sanford Howard, Esq.; what its parents were, Mr. Dorr is un- 

 able to tell. It is a profuse bearer, and possesses a peculiarity 

 which greatly enhances its value for his bleak grounds, that 

 of resisting the gales of summer : so great its tenacity to hold 

 on that it is impossible to knock them off without breaking 

 the fruit spurs. It continues to ripen for six weeks ; the tree 

 is a fine grovv'^er, forming a fine rounded head, with crumpled 

 leaves, quite ornamental. Fruit large, jug-shaped ; stem one 

 and a quarter inches long, inserted in a rim like the Egg 

 plum ; color rich yellow, dotted and shaded with carmine ; 

 bloom lilac ; skin thick ; flesh rather coarse but very sugary, 

 rich and delicious, clinging somewhat to the stone. Septem- 

 ber. 



Henry Clay. — First bore fruit in 1852. It was raised from 

 pots of Howard's Favorite. Size large, considerably more so 

 than its parent, being broader and heavier ; color bright yel- 

 low on the sunny side, with carmine cheek ; stem nearly two 

 inches long, slightly sunken ; bloom white ; skin tough ; 

 flesh yellow, rich, sugary and delicious; half cling and half 

 free. September. 



The Nonpareil Pear. — A description of this new pear, 

 with an engraving of the fruit, already in type, is necessarily 

 laid over till our next. 



The Diller Pear. — Mr. S. Walker, of Roxbury, has sent 

 us some comments upon our remarks on this variety, which 

 appeared in our February number, but the crowded state of 

 our pages prevent us from giving them a place till our next. 

 The communications of many other correspondents, whose 

 favors we appreciate, are, for the same reason, postponed till 

 the May issue. 



