272 THE PLUM. 



pression. Skin pale yellow, covered with thin whitish bloom. 

 Flesh greenish yellow, separating from the stone ; juicy, sweet, 

 and of delicate, pleasant flavour. Stone long, compressed, point- 

 ed at both ends. 



2. APRICOT. Lind. Miller. 



Apricot Plum of Tours. 

 Abricotee de Tours. > 

 Abricotee. $ Duh - 



Yellow Apricot. 



Branches quite downy, nearly white. Fruit above medium 

 size, roundish, with a deep suture or furrow. Stalk very short, 

 seldom half an inch long. Skin yellow, dotted and tinged with 

 red on the sunny side, covered with a white bloom. Flesh yel- 

 low, rather firm, separates from the stone ; slightly bitter, until 

 fully ripe, when it is melting, juicy, and high flavoured. Ripe 

 the middle of August. 



This is the true old Apricot plum of Duhamel. The Apricot 

 plum of Thomson is an inferiour, clingstone, oval fruit, (with 

 smooth branches,) fit only for cooking. 



3. BYFIELD. Man. 



This plum, not having yet borne fruit with us, we can only 

 give its character from the MSS. of Mr. Manning. 



Branches smooth. Fruit small, round ; suture a mere line. 

 Stalk half an inch long, set in an even basin. Skin light yel- 

 low, with red spots around the stem. Flesh yellow, of good fla- 

 vour, adheres to the stone, which is thick. Middle to last of 

 August 



4. BUEL'S FAVOURITE. 



An excellent new plum, raised by that successful grower, 

 Isaac Denniston, of Albany, and named after his friend, the dis- 

 tinguished agriculturist, Judge Buel. 



Branches smooth, reddish. Fruit pretty large, ovate, broad- 

 est towards the stalk. Suture quite distinct for half the cir- 

 cumference. Stalk nearly three quarters of an inch long, rather 

 stout, slightly inserted. Skin pale green, thickly sprinkled with 

 lighter dots, and speckled with a little red next the stalk. Flesh 

 greenish-yellow, rather firm, juicy, and quite rich and high fla- 

 voured, adheres to the stone, which is long and pointed. Last 

 of August. 



5. BINGHAM. Man. Ken. Thomp. 

 A native fruit, originally frf3m Pennsylvania, and named after 



