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THE PLTTM. 



like many sorts, appear liable to the attacks of wasps, which 

 destroy so many of the light 

 coloured plums as soon as 

 .hey arrive at maturity. 



We received the Jefferson 

 Plum a few years ago, from 

 the late Judge Buel, by 

 whom it was raised and 

 named. The original tree 

 is still, we believe, growing 

 in his garden near Albany. 

 It is a good and regular 

 bearer, and the crop is very 

 handsome upon the tree. 



Branches slightly downy, 

 leaves oval, flat. Fruit 

 large, oval, slightly nar- 

 rowed on one side, towards 

 the stalk. Skin golden yel- 

 low, with a beautiful pur- 

 plish-red cheek, and covered 

 with a thin white bloom. 

 Stalk an inch long, pretty 



stout, very slightly inserted. 



Fig. 108. Jefferson. 



Suture indistinct. Flesh deep orange, (like that of an Apricot,) 

 parts freely, and almost entirely from the stone, which is long 

 and pointed ; very rich, juicy, luscious and high flavoured. 

 Hangs a fortnight on the tree. 



22. LAWRENCE'S FAVOURITE. 

 Lawrence's Gage. 



Lawrence's Favourite is a 

 fruit of high merit, raised by 

 Mr. L. U. Lawrence, of Hud- 

 son, N. Y., from a seed of the 

 Green Gage. The exceeding 

 congeniality to the plum of the 

 soil of Hudson, which is almost 

 a stiff clay, is fully attested by 

 the seemingly spontaneous pro- 

 duction of such varieties as this, 

 the Columbia and several others. 



The general appearance of 

 the fruit is like that of its parent, 

 except that it is two or three 

 times as large. It hangs well 



Rg. 109. Lawrence's Favourite. 



on the tree, and its remarkable size, flavour and productiveness, 



