RED OR PURPLE PLUMS. 301 



Fruit large, roundish-oblong, enlarged on one side of the 

 suture. Skin a fine deep red, approaching purple, a little paler 

 in the shade, dusted with a thin blue bloom. Stalk three quar- 

 ters of an inch long, deeply inserted in a well marked hollow. 

 Flesh yellow, adheres considerably to the stone, rather juicy, 

 with a brisk, sprightly flavour. Last of August. 



63. GWALSH. Thomp. 



A fruit little known out of New-Jersey, where, we believe, it 

 is a native. We received it from Thomas Hancock, of Burling- 

 ton, N. J. It is large, showy and prolific, and about the quality 

 of the Red Magnum Bonum. 



Branches nearly smooth. Fruit large, regularly formed, obo- 

 vate, with scarcely any suture. Skin rich, dark purple, cover- 

 ed with blue bloom. Stalk rather slender, not quite an inch 

 long, slightly inserted. Flesh yellow, juicy, of sprightly fla- 

 vour, mixed with a slight acid, and adheres to the stone. Second 

 quality. Middle of August. 



64. HOLLAND. Pom. Man. Ken. 



Blue Holland. 

 Holland Prune. 



A pleasant, late plum, of second quality, handed down from 

 the old Dutch gardens of New- York, and perhaps, originally 

 brought over by the first settlers of that city. 



Branches downy, rather slender. Fruit round, slightly flat- 

 tened. Skin blue or light reddish-purple, covered with a blue 

 bloom. Stalk set in a small cavity. Flesh juicy, melting, 

 sweet and pleasant, separating freely from the stone. It hangs 

 a long while on the tree, to which the stalk adheres rather 

 closely, ripening from the last of August to the middle of Sep- 

 tember. 



65. HORSE PLUM. Thomp. Floy. 



Large Early Damson. ) of Prince 

 Sweet Damson. $ and Ken 



A very common and inferiour fruit, which reproduces itself 

 from seed, and is almost naturalized in the gardens of the middle 

 states. The seedlings make good stocks for the nursery. 



Branches downy. Fruit of medium size, oval, with a deep 

 suture on one side. Skin purple in the sun, reddish on the 

 shaded side, with blue bloom. Flesh greenish-yellow, rather 

 dry and acid, separates from the stone. Last of August. 



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