RED OR PURPLE PLUMS 3Q9 



81. POND'S SEEDLING. 

 Pond's Purple. Ken. 



A productive plum of only second quality. It was Drought 

 into notice by Mr. Samuel Pond, a nurseryman near Boston, 

 out the original tree grew in the garden of Henry Hill, Esq. 

 in the city of Boston. 



Branches downy. Fruit middle sized, roundish. Skin 

 purple. Stalk short. Flesh yellowish, rather dry, separates 

 from the stone, sweet, mingled with acid, of tolerable flavour. 

 Ripens early in August, and hangs a long time. 



82. PEOLY'S EARLY BLUE. 



This is a native fruit, of medium quality, which we received 

 from Mr. Manning. Branches very downy. Fruit middle 

 sized, oblong, suture scarcely visible. Skin very dark blue, 

 covered with light blue bloom. Stalk short, uneven. Flesh 

 yellow, of pleasant flavour, adhering partially to the stone, 

 which is not large, but rather bluntly terminated. Ripens 

 about the 10th of August. 



83. PRUNE D'AGEN. Nois. 



D'Agen. ) Thomp. Agen Datte. 



Prune d'Ast f St. Maurin. 



Robe de Sergent Prune de Brignole, (of some.) 



A French prune, of good quality, chiefly used for drying or 

 preserving. Branches smooth, leaves narrow. Fruit of me- 

 dium size, obovate, flattened on one side. Skin purple, with a 

 blue bloom. Stalk short. Flesh greenish-yellow, sweet. It 

 is a freestone, and makes an excellent prune. It ripens late in 

 September, and bears prodigious crops. 



84. PRUNE, MANNING'S LONG BLUE. 



Large Long Blue. Man. 

 Manning's Long Blue. 



Manning's Long Blue Prune, we received from the late Mr. 

 Manning, with the account that it was had by him without a 

 name, from Landreth's Nursery, Philadelphia. It is undoubt- 

 edly a seedling of the common Quetsche, and is one of the best 

 of this family of plums. Its large size, long keeping, and late- 

 ness, added to the fact that it bears most abundant crops, make 

 it a good market fruit. 



