118 Tves^s Seedli}ig Plum. 



The best grapes which liave recently been seen here were 

 some fine ones exhibited at the annual exhibition of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society, in September last, by G. R. 

 Russell, Esq., of West Roxbury, which were awarded the 

 highest premium of $25. A reference to our Vol. XII. p. 

 453, will show how the border was made, precisely as we 

 have advised, and which Mr. Leuchars confirms The vines 

 were planted on the 17th of May, 1846, and were only in 

 their third year last season, but the bunches and berries were 

 very large, well colored, and as beautiful specimens as the 

 most ardent cultivator could wish. 



Mr. Leuchars has kindly promised us some hints on the 

 culture of the peach, and we may congratulate our readers in 

 anticipation of a most excellent essay on so important a sub- 

 ject. — Ed. 



Art. y. Ives's Seedlhig Pltwi, aiiew Variety^ tvitha Descrip- 

 tioji and Engraving of the Fruit. By the Editor. 



The catalogue of American varieties of the plum has been 

 greatly extended within a few years, and, if we except the 

 Green Gage, and two or three other sorts, the principal kinds 

 now cultivated are American seedlings. In size and beau- 

 ty, they surpass most of the foreign varieties, and, with the 

 exception above named, they are superior to them in flavor 

 and general excellence. 



A larger part of our American plums have been produced 

 on Long Island, and in the famous plum region on the North 

 River. To these localities we are indebted for the Imperial 

 Gage, Yellow Gage, Red Gage, Jefferson, Columbia, Albany 

 Beauty, &c., &lq,. New England has furnished a much 

 smaller number of plums than other fruits ; this has undoubt- 

 edly been because the soil is not quite so favorable as in the 

 places we have just named. We are glad, therefore, in hav- 

 ing the opportunity to draw the attention of cultivators to a 

 new and very superior plum, originated in Salem, where two 

 or three other varieties have been produced, but not of the 

 merit of this. 



