530 Descriptions of Select Vaineties of Plums. 



The curculio is the great foe to a much more extended cul- 

 tivation of the phmi ; but a fruit so vahiable, not only for the 

 table, but for the kitchen, should not be neglected : with a 

 little extra care and expense, the curculio may be so subdued, 

 as to do no material injury to a crop. 



Our catalogues contain about forty diflferent kinds of native 

 seedlings, many of which have been some time in cultiva- 

 tion, while others are quite new, and recently made known 

 to the public : among the latter, are several which have been 

 produced on the Hudson River, that famed locality for plums, 

 and four of them we are now about to describe and figure. 

 Fine specimens were sent to us from the original trees, and 

 each of them we consider fine acquisitions to any collection. 

 We shall continue our descriptions of both foreign and native 

 kinds : — 



1. Mulberry. Fi^uits and Fruit Trees of America. 



Fruit, large, about two inch- 

 es long, and one and a half in 

 diameter, oval, tapering most 

 towards the stem, with a shght 

 suture on one side : Skin, pale 

 dull yellow, dotted with a few 

 crimson specks, covered with 

 white dots, and a thin, whitish 

 bloom: Stem, medium length, 

 about one inch, rather slender, 

 curved, and inserted with scarce- 

 ly any cavity on an elongated 

 obtuse point : Flesh, greenish 

 yellow, rather coarse, melting, 

 and adhering to the stone : Juice, 

 abundant, rich, sugary and ex- 

 cellent : Stone, large, oblong, 

 pointed at each end. Ripe the 

 i^^.46. Mulberry. first of September. 



This fine plum, {fig. 46,) nearly equal in size to the 

 Washington, but much more oval, was raised in the famous 

 plum garden of Isaac Denniston, of Albany. The tree is 

 moderately vigorous, with large, broad, crumpled leaves. 



