90 Description of the Columbia Plum. 



an object to introduce this fruit and acclimate it in England, 

 where they pay such magnificent prices for whatever is rare 

 and valuable. If money were an object with the person in- 

 troducing it, he would no doubt be richly remunerated. 



R. M. 

 Pcmological Garden, Salem, Jan. 26, 1842. 



It is unnecessary for us to make any comments upon the 

 value of the above remarks. Mr. Manning's discerning and 

 attentive mind has delected errors wliere few other cuhiva- 

 tors would have found tliem out. The desire to store his 

 mind with practical, rather than theoretical, knowledge, has 

 led him to note the variations and changes which take place in 

 all fruits which have come under his eye. These variations, 

 it is well known, have given rise to the innumerable synonymes 

 which abound in our catalogues of fruit. Every individual 

 who wishes to make himself familiar with fruits should be a 

 careful observer; for it is only by great experience that we 

 can become familiar with the changes which, from the effects 

 of soil and climate, take place in vegetation. 



In the Gar(lener''s Chronicle of Inst year, several commu- 

 nications appeared from Mr. Rivers, Jr., and other celebrated 

 cultivators in England, upon the variations which have been 

 observed in pears in that climate; and the remarks of the sev- 

 eral writers will undoubtedly lead to valuable results, in regard 

 to a judicious and projier selection of kinds for peculiar soils, 

 exposures and situations. — Ed. 



Art. III. Description of a new variety of Plum, called the 

 Columbia; with some Remarks on the culture of the Plum, 

 the destruction of the Cureulio, 4'C. By A. J. DowjSING, 

 Botanic Garden and Nurseries, Nevvburgh, N. Y. 



About two years since, our attention was called to a new 

 variety of plum, of superior quality, which originated in the 

 city of Hudson, in this State. The original tree, which is 



