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large egg shaped fruit, frequently used as a dessert plum, 

 but more generally for preserving ; it is a good bearer, and 

 ripens in September. 



31. Smith's Orleans. This is a fine large purple plum 

 of excellent flavour, suitable for the dessert, and much es- 

 teemed ; the tree is of very rapid growth, and bears well. 



Bingham This is said to be an oblong yellow plum of 

 large size and excellent quality, tender, rich, and juicy. I 

 have not yet had it to produce fruit. 



36. Peter* s Large Yellow. Is said to be a variety of the 

 gage, nearly as large as the Washington, and in quality 

 much resembling it. 



9. WetheriWs Sweei. Is a delicious sweet little cling- 

 stone plum, much admired, but not much larger than the 

 common Blue Damson ; ripens in August. 



72. Sfianish Damask. Fruit oval, medium srze, violet 

 colour, and touched with red on the sunny side ; flesh sugary, 

 high flavoured, and separating from the pit ; ripens the be- 

 ginning of September. 



50. Monsieur Hatif. Tree vigorous and productive ; fruit 

 large, round, and handsome, of a violet colour, and melting ; 

 ripens the. end of July or beginning of Au^usu 



101 Peach. Fine large fruit, ami in flavour similar to 

 the preceding ; ripens also about the same period. 



95. Jerusalem. A very beautiful plum, of large size, 

 flesh adhering to the stone, and somewhat resembling the 

 Apricot Plum in appearance, the flavour agreeable. 



9.4. Isle Verte. Fruit large and oblong, very good for 

 preserves; ripens in September. 



57. Monstrous Prune. Of the prune, or, as they are 

 termed in Germany, " Quetscue," there are a number of 

 varieties, all which are of fine siae, and considered as the 

 best plums for drying as prunes; this is one of the largest 

 of the varieties; the principal characteristic of these plums 

 is that the flesh is sweet and agreeable when dried. I am 

 informed that the " Italian Prune" ranks highest as a table 

 fruit when plucked from the tree. The process of drying 

 prunes seems to be so very easy, that I should suppose it 

 might be undertaken in this country with a certainty of suc- 

 cess, and so as to totally- supersede the importation of that 

 article. 



Note The prescribed limits not allowing space for de- 

 scriptions of other plums, I will merely remark, that al- 



