PLUMS. ^S5 



35. Large White Cling. — Large, greenish white, lightly 

 reddened in the sun, jnicy, sweet, and rich ; tree very 

 hardy and productive; higlily esteemed for preserving on 

 account of its light color ; il. small, glands glob. 



36. Lemon Cling. — A very large and beautiful lemon- 

 sha2:)ed variety, light yellow, reddened in the sun ; flesh 

 yellow, rich, and vinous ; excellent for preserving ; tree 

 hardy and productive. — End of September. Glands ren., 

 fi. small. 



37. Old Mixon Clingstone. — Large, round, whitish, with 

 a red cheek ; flesh pale, sweet, and rich flavored ; fl. 

 small, glands glob. — Beginning of September. 



38. Old Neioington Cling. — Large, yellowish white, with 

 a red cheek ; flesh pale, red at the stone, rich, juicy, and 

 good. — Middle of Se23tember ; fl. large ; no glands. 



Select lists of Peaches. — Our most profitable orchard 

 varieties in Western E"ew York are, N"os. 1, 4, 6, 11, 15 

 or 17, 23, 27, and No. 6, the most valuable single variety, 

 on account of its great size and beauty, and the vigor and 

 productiveness of the tree. 



Select Garden Varieties. — E'os. 2, 4, 5, 11, 13, 21, 23, 

 and 28. 



Robert Manning selects for E"ew England, out of seventy 

 varieties that he has tested, ]^os. 11, 13, 22, 6, 2, 19, 37, 

 7, besides Nivette and "Walter's Early. These ten he con- 

 siders "unimpeachable," and l^o. 6 he considers com- 

 bines, in the greatest degree, all desirable quality. With 

 these he recommends Nos. 5, 4, 14, 16, 21, 16, 27, 36, and 

 32, with several others we have not thought it necessary 

 to describe. He ranks them in regard to relative merit 

 as the numbers are placed. 



Section 7. — Select Plums. 

 1. Autumn Gage^ or Eoe^s Axitumn Gage. — Medium 



