PLUMS. 245 



Eemarks. — Foreign. Flesh, amber color, juicy, slightly 

 acid. Eecommended by Buchanan, Ernst, and Vv^arder, 

 for the locality of Cincinnati. In wet seasons, which are 

 the great trouble of plums, especially, of all fruits, this 

 plum suffers from rotting and mildew ; but in warm sea- 

 sons it is first rate. It is apt sometimes to be confounded 

 with the Purple Magnum Bonum. It rijDens rather early, 

 and is a highly tempting dessert fruit. 



Early Orleans. Wood, downy ; color, dark reddish 

 purple; form, round, oval; size, 2; stone, separating; 

 quality, 1 ; use, tabic and kitchen ; flavor, brisk, rich ; 

 season, July. 



Eemarks. — An English variety of earl}^ maturity, and 

 of good quality. Eecommended by Buchanan, Ernst, and 

 Warder for the localit}^ of Cincinnati. 



EMPEEOE, or GoUath. Color, purplish red; form, 

 round oblate ; size, 1 (very large) ; stone, adhesive ; qual- 

 ity, 1 ; use, table ; season, August. 



Eemarks. — Successfully raised in poultry -^^ards, where 

 the fowls roost on the trees, and perambulate much all 

 under them, making the ground hard, and frighten- 

 ing the Curculio away. Exhibited at the Horticultural 

 Society Eooms by Mr. Bush, August 23, 1856. Eight 

 bushels of plums saved in a very scarce year, raised in a 

 yard where poultry is kept — all the fruit very fine. Mr. 

 Bush has, also, in this way saved several other kinds. 



FLUSHING GAGE. See Imperial Gage, Prince's. 



GEEMA:^r'PEUNE, or Dutch Prune. Wood, smooth; 

 color, very dark purple, nearly black, dusted with some 

 blue bloom ; form, long, oval ; size, 2 ; stone, adhesive ; 

 quality, 1 ; use, table ; flavor, quite juicy at first, but, if 



