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PLUMS. 



in much request, and commands a high price. Unfortu- 

 nately the tree is very subject to the attacks of insects, which 

 cause knots and excrescences to be formed to a greater degree 

 on this than on any other plum tree. This inconvenience 

 may however be easily remedied by proper attention to pi'un- 

 ing ofl' all the wounded branches at the season of the year 

 when the insect has taken shelter therein, taking care to burn 

 them immediately ; which course, if followed up for two years, 

 or three at most, will efl'ectually destroy them. I have noticed 

 that this tree aifords abundant crops when growing in sod 

 ground along the sides of the highway. The fruit is about 

 an inch in length, and three-fourths of an inch in diameter ; it 

 is of a dark purple colour, covered wiUi bloom ; the flesh has 

 rather too much acidity for a table fruit, but this tartness gives 

 an agreeable flavour to the preserves that are made from 

 it. Tile growth of the tree greatly resembles the preceding 

 variety, and I have been inclined to think them the same ; but 

 as this does not ripen till September, and also difiers in some 

 oUicr points from the description given of that variety by 

 Duhamel, I have been unable, hitherto, to satisfy myself on 

 this head. 



SHROPSHIRE DAMSON. Lond. hokt. cat. 



Damson plum. For. 



This is a large variety of the Damson, of fine quality and 

 rich flavour ; it is suitable for preserves. It ripens in October. 

 The tree produces abundantly. 



MIMIM'S PLUM. Pr. cat. Pom. mag. Lond. uort. cat. 

 Imperial Diadem ? 



I copy the description of this fine fruit from the Pomological 

 Magazine, in which it is admirably figured. 



" This variety is said to have been raised many years since 

 from a stone of the Blue Perdrigon plum, in the garden of 

 Henry Browne, Esq. at North Mimm's Place, in Hertfordshire, 

 and was exhibited at a meeting of the Horticultural Society, 



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