P 1. UMS. 



17 



69 Lombiinl. hil 



70 Long Searlot — Scarlet (hujv. K7 



71 Madison. «8 



72 Mngnuni honum, Wliite. 89 



While Kijij. 90 



73 Magnum bonum, Yellow. 91 



Yellow Eg;/. 92 



74 Mainelonnoe. 9;< 



76 Mnnniiig'8 Prune. 94 

 7(i McLaughlin. 95 



77 Masterion. 9G 



78 Martin'H Seedling. 97 



79 MediieiTanean. 



80 Miller'a Spanish, ?;crv/rtr//p. 98 



81 Mirabelle tardive. 



82 Monroe. 



83 Mulberry. 99 



84 Orange, verji large. \0i 

 8JJ Orange I'^gg, vei-y large. 



Orleans, Harly. 

 Orleans, Siiiitli'rt. 

 Pai-sonage. 

 Peach i'iurn. 

 Pcrdrigon violet halif. 

 Prince Knglebert. 

 Prince of Wales. 

 Pond's Seedling {/'Jnglis/i.) 

 Precoce de Berthold. 

 Prune, Austrian. 

 I'runc, d'Agen, '"] 

 Prune, German. I for 



Quctchc. [ drying. 



Prune, Italian, J 

 Qrietche d'ltalie. 

 Fellcmbi'rg. 

 Purple Favorite. 

 .» Quackenboss. 



101 Quetclio, St. MartiTi's. 



102 Red St. Martin. 



(,'ovH lutf red. 



103 Ueagles Ancient ('ity. 



104 iteagleg (Jage. 



lO.*) Ueagles Union Pnr'ple. 



106 Heine ('laudo de Buvay. 



107 ]{eine Claude Diaphan'e. 



108 Heine Claude d'Octobre. ' 



109 Jloyale de Tours. 



110 lloyalc h&i'w e-Ii'arl 1/ Iioyal. 



111 St. Cfltherine. 



112 Sharpe'.s Emperor. 



Dennyers Vi.cl</rla'(' 



1 1 3 Surpasse Orleans. 



114 Thomas. 

 11.5 Washington. 

 116 Winter Bolmer. 



Plum Trees of the following varieties are not subject to knots in the vicinity of New York, 

 and are probably lees so in any locality than any others: — 



Nos. 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 30, 35, 36, 41, 43, 49, 53, 64, 58, C.l, 63, 72, 73, 84, 85, 89, 98, 

 102, 115. 



REJECTED PLUMS. 



The Poniological Society have published a list of 31 rejected varieties, which should receive 

 the special attention of purchasers. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF PLUMS. 



Antomu Gage, medium, ovate, pale yelloM', 

 juicy, sweet, pleasant, free. 



Biughani, large, deep yellow, red spots next 

 sun, juicy, rich, delicious, handsome, produc- 

 tive. 



Blcccker's Gage, medium, ovate, yellow, sweet, 

 rich, luscious, free. 



Bradshaw, very large and showy, oval, dark 

 purple, juicy, good flavor, tree vigorous, erect, 

 liighly productive. 



Campbell's Seedling, large, greenish yellow, 

 very productive, late, valuable for market. 



Cherry, or Early Scarlet, nearly medium, 

 round, brilliant red, subacid, juicy, not rich, 

 second rate, cling, tree vigorous, very ornament- 

 al by its early and profuse bloom. The Golden 

 Cherry is similar in quality. Both are free from 

 knots on Long Island. 



Coe's Golden Drop, very large, oval, pale yel- 

 low, often dotted, firm, sweet, rich, not fine 

 grained, cling, an excellent late variety. 



Coe's Late Red, or Red St. Martin, medium, 

 roundish, light purplish led, blue bloom, firm, 

 rich, \'iiiou.s ; tree vigorous, very productive, a 

 valuable very late variet}-. 



Culnnibia, very large, handsome, globular, 

 brownish puiple, blue bloom, moderately juicy, 

 rich, good flavor, rather coarse, not first rate, 

 free, the fruit is liable to rot, tree very produc- 

 tive. 



Dennistnn's Red, medium, ovate, pale red, 

 fawn dots, rich, good second rate flavor, free. 



Denniston's Superb, medium, roundish, yel- 

 lowish green, mottled with pui'ple, not juicy, but 

 rich, vinous, and free. 



Downtou luiperatrice, unusually free from the 

 eiirculio, medium, oval, pale yellow, acid becom- 

 ing rather sweet, melting, vaiual)le for preserves, 

 ripens late. 



Dnane's Purple, very largo, oblong oval, red- 

 dish purple, lilac bloom, moderately sweet, juicy, 

 second rate flavor, cling, esteemed for its large 

 size and beauty, a very profitable market fruit. 



Emerald Drop, medium, long oval, yellowish 

 green, juicy, rather rich, cling, second rate. 



Fnlton, medium, round, yellow, speckled, 

 juicy, luscious, high flavor, late. 



Galbraith, very estimable, early, large, oval, 

 purple, tender, juic}% luscious, a cling. 



General Hand, largest of plums, golden yel- 

 loAV, sweet, only moderate flavor, rather coarse, 

 highly attractive for its size and beauty, tree re- 

 markably vigorous, very productive. 



Green Gage, the true variety is full medium, 

 and not small as misrepresented, round, yellow- 

 ish green dotted red at base, sweet, melting, aro- 

 matic, exceedingly rich. The tree is of so slow 

 and unthrifty growth that it has been nearlj- 

 abandoned ; and the Imperial Gage, a seedling 

 fi-om it, now takes its place almost universally. 



Guthrie's Apricot, large, roundish ovate, yel- 

 low, some crimson dots, juicy, sweet, moderate 

 flavor, cling, veiy productive. 



Higtilander, large, ovate, deep blue, dotted, 

 juicj', sugary, rich, vinous, excellent, end of Sep- 

 tember. 



Huliug's Superb, one of the largest, roundish, 

 yellowish green, rather firm, sweet rich, spright- 

 ly, excellent, free, tree vigorous, large foliage. 



leliworth Imperatrlce, medium or rather large, 

 obovate, purple, sweet, juicy, rich flavor, ripens 

 late, becomes drier and sweeter, and keeps into 

 winter. 



Italian Damask, medium, roundish, brownish 

 violet, firm, sweet, high flavored, estitnable, free, 

 tree vigorous, productive. 



Italian Prune, or Fellemberg, a most vigorous 

 and productive tree, and unusually free from the 



