THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



be packed in fancy packages and sent 

 over in large quantities. Let them be 

 peddled on the streets of the great cities 

 by the costermongers, and thus intro- 



duced among the middle classes, until a 

 demand has been created ; then there 

 will be no trouble in finding agents who 

 will gladly receive them from us. 



Fig. 1612. — A Seedling Plum. 



A SEEDLING PLUM. 

 A blue plum in my garden here is re- 

 markable for its hardiness and produc- 

 tiveness. It most closely resembles the 

 variety " Prince Englebert." The tree 

 is said to have been planted about 25 

 years ago, and to be the only one of a 

 number purchased at the same time 

 which has lived. The trunk divides in 

 three parts almost at the ground, where 

 it has a diameter of about 15 inches. 

 It is absolutely hardy, and yields enor- 

 mously about every second year. In 



1898, I gathered from it 440 pounds of 

 fruit. At least 60 pounds more fell 

 owing to the wind, or with branches 

 which could not be propped. The size 

 of the fruit is medium to large, and the 

 quality good. The variety seems a de- 

 sirable one to propagate, especially in 

 the East ; and I shall be glad to give 

 scions for budding, at the proper time, 

 to all who may desire them. Fig. 161 2 

 shows a terminal cluster of the fruit. 



F. R. L. 

 Ottawa. 

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