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THE ISABELLA PLUM. 



This Plum is stated by Mr. Miller, of Bristol, 

 to be a variety of great excellence. It does not 

 require a wall to bring it to perfection, and it ex- 

 ceeds all those kinds that stand in the scale next 

 below the Green Gage, Coe's Golden Drop, and the 

 Washington. It is said to bear three crops a-year. 

 In the specimens we examined there was fruit per- 

 fectly ripe, and half grown. 



Shoots v%Drous, brownish, pubescent, like an 

 Orleans. 



Leaves middle-sized, oval, crenated, slightly- 

 pubescent above. Petioles of medium length 

 and thickness. 



Flowers middle-sized. Petals roundish, 

 obovate. 



Fruit 2J inches long, l^ broad, oblong, and 

 tapering towards the stalk, with very little apparent 

 suture. Stalk half an inch long, very slightly 

 downy. Skin deep, dull, brownish red, when nearly 

 ripe, where shaded a little inclining to yellow, 

 copiously covered with deep-coloured dots. Flesh 

 sweet, rich, and very agreeable ; adhering to the 

 stone, which is acute at each end, but tapering a 

 good deal towards the base; IJ inch long. 



The figure now given is smaller in all its parts 

 than the specimen described. 



