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lent either for the table or for preserving. It keep^ 

 well, and Mr. Lindlej informs us that he has eaten it 

 exceedingly good twelve months after it had been ga- 

 thered. It requires the best aspect of a wall, and will 

 scarcely answer in a bleak climate. 



For standards, Gishorne s Early Plum is one of the 

 best and most productive that can be recommended, 

 particularly for the northern portion of Britain. 



The same may be said of the Ooul Orleans, a plum 

 raised by that distinguished horticulturist. Sir George 

 Stuart Mackenzie, of Coul. 



The Precoce de Tours is an early sort ; of a dark 

 blue color, with a violet bloom ; pulp yellow, and of a 

 very pleasant flavor. The tree succeeds as a standard. 



The Blue Imperatrice is a fine late plum ; the tree is 

 a good bearer, but requires an east or west wall. 



Reine Qlaude Violette, L. Sort. Cat., 232. Purple- 

 Gage, Lind.j p. 555. — A very high-flavored variety, re- 

 sembling, color excepted, the green-gage. It succeeds 

 on standards, but is improved by a wall. The tree is 

 a good bearer. 



Washington, L. Sort. Cat.^ 266 ; Amer. Orchard, 

 p. 268. — Fruit rather -large, roundish oval, pale yellow 

 on the shaded side, and of a fine glaucous light purple 

 on the exposed side ; of excellent quality, little inferior 

 to the green-gage. The tree is vigorous, and bears well 

 against a wall, the fruit ripening about the middle of 

 August. Being an early plum, it will, in favorable 

 situations, succeed as a standard. It is, as the name 

 imports, of American origin. It ought to be in every 

 collection. 



Coupers Large Red is a plum of large size, oval ; 

 suture deeply cleft on one side; skin of .a bluish glau- 



