28 S /lipping Fmit -Packages. 



Princes Yellow Gage is a very hardy, productive, and delicious plum. It 

 is very juicy, of a rich, sugary flavor, and is always a favorite variety. 



Reine Claude de Bavay is a desirable late variety, often not ripening until 

 October. The color is greenish-yellow, and the flesh is rich and juicy. 



The Thomas is a very handsome native variety, which has attained some 



popularity. The fruit is large, reddish-salmon, with yellow dots \ the flesh 

 yellow, with a peculiarly pleasant flavor. Tree of vigorous habit. 



To these we may add Coe's Golden Drop, a very beautiful plum ; Duane^s 

 Pujple, a valuable variety ; Brads/iaw, a large dark plum ; Victoria, Colum- 

 bia, and McLaughlin; not forgetting an old-f:rshioned Damson, or, better, 

 the Shropshire Damson, for preserving ; and we have a selection which will 

 give every satisfaction. E. S. P., jun. 



Glen Ridge, May, 1868. 



SHIPPING FRUIT-PACKAGES. 



At the recent meeting of the Northern Illinois Horticultural Societ}^, 

 held at the pretty little city of Freeport, a portion of one of the meetings 

 was devoted to a discussion of the best modes of shipping and marketing 

 fruit. 



As the custom of employing an agent in the cities to which the fruit is 

 sent is almost universal, and as the railroads furnish the chief means of 

 transportation, the ne.xt and most important question has reference to the 



