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The Ives Plum, 



THE IVES PLUM. 



This variety was originated some years since at Salem, Massachu- 

 setts, by JSIr. J. M. Ives — who thought it, probably, a seedling from 

 the Washington. Here, where only a few kinds of plums are culti- 

 vated, it is one of the most valued, and it is believed that it may safely 

 be recommended for general cultivation throughout the country. 



The Ives Plum. 



The tree is productive and vigorous, making an open, spreading top, 

 ■with strong, sti^aight shoots. Young wood brownish, becoming pur- 

 plish-red at the ends, covered with a hardly perceptible down. 



Fruit large, oval ; suture sometimes distinct, but generally obscure. 

 Skin yellow, clouded with whitish streaks like Washington, but less 

 distinct. Where most exposed to the sun it is tinged with red, and 

 spotted and clouded with deeper red and a few patches of thin russet. 

 Bloom rather thin. Flesh yellow, transparent, juicy, and rich. It can 

 hardly be said to part from the stone, as the latter is contained in a 

 cavity larger tlian itself, and seems to be joined to the flesh only at one 

 edgre. 



