90 Three New Plums. 



plum tree in my collection. This dark green color of the leaves is a 

 remarkably distinctive feature. 



Wood dark brown, and exhibits a deal of pubescence. The growth 

 is straight and perpendicular. The tree is not subject to exudations of 

 gum, neither have I been able to discover traces of the black knot 

 excrescence. The bark on the body is smooth and glossy, the very 

 picture of high condition. 



Fruit of the largest size; oblong oval ; skin deep purple, covered with a 

 whitish bloom, which at a distance makes the plum appear of a blue color; 

 suture scarcely apparent, and that only at the lower extremity; stalk 

 short, crooked, thin, and set in a slightly depressed cavity; flesh greenish 

 yellow, sprightly, juicy, a little coarse-grained, sweet and excellent, 

 adheres slightly to the stone ; October ; a valuable late market plum. 



Guthrie's apricot. This is an European variety, and 



much esteemed by the originator. It 

 has borne fruit with me for the three 

 past seasons, and quite equals its foreign 

 reputation. 



The tree is a rapid, strong grower^ 

 with large foliage and a healthy appear- 

 ance. Wood dark and smooth ; buds 

 large, with a projecting shoulder ; forms 

 la low-top tree, with a symmetrical 

 [head. 



Fruit large ; irregular oval ; suture 

 deep and expressive ; skin golden yel- 

 low, covered with a profuse white bloom ; 

 flesh yellow, coarse grain, rich and su- 

 gary, adheres to the stone ; stalk three- 

 quartei-s of an inch long aiid depends from the tree at a slight angle, and 

 is planted in a deep basin ; season September. 



Correction. — The Marten's Seedling Plum, which I described in the 

 October number, is a free stone, which I have since ascertained. My 

 impressions, when Avriting the description, were derived from the previous 

 season's investigation, and were consequently imperfect on that point. 



