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ent in color, which is a bright purphsh pink, with much more 

 bloom, and the flavor is superior. The flesh is yellowish, or 

 pale amber, and parts from the stone. Unlike the Orleans, it 

 never cracks, and the shoots differ from those of that variety 

 in being smooth, whereas m the Orleans they are downy. 

 The leaves are broad, roundish, and easily distinguishable 

 from those of any other plum. The trees are of vigorous 

 growth. Upon stocks planted in the spring of 1844, and 

 budded in August followmg. shoots were produced in 1845, 

 measuring upwards of eight feet. The flowers are protected 

 by the foliage in a most remarkable manner, and it has a pe- 

 culiar habit of spm-ring all up the branches. Trees three 

 years old have been covered with plums, as thickly as they 

 could be placed at three feet up the stem, and the trees were 

 obliged to be staked, to prevent them from breaking down. 

 It was exhibited before the London Horticultural Society, in 

 September, 1845, and awarded a prize. 



Bradshaic^s. — For the want of a name to distinguish a very 

 large and excellent plum, exhibited for three or four years in 

 succession, by E. E. Bradshaw, Esq., Charlestown, we have 

 called it the Bradshaw plum. No variety has yet fruited in 

 our collection, which answers to this variety ; the nearest ap- 

 proach to it, appears to be the Minims, as described by Lind- 

 ley, in his Guide to the Orchard. It is a very large and de- 

 sirable plum, ripening from the middle of August to Septem- 

 ber, with a rich reddish purple skm, covered with an azure 

 bloom ; flesh, juicy and rich. We shall soon give a further 

 account of it, with an engraving of the fruit. 



Gutherie^s Topaz. — First quality, first size, color yellow, 

 ripening the end of September. 



Gutherie's Taybank. — First quality,, first size, green, ripen- 

 ing in September. Much larger than the Green Gage, later, 

 and excellent. 



Gutheries Ajjricot. — First quality, first size, yellow, ripen- 

 ing the end of September. Flavor of the Apricot. These 

 three are all very hardy, and excellent bearers. They orig- 

 inated in Scotland. 



De Montfort. — First quality, first size, purple, ripening in 

 August. Large and excellent. 



Fellemberg. — First quality, first size, purple, ripening in 

 October. A first rate plum, large, late, and delicious. 



