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CHAPTER II. 



OF PLUMS. 



Different Sorts of Plums cultivated in England. — O/' Plant- 

 heading and Training them. — Of Standards in Orchards, 

 and Dvoarfs in Gardens. — The Management of old decayed 

 Trees. 



The Plum is generally supposed to be a native 

 of Asia, and the Damascene to take its name from 

 Damascus, a city of Syria. 



This genus of plants is arranged by Linnaeus 

 in the twelfth class of his System, Icosandria 

 Monogynia j and is named Prunus Domestica. 



The Names and Qualities of those Plums which are commonly 

 cultivated in England, tvith their Time of ripening. 



1. Jaunehative ; White Primordian, Duham. 

 w. 1. t,\. Pom. Franc. 1. p.1^0, t.3, f.l. Pom. 

 AusU L 19!2. f. 1. This is a small plum, of a yellow 

 colour, and mealy. It ripens in the latter end of 

 July, or beginning of August. One tree will be 

 sufficient for a garden. 



2. Early Damask. Langley Pom, t. 20. f, 3. 

 This, commonly called the Morocco Plum, is 

 middle-sized, and the flesh good. It ripens about 

 the beginning of August. 



3. Little Black Damask. Duham, n,9.LW, 

 f. 4. Pom. AusU 1. 178. / 2. This is a rich fruit, 



