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THE ISABELLA PLUM. 



This Plum is stated by Mr. Miller, of Bristol, 

 to be a variety of great excellence. It does not 

 require a wall to bring it to perfection, and it ex- 

 ceeds all those kinds that stand in the scale next 

 below the Green Gage, Coe's Golden Drop, and the 

 Washington. It is said to bear three crops a-year. 

 In the specimens we examined there was fruit per- 

 fectly ripe, and half grown. 



SHOOTS vigorous, brownish, pubescent, like an 

 Orleans. 



LEAVES tniddle- sized, oval, crenated, slightly 

 pubescent above, PETIOLES of medium length 

 and thickness. 



FLOWERS middle-sized. PETALS roundish, 

 obovate. 



FRUIT 2| inches long, 1| broad, oblong, and 

 tapering towards the stalk, with very little apparent 

 suture. STALK half an inch long, very slightly 

 downy. SKIN deep, dull, brownish red, when nearly 

 ripe, where shaded a little inclining to yellow, 

 copiously covered with deep-coloured dots. FLESH 

 sweet, rich, and very agreeable ; adhering to the 

 stone, which is acute at each end, but tapering a 

 good deal towards the base; 1J inch long. 



The figure now given is smaller in all its parts 

 than the specimen described. 



