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rich fruit, it is a great bearer, and good for all 

 purposes. 



2. Poupart's plum ; this plum was raised from 

 seed, by Mr. James Poupart, near Fulham ; it is 

 a very great bearer, of a red colour, and rather 

 a long form, it is a tolerable good plum, but 

 best suited for culinary purposes. 



3. Blue Perdigron; this plum is of a very 

 dark blue colour, is good flavoured, and ripens in 

 August. 



4. White Bonum Magnum, or Egg Plum ; 

 this is a very great bearer, the fruit is large, i 

 the form of an egg, and very handsome ; it is 

 not a bad eating plum, though it is principally 

 used for baking ; it ripens in September. 



5. Red Bonum Magnum, or Red Imperial ; 

 this is a large red plum in the form of an egg, it 

 is a good bearer, but like the white, it is princi- 

 pally used for culinary purposes ; it ripens early 

 in October. 



6. La Roy ale ; is a very fine flavoured plum 

 of a red colour ; this being rather tender in the 

 bloom, it succeeds best against a west wall ; it 

 ripens late in September. 



