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August, when it has the rare quality of hanging long on the tree, 

 gradually improving in flavour. It does not, like many sorts, appear 

 liable to the attacks of wasps, which destroy so many of the light 

 coloured plums as soon as they arrive at maturity. 



We received the Jefferson Plum a few years ago, from the late 

 Judge Buel, by whom it was raised and named. It is a good 

 and regular bearer, and the crop is very handsome on the tree. 



Branches slightly downy, leaves oval, flat. Fruit large, oval, 

 slightly narrowed on one side, towards the stalk. Skin golden 

 yellow, with a beautiful purplish-red cheek, and covered with a 

 thin, white bloom. Stalk an inch long, pretty stout, very slightly 

 inserted. Suture indistinct. Flesh deep orange, (like that of 

 an Apricot,) parts freely, and almost entirely from the stone, 

 which is long and pointed ; very rich, juicy, luscious, and high 

 flavoured. Hangs a fortnight on the tree. 



LAWRENCE'S FAVOURITE. 

 Lawrence's Gage. 



Lawrence's Favourite is a fruit 

 of high merit, raised by Mr. L. 

 U. Lawrence, of Hudson, N. Y., 

 from a seed of the Green Gage. 

 The general appearance of 

 the fruit is like that of its parent, 

 except that it is two or three 

 times as large. It hangs well 

 on the tree, and its remarkable 

 size, flavour and productiveness, 

 will soon give it a place in every 

 garden, and we think it deserv- 

 ing our highest commendation. 

 Lawrence's Favourite forms 

 an upright tree of thrifty growth, 

 Lawrence's Favourite. w i t h dark green leaves, (which 



are rather below the medium size,) and upright growing short- 

 jointed shoots. Young branches downy. 



Fruit large, heavy, roundish, a little flattened at either end. 

 Skin dull yellowish-green, clouded with streaks of a darker 

 shade beneath, and covered with a light bluish-green bloom. 

 The upper part of the fruit, when fully ripe, is covered with a 

 peculiar brownish network, and a few reddish dots. Stalk 

 short, only half an inch long, slender, inserted in a narrow 

 cavity. Flesh greenish, resembling that of the Green Gage, 

 remarkably juicy, and melting, perhaps scarcely so rich as the 

 latter, but with a very rich, sprightly, vinous flavour, and one of 

 the most delicious of plums. Stone five-eighths of an inch long, 

 flattened ; the flesh sometimes adheres a little, when not fully 

 ripe, but then separates freely. Ripens at the middle of August. 



