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THE PLUM. 



MADISON. 



Raised by Isaac Deniston, Al- 

 bany, N.Y. Tree very vigorous 

 and productive, branches smooth. 

 Fruit medium size, nearly globu- 

 lar ; suture shallow, extending near- 

 ly around the fruit. Skin golden 

 yellow, with few splashes of green, 

 dotted and shaded with crimson 

 on the sunny side, and lightly 

 covered with a delicate bloom. 

 Stalk stout and short, inserted in a 

 very small cavity. Flesh golden 

 yellow, rather coarse, moderately 

 juicy, with a rich sugary flavour, 

 adheres slightly to the stone. Ri- 

 pens the last of September. Madison Plum. 



MCLAUGHLIN. Hort. 

 Raised by James Mc- 

 Laughlin, Bangor, Me. 

 Tree hardy, vigorous, 

 and productive, a valu- 

 able variety, nearly or 

 quite equal to Green 

 Gage. Branches smooth. 

 Fruit large, nearly round, 

 oblate, flattened at both 

 ends, suture slight. Stalk 

 three-fourths of an inch 

 long, inserted in a small 

 cavity by a ring. Skin 

 thin and tender, yellow, 

 dotted and marbled with 

 red on the sunny side, 

 and covered with a thin 

 bloom. Flesh dull yel- McLaughlin's Plum. 



low, rather firm, juicy, very sweet and luscious. It adheres to 

 the stone. Ripens last of August. 



ORLEANS, SMITH'S. Pom. Man. 



Violet Perdrigon. ) incorrectly, of some 

 Red Magnum Bonum. ) American gardens. 



Smith's Orleans, the largest and finest of this class of plums, 

 is a native variety raised from the old Orleans about twenty 

 years ago by Mr. Smith, of Gowanus, Long Island. It is one of 

 the most vigorous of all plum trees, making straight, glossy, red- 



