386 THE PLUM. 



is a very old variety from Catalonia, and the south of France, 

 and has been in cultivation more than two hundred years. It 

 is a pretty little fruit, and is worthy of a place in the garden of 

 the amateur. The tree has long, slender, downy branches. 



Fruit small, oval, or obovate, with a yellow suture on one 



side. Stalk slender, half an inch long. Skin pale yellow, 



thinly coated with bloom. Flesh yellow, tolerably juicy, and 



.melting, of sweet and pleasant flavour ; separates from the stone. 



Ripens from the 10th to the middle of July. 



JUDSON. 



Raised by Mr. Judson, of Lansingburgh, N. Y. Tree thrifty and 

 productive. Fruit below medium, roundish. Skin a clear violet 

 red, slightly mottled with a deeper shade, with a thin bloom. 

 Stalk rather long. Flesh pale yellow, separating from the stone, 

 juicy and vinous. Ripe the end of August. (Hov. Mag.) 



KIRKE'S. Thomp. Lind. 



Kirke's plum is a variety which came to us from England, 

 where it was first brought into notice by Mr. Kirke, the nursery- 

 man, at Brompton. 



Branches smooth. Fruit of medium size, round, with very 

 little suture. Skin dark purple, with a few golden dots, and 

 coated with an unusually thick blue bloom, which adheres 

 pretty closely. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, inserted in 

 a very slight depression. Flesh greenish-yellow, firm, and very 

 rich in flavour. It separates freely from the stone, which is flat 

 and broad. Ripens the last of August and first of September. 



LADY PLUM. 



Raised by Isaac Denniston, Albany, N. Y. Tree of slender 

 growth, productive'. It is quite a pretty fruit, esteemed highly 

 for preserving, this being its chief quality. It is a rampant 

 grower, an abundant bearer. Fruit quite small, oval. Stalk 

 short and stout ; colour light yellow, spotted with red. Stone 

 free and small ; flavour acid. Season first of September. (E. 

 Dorr in Cult.) 



LANGDON'S SEEDLING. 



Raised by Reuben Langdon, of Hartford, Conn. Tree vigor- 

 ous and productive. 



Branches smooth. Fruit rather large, roundish, oval, with a 

 moderate suture. Skin reddish purple, covered with a thick 

 bloom. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, inserted in a rather 

 deep cavity. Flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sprightly, sub-acid, 

 ad adheres mostly to the stone. Ripens the last of August. 



