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LARGE GREEN DRYING. Thomp. 

 Knight's Large Drying. Ken. 



A new late variety, raised, we believe, by Mr. Knight, and 

 introduced here from the garden of the Horticultural Society, 

 of London. The tree is vigorous, and the branches are smooth ; 

 the fruit large, round, greenish-yellow ; the flesh yellowish, 

 moderately juicy, rich and excellent ; adheres to the stone. 

 Ripens about the middle of September, and is a moderate 

 bearer. 



LOMBARD. Ken. 



Bleecker's Scarlet. Beekman's Scarlet. Montgomery Prune ? 



Tree very vigorous, hardy, has strikingly crimpled leaves, 

 bright purple glossy shoots, very productive, popular, but only 

 of second growth. 



Tt was called the Lombard plum by the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, in compliment to 

 Mr. Lombard, of Springfield, Mass., 

 who first brought it into notice in 

 that State; and it is said to have 

 been received by him from Judge 

 Platt, of Whitesborough, N. Y., who 

 raised it from seed. But it was pre- 

 viously well known here by the name 

 of Bleecker's Scarlet. Never having 

 been described under that name, how- 

 ever, we adopt the present title. 



Branches smooth. Fruit of me 

 diurn size, roundish-oval, slightly 

 flattened at either end ; suture ob- 

 Lorribard. scure. Stalk quite slender, scarcely 



three-fourths of an inch long, set in a broad, abruptly narrow- 

 ing cavity. Skin delicate violet red, paler in the shade, dotted 

 with red, and dusted thinly with bloom. Flesh deep yellow, 

 juicy, and pleasant, but not rich ; adhering to the stone. Mid- 

 dle and last of August. 



LUCOMBE'S NONESUCH. Thomp. Lind. P. Mag. 



An English plum raised by Lucombe, of the Exeter Nursery 

 Branches smooth. Fruit above medium size, roundish, shaped 

 and coloured much like the Green Gage, but much more dis- 

 tinctly streaked with yellow and orange, and covered with a 

 whitish bloom. Suture broad. Stalk straight, three-fourths of 

 an inch long, set in a wide hollow. Flesh pretty firm, greenish, 



