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others of the fame kind had but little, tho* 

 both againft the fame afpeft. 



N. B. I knew a gentleman, who had a 

 plum tree fent him by the name of the 

 Matchlefs, which, proved no other than 

 the La Royale -, and for ought I know they 

 are both the fame. 



The Fotheringhay plum is a very large 

 fruit of a red colour, and flightly powder- 

 ed ; it is fhaped like an egg, with a deep 

 clift on the fide ^ the flefh, which is white, 

 parts freely from the ftone, which is long ; 

 the juice has a fweet tafte, but not agree- 

 able to many palates, neverthelefs 'tis a 

 good plum to dry. It ripens at the end of 

 Auguft, and beginning of September ; the 

 tree is healthy, and bears plentifully , but 

 I have obferved the fruit bad, and drop 

 from ftandards before it was full grown; 

 for which reafon I would advife thofe who 

 like this fruit, to plant it either againft a 

 wall or in an efpalier ; but I don't think it 

 deferves one of the betl afpecls. 



The Orleans is a very common plum, 

 yet I have known others taken for it, for 

 which reafon I think it can't be amifs to 

 defcribe it. It is a middle fized round fruit, 



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