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are very fmall, fo are the leaves ; but with 

 proper order they v^ill bear on ftandards. 

 The firft of thefe plums is of a pale red co- 

 lour, and the other of a bright yellow, 

 with a blufh of red, and both thinly 

 powdered. 



The green Gauge is a plum much ad- 

 mired, and there is great reaibn for it, for 

 many excellencies belong to it, and that 

 particularly of its being a plentiful bearer. 

 Moil people imagine they know it; but as 

 I have feen many deceived, I think it will 

 be proper to defcribe it, as alfo thofe which 

 caufe the miftake. 



It is a middle-fized fruit of a round 

 fliape, with a very fmall furrow on the 

 fide ; the ftalk is ihort and thick : 'Tis of 

 an olive colour, and, when properly ripe, 

 the fide fully expofed to the fun is a fine 

 purple covered thinly with a blewifh pow- 

 der ; the pulp is of a beautiful yellow co^ 

 lour, and full of an extraordinary plea- 

 fant juice, but does not come freely from 

 the ftone ; it ripens in the end of Au- 

 guft and beginning of September. The 

 tree makes ftrong healthy flioots of a 

 dark brown colour, without any pow^- 



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