VI. LIST OF FRUITS. 



best pear in the world for cooking, and, I think, for the 

 making of perry. With regard to the gathering of pears 

 for the table, the rules are precisely the same as those 

 laid down in the case of the apple ; though it may be 

 observed that summer pears (which keep but for a short 

 time) ought to be .gathered a little while before they be 

 ripe, and especially the Green Chisel and the Catherine. 



280. PLUM. As to the sort of stock, it must be the 

 seed of the plum, as mentioned under the head of Pro- 

 pagation. The plum is budded in general, and not 

 grafted ; so is the cherry j but both may be grafted, and 

 this is the commop practice in America. As to the ma- 

 nagement of the oaddec; pla*t, and as to planting out, 

 directions have before been given, in the case of the 

 peach, if against a wall -, and, in the case of the espalier 

 apple, if in the form of the espalier. Plums do not re- 

 quire so much room as other wall trees ,- nor do they re- 

 quire so much as apples, or pears, or cherries, in es 

 palier. They bear generally upon spurs, seldom on the 

 last year's wood j for training and pruning against a 

 wall, the rules laid down under the head of APRICOT 

 exactly apply ', and, all the objection to standards, men- 

 tioned under the head of APPLE, equally apply here. 

 Against a wall, plums are placed on walls facing the 

 east, the west, or the north j and the Green-gage (queen 

 of all plums), is finer when it has a northern aspect than 

 when much exposed to the sun : it is not so sugary ; but 

 it is larger, comes in more by degrees, and is, in fact, of 

 finer flavour than when exposed to a hot sun. As to the 

 sorts of plums. Those cultivated in the king's gardens 

 are as follows : Red Bonum Magnum, White Bonum Mag- 

 Catherine , Coes Golden Drop, Damascem, Drap d'Or, 



