24 The Jefferson Plum. 



say quite, — equal in flavor to the Green Gage, that unsur- 

 passable standard in this respect. But when we compare 

 with the small and rather insignificant appearance of the 

 Green Gage, the unusual size and beauty of this new plum, 

 we must admit that it takes the very first rank. As large as 

 the Washington, it is more richly and deeply colored, being 

 deep yellow, uniformly and handsomely marked with a rich 

 dark red cheek. It is about ten days or a fortnight later 

 than the Washington, ripening the last of August, and it has 

 the additional merit of hanging long on the tree, gradually 

 improving in flavor. It does not, like many other sorts, ap- 

 pear liable to the attack of wasps, which devours many of 

 the light colored plums as soon as they arrive at maturity. 



We received the Jeff"erson Plum {fig. 3.) a few years ago 

 from the late Judge Buel, by whom it was raised and named, 

 and the original tree is now, we believe, growing in his garden, 

 near Albany. A plum so large and so unusually handsome, a 

 good and regular bearer, and of such excellent quality, can- 

 not fail to become a general favorite. All who saw the fruit 

 upon the tree here, this season, (and among the number that 

 excellent judge the President of your Horticultural Society,) 

 pronounced it a plum of the first class in all respects. 



Description. — Branches 

 slightly downy. Fruit, large, 

 oval, slightly narrowed on 

 one side toward the stalk. 

 Skin, golden yellow, with a 

 beautiful purplish red cheek, 

 and covered with a thin 

 white bloom. Stalk, an inch 

 long, pretty stout, very slight- 

 ly inserted. Suture, indis- 

 tinct. Flesh, deep orange, 

 parts freely and almost en- 

 tirely from the stone, which 

 is long and pointed; very 

 rich, juicy, luscious and high 

 flavored. Hangs a fortnight 

 on the tree. Ripens from the 

 ThTj^ersonPium. "diddle to the last of August. 



