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3. Victoria The best all round Plum ; it is not a 

 sufficiently sturdy grower to carry its heavy crops, the 

 wood being very brittle, and consequently the tree 

 never gains the size of others, and therefore requires 

 severe pruning for a few years to encourage sturdy 

 growth. Fruit pink, oval ; a market favourite. August. 



4. Belle de Louvain Growth very free and upright, 

 bears regularly very large oval purple fruit ; handsome 

 and quite first class. End August. 



5. Jefferson's Gage The most prolific of the class; 

 growth upright and sturdy ; fruit large, egg shaped, 

 yellow and green with red spots. August. 



6. Old Greengage Not a certain bearer, but yet so 

 valuable, that where it "hits" the lucky possessors 

 have a fortune. It is well grown in some counties, 

 and appears to do best on grass lands. Every large 

 growth should have a proportion of Gages. Tree 

 small. 



7. Kent Bush or Waterloo One of the best for 

 market. Very strong and hardy, and produces fruit 

 all over the tree, and seldom breaks with its burden ; 

 its skin is tough and it travels well. This is a favourite 

 Jam Plum, and trees can produce 20 bushels each. 

 Fruit round, dull red to black. September. 



8. Pond's Seedling Fine as a late September kind, 

 never heavily cropped, but the fruit is immense, and 

 always sells at a long price, as the buyers can punnet 

 the fruit, and get as much as 3d. each retail. Must 

 be kept pruned while young. Fruit red oval. 



9. Monarch A grand October purple kind, of 

 sturdy upright growth ; a most valuable sort. 



10. President A very large deep purple Plum, 

 most promising for a late crop ; free in growth and 

 superior to Monarch in size. 



