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portation may be correct, and meet our expectations ; it is 

 now under trial. 



GuTHRiEs Apricot Plum, — a beautiful variety has fruited 

 for the first time in Albany this season — 1849. — Its size va- 

 ries from medium to large ; its form is oval, but slightly 

 flattened at either end ; its exterior colour is of a rich lemon 

 yellow, with fine crimson dots around the stem, and on the 

 exposed side ; its texture is rather firm, but juicy and rich. 

 The colour of its flesh is yellow ; its flavor is of an apricot 

 character ; its stone is small and adherent to the flesh ; its 

 stem is inserted in a narrow but deep depression. The col- 

 our of the young wood is light greenish red ; its growth up- 

 right and quite thrifty ; its season of ripening, from the 25th 

 of August to the 1st of September. It originated from seed 

 planted at Guthrie in Scotland, and as it proves to be hardy 

 and prolific, and is also a handsome fruit, it may be consid- 

 ered by some, a desirable acquisition ; although its season of 

 ripening is the same as many of the finer American seedlings, 

 which far surpass it in size and deliciousness, as well as lus- 

 ciousness of texture and juice. I myself do not consider it 

 worthy of general dissemination ; notwithstanding it well 

 deserves a place in the amateur's collection. There are a 

 large immber of seedlings, possessing more or less excellence ; 

 some of them but very little inferior to many of the well 

 known varieties above named — growing in the vicinity of 

 the city ; but as the standard of excellence, which new vari- 

 eties must attain in order to entitle them to name or notice 

 is, that they are superior in some particular to any now un- 

 der cultivation ; and as none of them come fully up to that 

 high requirement, I cannot give them further attention." 



W. R. Coppock, Esq. of Bufialo, also communicates some 

 information upon the culture of the Plum in the neighbor- 

 hood of Buffalo, where it succeeds finely : in connexion with 

 Dr. Wendell's report, it will show what are the varieties most 

 esteemed for general cultivation : — 



The Plum, no less than the Cherry, flourishes well with 



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