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Madison Plum. 



!^[ADISON. 



Raised by Isaac Deniston, Al- 

 bany, N.Y. Tree very vigorous 

 and productive, branches smooth. 

 Fruit medium size, nearly globu- 

 lar ; suture shallow, extending near- 

 ly around the fruit. Skin golden 

 yellow, with few splashes of green, 

 dotted and shaded with crimson 

 on the sunny side, and lightly 

 covered with a delicate bloom. 

 Stalk stout and short, inserted in a 

 very sin;ill cavity. Flesh golden 

 yellow, rather coarse, moderately 

 juicy, with a rich sugary flavour, 

 adheres slightly to the stone. Ri- 

 pens the last of September. 



McLaughlin. Hort. 

 Raised by James Mc- 

 Laughlin, Bangor, Me. 

 Tree hardy, vigorous, 

 and productive, a valu- 

 able variety, nearly or 

 quite equal to Green 

 Gage. Branches smooth. 

 Fruit large, nearly round, 

 oblate, flattened at both 

 ends, suture slight. Stalk 

 three-fourths of an inch 

 long, inserted in a small 

 cavity by a ring. Skin 

 thin and tender, yellow, 

 dotted and marbled with 

 red on the sunny side, 

 and covered with a thin 

 bloom. Flesh dull yel- McLaughlin's Plum. 



low, rather firm, juicy, very sweet and luscious. It adheres to 

 the stone. Ripens last of August. 



Orleans, Smith's. Pom. Man. 

 Violet Perdrigon. ) incorrectly, of some 



Red I^Iagnum Bonum. \ American gardens. 



Smith's Orleans, the largest and finest of this class of plums, 

 is a native variety raised from the old Orleans about twenty 

 years ago by ^h. Smith, of Gowanus, Long Island. It is one of 

 the most vigorous of all plum trees, making straight, glossy, red- 



