384 THE PLUM. 



Henry Clay. 



"Raised by Elisha Dorr, Albany, N. Y. Tree vigorous and 

 productive. Its great beauty and lateness will make it desira- 

 ble. 



Branches smooth. Fruit medium, somewhat oval, with a 

 slight suture. Skin yellow, with a light bloom, and the cheek 

 beautifully marbled and shaded with red. Stalk long, slender, 

 inserted almost without cavity. Flesh yellow, juicy, and sweet. 

 Stone small, and very slightly adherent. Ripens last of August. 



Highlander, 



Tree vigorous and very productive. 



Branches gray, smooth. Fruit large, irregularly ovate, some- 

 what swelled on one side. Suture moderate, half round. Skin 

 deep-blue, inclining to reddish-bi-own, covered with a thin 

 bloom, and thickly sprinkled with brown dots. Stalk very 

 short, inserted in a slight cavity. Flesh yellow, juicy, sugary, 

 rich, vinous, refreshing, and excellent. Adheres slightly to the 

 stone, llipens last of September. 



Howell's Early. 



Origin unknown, brought from Virginia. Tree of rather 

 slow growth. 



Wood slender, gray, and downy. Leaves small, oval, downy. 

 Fruit rather below medium size, oval, without any suture, a lit- 

 tle angular. Stalk slender, three-fourths of an inch long, set 

 even with the surface. Skin light-brown, often greenish-yellow 

 on the shaded side, covered with a thin blue bloom. Flesh am- 

 ber coloured, melting, juicy, with a sweet and perfumed flavour, 

 separates from the stoite, which is quite small and oval. First 

 of August. 



How's Amber, 



r)rigin Portsmouth, N. H. Tree vigorous, productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish, slight suture. Skin amber-coloured 

 in the shade, mottled with rose, thinly covered with pale vio- 

 let bloom. Stalk of medium length, inserted without cavity. 



Flesh coarse, yellow, melting, juicy. Adhering to the stone. 

 lUpens first of September. (Hov. Mag.) 



HuLiNGs' Superb, Pom. Man. 

 Keyser's Plum. 



Raised by Mr. Keyser of Pennsylvania, and brought into no- 

 tice by Dr. W. E. Hulings of that state. 



