176 THE FRUIT GARDEN. 



PLUMS. 



1. Green Gage. The best, the most generally 

 known, and most highly esteemed of the plum kind. 

 It is round, small, and greenish, but when highly 

 ripened on a wall, becomes brownish next the sun. 

 It is a good bearer, when well managed, and re- 

 quires both a good soil and climate. In Scotland, 

 it requires the aid of a wall in the full sun, in order 

 to have it in perfection. 



2. Yellow Gage. Very much the same as the 

 preceding, only of a lighter, or more yellow colour, 

 and russet towards the sun. I have only known two 

 trees of it in Scotland, in a full bearing state ; the 

 one on a south, and the other on a south-west wall ; 

 which uniformly produced large crops of fruit, in 

 high perfection. They were not in the same gar- 

 den, though in the same county, (Fife) ; and both 

 grew in strong soil ; the one a rider, and the other 

 a dwarf-tree. 



3. Blue Gage. Inferior to either of the above, in 

 every respect, yet a good plum, and a good bearer. 



4. Fotheringliam. This is a beautiful fruit, red, 

 large, and rather longish. It is very high-flavoured, 

 a good bearer, and hardly inferior to any plum we 

 have. 



5. La Royak. This is an excellent, high-flavour- 

 ed fruit ; round, dark-red, and pretty large. It de- 

 serves a good soil, a good climate, and a good wall. 

 It is not, however, a very great bearer. 



6. White Magnum Bonum. Egg-sized, and egg- 

 shaped ; the largest plum we have, and by no 

 means the worst. When well ripened, on a good 



