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Faulkner in his ' Kensington,' makes the plum a native of Asia, 

 and an introduction into Europe, of the Crusaders. 



" Gough in his ' British Topography,' says that Lord Cromwell 

 introduced the ' Perdrigon plum' into England in the time of 

 Henry the seventh. 



" The introduction of it into the British North American colo- 

 nies, probably dates back to the early periods of their set- 

 tlements. The stones were ordered from England by the Gov- 

 ernor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, in Ncav England, 

 in 1629. Several valuable and interesting varieties have origin- 

 ated in this country, among which the Bolmar or Washington 

 plum stands conspicuous. The parent tree is said to have been 

 purchased in a market, in New- York, about the end of the last 

 century. It remained barren for several years, 'til during a vio- 

 lent thunder storm, the entire trunk was severed to the earth by 

 lightening and destroyed. The part remaining in the ground, 

 afterwards threw up several vigorous shoots which were allowed 

 to remain and finally produced fruit. Trees of this variety were 

 first sent to England in 1819, to Mr. Robert Barclay of Bury 

 Hill, and several others were sent to the London Horticultural 

 Society." 



ACCOUNT BY THE SHAKERS OF KENTUCKY. 



We have twenty-five varieties of plums, of the finer kinds, in 

 bearing. The curculio is occasionly very destructive to this 

 crop ; but the past season it was almost wholly exempt from it. 

 The trees were loaded to their utmost capability of bearing with 

 the finest fruit. Many of the Duane's Purple, French, Yellow 

 Egg, Imperial Gage, Green Gage, and the Lombard variety, pro- 

 duced nearly four bushels of beautiful sound fruit. The best 

 remedy for the curculio is to plant the trees in a poultry yard, 

 or a lot where pigs are reared. In either case the larvae will be 

 destroyed before they enter the ground. 



TRINITY, NEAR CHATAHOULA PARISH, LOUISIANA. 



From H. W. Huntington. 



" The common plum, both red and yellow, is grown here 

 abundantly; but no efforts of mine, protracted through twenty- 

 five years, have been successful in the cultivation of the finer 

 varieties of the north." 



Bangor, in the state of Maine, is acknowledged to be the head- 

 quarters of the plum. Curculio does not injure it there as it does 

 in other states. 



