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quite slender, inserted in narrow cavity. Flesh tender, juicy, sweet, 

 ^\ith uncolored juice; quality best. Season, mirldle of June. One of 

 the hardiest of the Heart varieties. Paissia. 



White Caroon. — A sweet variety, grown in Western New York to 

 some extent; color light; quality very good. Xot commercial; grown 

 for home taljle use. Heart. 



Windsor. — Large, hfteen-sixtcenths inch long by one inch wide; 

 round, oljtuse, heart-.-haped; color dark red; stem one and one-half 

 inches long, inserted in quite dee|) cavity; usually fruits are in jtairs or 

 triplets. Flesh yello^\ ish, with reddisli tint, firm, quite juicy, rich, and 

 sweet; quality very good. Commercial where the Bigarreau varieties 

 succeed. 



Yellow Glass. — Large, roimd, flattened at ends; suture indistinct; 

 color bright yellow; stem one and three-quarter inches long, stout, in 

 wide quite deep cavity. Flesh firm, meaty, sw-eet, jtiice not coloi-ed; 

 quality very good. Tree much hardier than Yellow Spanish, which it 

 resembles. 



Yellow Spanish. — Large, obtuse, heart-shaped, witli base flattened; 

 color light yellow, with blush on sunny side and carmine dots; stalk 

 one and one-half to two inches long, stout, and usually cm-veil. Flesh 

 light yellow, firm, sweet, with rich fiavor when fully ripe. Season, last 

 of June. Extensively grown for market in mild climates. 



THE PLUM. 



The evolution in varieties and species of plums groi^Ti in the United 

 States and Canada during the past thirty years is quite as remarkable 

 as the development of the strawberry and grape during that period. 

 The second edition of Charles Downing's great work on American 

 fruits, including his third appendix, describes about three hundred 

 varieties of the plum, all of the Domestica class except the Wild Goose, 

 Miner, and Xewman. Xo mention is made of the Japan varieties, and 

 the American species are onlv referred to in the foot-note : " There are 

 three species of wild plum indigenous to this country, of tolerable fiavor 

 but seldom cultivated in our gardens." Bulletin Xo. S of the Divi- 

 sion of Pomology of the Department of Agriculture indicates some 

 of the changes of a few years. This Bulletin, publisjied in ISOO, in- 

 cludes and describes twenty-two varieties of Prunus Americana, 

 eight of Prunus angustifolia, eighteen of Prunus hortulana, two of 



