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yellowish green; form, roundish; size, 1; stone, separa- 

 ting; quality, 1; use, table; flavpr, rich, excellent; season, 

 July and August. 



Eemarks. — American. Tree upright, thrifty. Bears 

 young and abundantly fruit like the Green Gnge, only 

 larger. 



LOMBAED, Bleecker's Scarlet, and Bei^kmans Scarlet. 

 Color, delicate violet red, paler in the shade, dotted with 

 red, and dusted thinly with bloom; form, roundish oyal, 

 slightly flattened at either end; suture obscure; size, 2 ; 

 stone, adheres ; quality, 2 ; use, table ; flavor, juicy, not 

 rich, pleasant ; season, July and August. 



Eemarks. — American. Thrifty, healthy, hardy and 

 very productive, and has the power of holding its fniit 

 more uninjured than most other sorts from the attacks of 

 that pest, the Curculio. Leaves are much crumpled. 

 Much cultivated and highly esteemed by Mr. P. S. Bush, 

 of Covington, Kentucky, who has raised great crops of 

 this kind with others. Mr. Bush plants his plums in a 

 poultry -yard, in which the' fowls are continually peram- 

 bulating about and roosting on the trees. By this method 

 he succeeds in raising fine crops. Mr. Consedine has suc- 

 ceeded one or two years in obtaining good crops by syring- 

 ing his trees with a solution of lime and sulphur, mixed 

 together in a barrel, and applied directly after rain. 



Madison. Wood, a little downy ; color, light orange, 

 with greenish yellow ; form, roundish oval ; size, 2 ; stone, 

 separating; quality, 1; use, table; flavor, firm, juicy, rich 

 and sweet; season, September. 



Eemarks. — Prom Albany, ls"ew York. Hybrid from 

 Bleecker's Gage, and Blue Gage. Matures late, and ver}- 

 hardy. Has been found, by several cultivators, to suit 

 the West very well. 



