PLUMS. 249 



McLaughlin. Wood, smooth ; color, russet yellow, 

 with a red tinge ; form, roundish, flattened ; size, 2 to 1 ; 

 quality, 2 ; use, table ; flavor, firm and excellent ; season, 

 July and August. 



Remarks. — American. Tree thrifty, making stout, vig- 

 orous shoots of four to six feet in a season. A round, 

 regular head. Best adapted for the North ; and, there- 

 fore, not to be recommended for this locality. 



Magnum Bonum, see Tdloio Egg, Nectarine. Wood, 

 smooth ; color, purple ; form, roundish ; size, 1 ; stone, 

 partly adhesive; quality, 2; use, table; flavor, a little 

 coarse-grained, with a rich, brisk quality; season, July 

 and August. 



Eemarks. — Foreign. Flesh, greenish yellow. A noble- 

 looking fruit. Not first-rate; inferior to the Columbia. 

 A good and regular bearer. The Peach Plum is quite 

 diff'erent from this; it is the Prune Peche of Brittany, 

 and superior to, and quite distinct from, the Nectarine. 

 Many seedlings have sj)rung from this variety like the 

 parent. Eccommended, however, by Messi'S. Buchanan, 

 Ernst and Warder, for the locality of this region. 



Old Orleans. Wood, downy; color, reddish purple; 

 form, round ; size, 2 ; stone, separating ; quality, 1 ; use, 

 table and kitchen, chiefly; flavor, sweet, mixed with acid; 

 quality, 2 ; season, July and August. 



Eemarjcs. — We have in America better sorts than this 

 old favorite in England. It is only esteemed for the 

 kitchen here,; flesh, yellowish. Eecommended, however, 

 as a cooking fruit mostly, by Messrs. Buchanan, Ernst, 

 and Warder for our locality. 



OTTOMAN. Wood, slightly downy ; color, greenish 

 yellow, dark spots below; form, roundish obovate; size. 



