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bright red in sun ; size, 2 ; stone, adheres ; quality, 1 ; 

 use, kitchen; flavor, juicy, rich, excellent; season, Sep- 

 tember. 



Eemarks. — German. A good bearer. Prpfitable for 

 market or preserving. Will hang two weeks. A kind 

 of prune. 



Sand Plum, or Beach Plum (Prunus Maritima, Wang"). 



Eemarks. — A low shrub.with stout, straggling branches, 

 found mostly on the sandy sea coast, from Massachusetts 

 to Virginia, and seldom ripening well elsewhere. Fruit, 

 roundish, scarcely an inch in diameter, red or purple, 

 covered with a bloom ; j)leasant, but somewhat astringent. 

 Leaves oval^ finely serrate. 



Schenectady. "Wood, smooth ; color, greenish yellow ; 

 form, round, oval, broad at stem end; size, 1 to 2 ; stone, 

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

 sweet, delicious, melting ; season, July and August. 



Eemarks. — American. Tree thrifty, hardy, and prolific. 



SMITH'S- OELEANS. Wood, nearly smooth; color, 

 deep purplish red, with small golden specks, and deep 

 blue bloom ; form, ovate oblate, largest at base ; size, 1 ; 

 stone, adhering ; quality, 1 ; use, kitchen ; flavoi-, tender, 

 juicy ; season, August. 



Eemarks. — American, from Long Island. Pine for 

 market only. Flesh, yellow. Eecommended by Buchanan, 

 Ernst, and Warder for the region round Cincinnati. 



Thomas Pl^m. Wood, nearly smooth ; color, deep 

 amber colored, beautifully mottled and shaded with bright 

 red on the sunny side near the point, profusely sprinkled 

 with white dots, and povered with a thin whitish or pale 

 lilac bloom ; size, 1 ; stone, freely separating ; qualitj-, 1 ; 



