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FRUIT GARDEN. 



Corsets field-marshal and Corse's admiral. — 

 Two very good American purple plums, of rather 

 large size and fair pretensions, but inferior to 



Corse's nota bene. — Size rather above medium ; 

 form round ; quality good ; colour pale lUac, or 

 pale brown, somewhat green on the shaded 

 side ; flesh greenish, firm, juicy, sweet, rich, and 

 parting freely from the stone. Tree very hardy, 

 and a very abundant bearer. Originated near 

 Montreal — a sufficient guarantee for its hardi- 

 hood. 



Cruger's scarlet. — Size above medium ; colour 

 red where exposed, with numerous golden dots, 

 pale fawn-coloured in the shade ; form roundiBh 

 ovate ; flesh deep orange, with a mild agreeable 

 flavour. Ripe in September, and hangs long 

 afterwards on the tree. Branches downy ; su- 

 ture rather obscure. 



Damson. — This plum is too well known to 

 require any further description than to state 

 that there are three varieties in cultivation — 

 namely, the Common, the Shropshire, and the 

 White, all of which are exceedingly hardy and 

 productive, and much valued for preserving. 

 They are too little cultivated in Scotland, in 

 most parts of which they would succeed as 

 standard trees, and where the garden is limited 

 might be advantageously grown in shrubberies 

 or the edges of plantations, as hinted at for 

 geans. The Shropshire is the true prune or 

 round damson, and is decidedly the best. Syno- 

 nyms in addition to the above — Early damson, 

 Shailer's white damson. Damsons are frequently 

 raised from the stone, so that varieties may be 

 expected. 



Damson, winter. — A valuable sort on account 

 of its extreme lateness, hanging on the tree tUl 

 the middle of November, six weeks after the 

 common damson has disappeared. It is also 

 an abundant bearer, and of hardy constitution. 

 By far too little cultivated. Similar in colour, 

 size, and form to the common damson. 



Dean's Jedburgh seedling. — Colour purple ; 

 form roundish ; size medium; separating freely 

 from the stone ; of first-rate quality as a dessert 

 fruit or for kitchen purposes; ripe in September. 

 This excellent variety was raised a few years 

 ago by Mr Deans, a respectable nurseryman at 

 Jedburgh. It is quite hardy, and eminently 

 fitted for standard culture. 



Denniston's superb. — Size above medium ; 

 colour pale yellowish green, mai'ked with a few 

 large purple blotches ; form round ; suture dis- 

 tinct, often extending quite round the fruit; 

 flesh very thick (stone very small) ; flavour rich 

 and vinous, approaching the Green gage, from 

 which it is probably a seedling ; branches downy ; 

 ripe in September; of American origin. Tree 

 hardy and productive. 



Diamond. — Size very large; colour purple; 

 form oval ; flesh deep yellow ; an excellent cul- 

 inary fruit, but rather too coarse for dessert ; 

 ripe beginning of September ; of Kentish origin. 

 Diaprie rouge. — Size large ; colour reddish 

 purple; form obovate; flesh pale green, juicy, 

 melting, and rich, parting freely from the stone, 

 which is small; ripe in September; fit for either 

 the kitchen or dessert. Tree hardy, and a 

 good bearer, but slow grower; branches almost 



smooth. Synonyms — Soche corbon, Mimms, 

 Imperial diadem of Thompson. Downing thinks, 

 however, that it is difierent from the two lat- 

 ter, which are esteemed excellent sorts. The 

 Diapree rouge is of French origin, while the 

 Mimms, according to the " Pomologioal Maga- 

 zine," No. 2, p. 6, was raised from a stone of the 

 Blue perdrigon, at Mimms Place in Hertford- 

 shire. The same authority states that the Im- 

 perial diadem,, which in no respect differs from 

 it, and is much cultivated about Manchester, 

 but of whose origin little is known, may pro- 

 bably be the same as the Mimms plum. Mr 

 Thompson considers them the same. 



Double bearing. — A small and indifferent 

 plum, which we notice here to prevent planters 

 being attracted by the name; for although it 

 ripens fruit in succession during August and 

 September, we have many superior sorts, both 

 early and late, to afibrd a sufficient supply for a 

 much longer period. 



Drap d'Or. — Size small ; colour yellow ; form 

 round, very much resembling the Green gage, 

 except in colour, and in ripening a week earlier; 

 flesh yellow, sugary, and rich, separating freely 

 from the stone; branches slightly downy; ripe 

 by the middle of August; of French origin. 



Domnton imperatrice. — Size under medium; 

 colour pale yellow; form oval; flesh yellow, 

 melting, and sweet, adhering to the stone; 

 branches long, slender, and smooth; ripens 

 beginning of October, and, like its class, hangs 

 long on the tree, and will keep a consider- 

 able time afterwards. A hybrid raised by Mr 

 Knight. 



JEarly favourite (Rivers).— Size medium; ripe 

 middle of July ; said by Mr Rivers to be the best 

 early plum in cultivation. We have not seen 

 this fruit, and give it and the following on the 

 authority of that gentleman. 



Early prolific (Rivers). — Size smallish ; early, 

 hardy, and an abundant bearer, and, like the 

 last, of excellent quality; ripe the end of 

 June. 



Emerald drop (Downing). . — Size medium ; 

 colour'pale yellowish green ; form long, oval ; flesh 

 greenish yellow, very juicy and rich, slightly ad- 

 hering to the stone; ripe in September; suture 

 strongly marked; branches long and smooth; 

 raised in America from a stone of the excellent 

 Washington. 



Potheringham. — Size medium ; colour deep 

 red on the exposed side, bright red where most 

 shaded ; form obovate ; flesh greenish yellow, 

 separating freely from the stone ; branches 

 smooth; ripe in August. A very hardy sort, 

 long cultivated, and in all probability of English 

 origin. Synonyms — Sheen, Grove Home purple. 

 Well known so early as 1700. 



Gage, green. — One of the best known and 

 most valued of plums, requiring no description 

 further than giving a list of synonyms, and the 

 following useful quotation from Rogers' " Fruit 

 Cultivator," p. 351: "There are some spurious 

 sorts of the Green gage crept into the English 

 nurseries which should be guarded against; and 

 great numbers of the Little Queen Claude are 

 imported from France, and disposed of in this 

 country as the True green gage. But these 



