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The following may also be accounted first-rate plums, and 
deserving a place against the wall :—Coe’s Late Red, Down- 
ton Imperatrice, Isleworth Imperatrice, Royale Hative 
Kirke’s'Plum, Blue Perdrigon, White Perdrigon, Ickworth 
‘Imperatrice, Early Orleans, White Magnum Bonum, Mira- 
belle, and the Dunmore. 
The Wilmot’s Orleans, La Royale, Sharpe’s Haters of 
Morocco, and some of the Damsons, though generally re- 
garded as only second-rate plums, deserve notice, and should 
always be introduced in large gardens, at least as standards. 
The Early Violet is an excellent bearer, and strongly 
recommended by Lindley to be planted in cottage gardens. 
Lucomb’s Nonsuch plum should not be omitted; for when 
well ripened, it makes an approach to the ereeneaes in 
flavor. 
As kitchen and preserving plums we may specify the 
common Damson, Imperial Diadem, Isabella, White Mag- 
num Bonum, Red Magnum Bonum or Imperiale; the Cale- 
donia or Nectarine Plum, a large and handsome fruit. 
The finer dessert plums are propagated chiefly by bud- 
ding on Muscle or St. Julian stocks. They are some- 
times grafted, but gum is apt to break out at aha piace of 
junction. 
Plum trees require ample space. On common walis they 
should be allowed from twenty to twenty-five feet of breadth 
over which to extend themselves. The horizontal mode of 
training is adopted by many.. The fan form is also very 
commonly followed, and undoubtedly where there is room 
it is the best, The shoots ought to be laid in at full length. 
The fruit is produced on small spurs, on branches at least 
two years old, and ay same spurs continue fruitful for 
several years. 
Standard plum trees require only to have a portion of 
