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3. Victoria — The best all round Plum ; it is not a 

 sufficiently sturdy grower to carry its heavy crops, the 

 wood being very brittle, and consequently the tree 

 never gains the size of others, and therefore requires 

 severe pruning for a few years to encourage sturdy 

 growth. Fruit pink, oval ; a market favourite. August. 



4. Belle de Louvain — Growth very free and upright, 

 bears regularly very large oval purple fruit; handsome 

 and quite first class. End August. 



5. Jefferson's Gage — The most prolific of the class ; 

 growth upright and sturdy ; fi-uit large, egg shaped, 

 yellow and green with red spots. August. 



6. Old Greengage — Not a certain bearer, but yet so 

 valuable, that where it "hits" the lucky possessors 

 have a fortune. It is well grown in some counties, 

 and appears to do best on g^rass lands. Every large 

 growth should have a proportion of Gages. Tree 

 small. 



7. Kent Bush or Waterloo — One of the best for 

 market. '\'ery strong and hardy, and produces firuit 

 all over the tree, and seldom breaks with its burden ; 

 its skin is tough and it travels well. This is a favourite 

 Jam Plum, and trees can produce 20 bushels each- 

 Fruit round, dull red to black. September. 



8. Ponds Seedling — Fine as a late September kind, 

 never heavily cropped, but the fruit is immense, and 

 always sells at a long price, as the buyers can punnet 

 the fruit, and get as much as 3d. each retail. Must 

 be kept pruned while young. Fruit red oval. 



9. Monarch — A grand October purple kind, of 

 sturdy upright growth; a most valuable sort. 



10. President — A very large deep purple Plum, 

 most promising for a late crop ; free in growth and 

 superior to Monarch in size. 



