THE HAEDY FKUIT GARDEN. 



2V{) 



— fruit large; an excel- 

 lent variety of Greengage. 



End of September. 

 Coe's GtoldenDrop (C.T.)— 



fruit large, oval, pale 



yellow, rich and delicious. 



This is one of the finest 



late Plums for dessert, or 



preserving, and will keep 



for some time after it is 



gathered if rolled up in 



tissne paper. September. 

 Czar (P.K.)— fruit large, 



oval, red. Plum valuable 



tor cooking and dessert. 



Early in August. 

 Damson, Prune (C.K.)— this 



is the finest flavoured of 



all the JDamsons. Middle 



of September. 

 Denniston's Superb (C. T.) 



— fruitlarge, nearly round, 



greenish-yeUow, and good 



flavour. The tree is a 



great bearer. August. 

 Duke of Edinburgh (F.K.) 



—fruit large ; an excellent 



fine - flavoured culinary 



variety. The tree is a 



great bearer. Early in 



August. 

 Frogmore Damson (F.K.) — 



This variety was raised 



by Mr. Ingram of Frog- 

 more. It is a most proli- 

 fic bearer, and excellent 



for preserving. Early in 



Septiember. 

 Grand Duke (C.K.)— fruit 



large ; an excellent late 



culinary Plum, and bears 



freely. Bipe, end of Sept- 

 ember. 

 Greengage (F.T.)— a well- 

 known variety ; one of the 



richest of aU Plums. End 



of August. 

 Jeiferson(C.T.)— fruit large, 



oval, golden-yellow, mot- 

 tled with red, juicy and 



sugary, rich, and deli- 



The following are also first-rate varieties of 

 Plum :— 



ciously flavoured; one of 

 the best dessert sorts. 

 August. 



July Greengage (F.T.)— a 

 valuable eany form of 

 Gage, End of July. 



Kirke's (F.T.) — medium- 

 size, round, purple, good 

 flavour, and great bearer. 

 Middle of September. 



Large Black Imperial 

 (C.T.K.)— fruit large; an 

 excellent culinary variety. 

 The tree is hardy and 

 prolific. , September. 



LawBon's Golden (C.T,) — 

 fruit medium size, juicy, 

 sweet, and richly fla- 

 voured; a fine dessert 

 Plum. September. 



Nouvelle de DoreUe (C.T.) 

 — fruit large, oval, dark 

 purple, juicy, sweet, and 

 rich; a flrsi>rate variety. 

 Ripe in October, 



Pond's Seedling (C,K,)— 

 fruit large, .and hand- 

 some ; a valuable culinary 

 Plum. The tree is a great 

 bearer. September. 



Prince Englebert (C.K.)— 

 fruit large, oval. The tree 

 is a great bearer ; a valu- 

 able culinary Plum. Sept- 

 ember. 



Smith's Early Orleans 

 (F.K.) — fruit medium size. 

 The tree is hardy, and a 

 prolific bearer; a good 

 culinary sort. August. 



Transparent Gage (C.) — 



fruit large, round, yellow', 



rich, and exquisitely 



flavoured. Ripe, end of 



' August. 



Victoria Denyer (C.K,)— 

 fruit large, bright rerl ; a 

 first-rate culinary variety. 

 The tree is very prolific, 

 September, 



Angelina Burdett (P,T,)— 

 roundish, darkviolet; fiesh 

 golden, rich and juicy. 



Belgian Purple (C.K.)— deep 

 purple, with a thick bloom , 

 greenish and sweet flesh. 

 'Gee's Late Bed (C.K.)— 

 large, rich red, having 

 yellowish, sweet flesh. 



De Montfort (F.T.)— a rich 

 Plum, resembling Royal 

 Hative. 



Diamond (C.K.)— dark, 

 juicy, and excellent. 



Dunmore (F, T.)— rich yel- 

 low when ripe, medium- 

 sized, rich, tender, and 

 sweet ; excellent for des- 

 sert. 



Early Mirabelle (F.T.)— 

 Yellow, spotted with red, 

 very excellent. 



Goliath (C,K.)— one of the 

 largest and best oE the so- 

 called Nectarine Plums. 



Guthrie's Late Green (C.T.) 

 —large oval Plum, ripen- 

 ing .towards the end of 

 September. 



Huhng's Superb (C.T.)— 

 one of the richest of 



all the yellowish-fleshed 

 Plums, 



Imp^ratrice, Golden — deep 

 yellow-red, streaked with 

 the same. 



Imp^ratrice, Ickworth — 

 small size and oval, of the 

 deepest blue-purple, and 

 highest excellency. 



Knight's Green Drying 

 (C.T.)— one of the finest 

 and largest Gages, requir- 

 ing a wall to ripen it pro- 

 perly. 



Late Greengage (T.)— equal 

 to the Green, and ripening 

 in October. 



Lawrence's (Jage- (F.T.)- 

 large, round Gage, ripen- 

 ing in September, 



Mitchelson's (F.K.) — very 

 prolific, black, with yel- 

 low, tender flesh. 



Oullin's (Jolden (F.T.)— rich 

 yellow, striped with green, 

 and though not a Gage, it 

 has many of their good 

 qualities. 



Peach, or Reine Claude 

 Berger (F.T.)- Plum col- 

 our, spotted with am- 



ber, large, rich, and melt- 

 ing. 



Reine Claude de Bavy (F.T.) 

 — ^rich, large, and hand- 

 some. October, 



Reine Victoria (P.T.)-^quite 

 distinct from Victoria 

 (Denyer's) ; this is a fine 

 dessert Plum, something 

 like Kirke's, but later. 



Rivers, Late (C.T,)-;-rioh, 

 sugary, sweet, ripening as 

 late as October. 



Royal (F, T.)— light purple 



spotted with fawn. 

 Transparent Gage (P.T.) — 



a large and handsome 



oval Gage, of the highest 



quality. 

 ■Washingtbn (F.T.)— large, 



deep yellow speckled with 



crimson dots. 

 Woolston Black (F.T. )— 



rich, juicy, melting, fine 



bloom. 



Those who enjoy acidity in their tarts and pre- 

 serves will add the New Large BuUace, the Cluster 

 White, and common Damson, to the Pi-une and the 

 Frogmore already named in Mr, Carmichael's list. 



The following, and other Plums, ripen in the 

 months stated : — ■ 



July — Early Mirabelle, July 

 Greengage. 



August — Greengage, Bryan- 

 ston's Gage, Huling's 

 Superb, Denniston's Su- 

 perb, Peach, Oullin's 

 Golden, Violet Hative, 

 Perdrigon, Yellow Im- 

 pdratrice. 



September^Angelina Bur- 

 dett, -Lawson's Golden, 

 Late Greengage, Coe's 

 Golden Drop, Kirke's, 

 Jefferson, Transparent 

 Gage, Woolston Black. 



October — Reine Claude 

 Bavy, Blue Impdratxce, 

 Late Rivers, &c. 



Plums for "Walls. — All the Gages, all the Im- 

 pdratrices, Coe's Golden Drop, Coe's Late Eed, 

 Jefferson, "Washington, Nectarine, and "White and 

 Eed Magnum Bonum. 



Plums for Orcliards. — Among the most profit- 

 able Plums for Orchards in favourable localities are 

 the Green and other varieties of Gages, the Early 

 Eivers, Orleans, Damsons, Prince of "Wales, Mitchel- 

 son's, Pond's Seedling, Prince Englebert, and Victoria. 



Not a few housekeepers make a distinction between 

 Plums for cooking and those for preserving. All 

 those specified as kitchen will cook well, but the 

 following are preferred for preserving, or converting 

 into jam: — Autumn CompSte, Damson, Diamond, 

 Greengage, "Washington, "White Magnum Bonum, 

 "Winesour. 



It would be difficult to pick out a finer dozen 

 of dessert Plums than the following : — Greengage, 

 Jefferson, Coe's Golden Drop, Kirke's, Transparent 

 Gage, Eeine Claude Bavy, Oullin's Golden, "Woolston 

 Black, Peach, Perdrigon, Violet Hative, HuUng's 

 Superb. 



THE CHEERY. 

 The Cherry-tree in olden as in modem times was 

 valued for its beauty in the early spring, being one 

 of the earliest, as well as, for its size, the most 

 valuable of timber trees. The bark was also largely 

 used for making a rich yellow dye, the gum possesses 

 most of the properties of gum arable, and the leaves 

 are greedily devoured by most ruminant animals. 

 Useful oils are extracted from the stones, and 

 various wines, spirits, and liqueurs made from the 



