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£ I could indicate one such direction as to which I have obtained a con- 
probabilitie w 
Ito enter fully into the details of this scheme ; and I will zd mention 
that it is the manufacture of brandy from plums, adding that 
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i. There appears to be an unlimited demand for bran y. 
ii. That plum brandy appears to possess distinctive and valuable 
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ii. That recent legislation in Germany, where most of the cheap 
brandy i is Hee has rendered its manufacture in England more advan- 
v. That such a manufacture would considerably extend the period 
^ which the factory would be at work. 
. That the worst, soiled, and « qe fruit might be usefully 
— 5 BA d. 
Again, tlie Sp ge of jam would snes the field of operations 
and extend the period of work; and not only of jam, but of fruit 
prepared in weh wa 
I propose to try experiment 3 in drying all the varieties of plums A 
grown in any quantity in e district, and we can then form an idea „of 
this Races. but it might a; three or four times as much. I shall 
e experiments, as soon à any plums are ide with my kiln at the 
brickworks, and I ean then re a reliable opin 
(Signed) M. We osi d ae 
August 1888. 
In givi g periision for the publication of his paper in the Kew 
Bulletin Mr. Colchester-Wer myes was s good chong is send another 
paper which he prepared for a mee eting of inks JE at Gloucester, 
and in which » Biot the following results of some experiments with 
English plums 
I inad, on my return, to make the best attempt I could with 
Westbury plums. Unfortunately it was a most unfayourable 
season (1888) for the experiment, for the fruit in England never ripened 
properly, and the continued absence of warm sunshine reduced to very 
small proportions me amount of saccharine, an ingredient most vitally 
necessary ; so that the experiment was made under avowedly unfavour- 
able auspices. 
I have at my brickworks at Mitcheldean a special kiln for burning 
pottery and terra-cotta. This kiln has some e points of similarity with a 
can off 
vr Pec at " Of e Rote, beng made for terra-cotta, 
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would answer alent for ee u s. I tried several 
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