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—fruit large; an excel- 

 lent variety of Greengage. 

 End of September. 



Coe's Golden Drop (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 

 tissue paper. September. 



Czar (F.K.) — fruit large, 

 oval, red. Plum valuable 

 for cooking and dessert. 

 Early in August. 



Damson, Prune (C.K.) — this 

 is the finest flavoured of 

 all the Damsons. Middle 

 of September. 



Dcnniston's Superb (C. T.) 

 — fruit large, nearly round, 

 greenish-yellow, and good 

 flavour. The tree is a 

 great bearer. August. 



D:ike 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 

 September. 



Grand Duke (C.K.)— fruit 

 large ; an excellent late 

 culinary Plum, and bears 

 freely. Ripe, end of Sept- 

 ember. 



Greengage (F.T.)— a well- 

 known variety ; one of the 

 richest of all Plums. End 

 of August. 



Jefferson (C.T. )— fruit large , 

 oval, golden-yellow, mot- 

 tled with red, juicy and 

 sugary, rich, and deli- 



ciously flavoured; one of 

 the best dessert sorts. 

 August. 



July Greengage (F.T.)— a 

 valuable early 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. 



Lawson's Golden (C.T.) — 

 fruit medium size, juicy, 

 sweet, and richly fla- 

 voured ; a fine dessert 

 Plum. September. 



Nouvelle de Dorelle (C.T.) 

 — fruit large, oval, dark 

 purple, juicy, sweet, and 

 rich; a first-rate variety. 

 Pipe 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. Pipe, end of 

 August. 



Victoria Denyer (C.K.)— 

 fruit large, bright re^i ; a 

 first-rate culinary variety. 

 The tree is very prolific. 

 September. 



The following are also first-rate varieties of 

 Plum :— 



Angelina Burdett (F.T.)— 

 roundish, darkviolet; flesh 

 golden, rich and juicy. 



Belgian Purple (C.K.) — deep 

 purple, with a thick bloom, 

 greenish and sweet flesh. 



Coe's Late Red (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, 

 verv excellent. 



Goliath (C.K.) — one of the 

 largest and best of the so- 

 called Nectarine Plums. 



Guthrie's Late Green (C.T.) 

 — large oval Plum, ripen- 

 ing towards the end of 

 September. 



Hiding's Superb (C.T.)— 

 one of the richest of 



all the yellowish-fleshed 

 Plums. 



Impera trice, Golden— deep 

 yellow-red, streaked with 

 the same. 



Imperatrice, Ickworth— 

 small size and oval, of the 

 deepest blue-purple, and 

 highest excellency. 



Knight's Green Drving 

 (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 Gage (F.T.) — 

 large, round Gage, ripen- 

 ing in September. 



Mitchelson's (F.K.) — very 

 prolific, black, with yel- 

 low, tender flesh. 



Oullin's Golden (F.T.)— rich 

 yellow, striped with green, 

 and though not a Gage, it 

 has many of their good 

 qualities. 



Feach, or Reine Claude 

 Berger (F.T.)— Plum col- 

 our, spotted with am- 



ber, large, rich, and melt- 

 ing. 



Peine Claude de Bavy (F.T.) 

 — rich, large, and hand- 

 some. October. 



Reine Victoria (F.T.)— quite 

 distinct from Victoria 

 (Denyer's) ; this is a fine 

 dessert Plum, something 

 like Kirke's, but later. 



Rivers, Late (C.T.)— rich, 

 sugary, sweet, ripening as 

 late as October. 



Royal (F. T.) — light purple 



spotted with fawn. 

 Transparent Gage (F.T.)— 



a large and handsome 



oval Gage, of the highest 



quality. 

 Washington (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 Bullace, the Cluster 

 White, and common Damson, to the Prune and the 

 Erogmore 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, Hilling's 

 Superb, Denuiston's Su- 

 perb, Peach, Oullin's 

 Golden, Violet Hative, 

 Perdrigon, Yellow Im- 

 pe'ratrice. 



September — Angelina Bur- 

 dett, Lawson's Gold en, 

 Late Greengage, Coe's 

 Golden Drop, Kirke's, 

 Jefferson, Transparent 

 Gage, Woolston Black. 



October — Reine Claude 

 Bavy, Blue Imperatrice, 

 Late Rivers, &c. 



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

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

 Jefferson, Washington, Nectarine, and White and 

 Red Magnum Bonum. 



Plums for Orchards. — Among the most profit- 

 able Plums for Orchards in favourable localities are 

 the Green and other varieties of Gages, the Early 

 Rivers, 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 Compute, 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, Reine Claude Bavy, Oullin's Golden, Woolston 

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

 Superb. 



THE CHERRY. 

 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 arabic, 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 



