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GARDENIKG FOR THE SOUTH. 



of the most desirable plums. It generally escapes the 

 curculio and the rot also, if properly thinned. Tree, 

 thrifty and hardy. An indispensable variety. Ripe 

 July 1st. 



Imperial Gage. — Fruit, above medium size, oval ; suture 

 distinct, pale green, tinged with yellow, and marbled with 

 dark green stripes, and covered with a copious white 

 bloom ; stem an inch long, slightly sunk ; flesh, green- 

 ish, melting, juicy, luscious, and almost too sugary; 

 mostly freestone. Eipens July 1st. Matures gradually for 

 a month — not much injured by curculio ; but rots consid- 

 erably, unless the fruit is well thinned. A good bearer, 

 and a fine hardy tree. 



Red Magnwm Bonum, or Purple Egg. — Large and beau- 

 tiful. Egg-shaped. Violet red, deeper in the sun, with 

 small gray dots ; flesh, greenish, rather firm, juicy, and 

 agreeably subacid ; freestone. A fair plum for the table, 

 and makes the very best of preserves. Eipens July 10th 

 Not much subject to rot. Indispensable. 



Blue Phivi. — A native plum generally raised from suck- 

 ers. Fruit, medium size, roundish, scarcely oval ; suture 

 very obscure; skin dark blue, with a fine light blue 

 bloom ; stalk three- eighths of an inch long, inserted in a 

 shallow cavity ; flesh, yellowish green juicy, sweet, and 

 refreshing ; adheres to the stone ; shoots, smooth ; leaves, 

 rather small. A very pleasant and agreeable plum, and 

 the tree is a fine bearer. Does not rot. 



Jefferson.-— Fxmi, of the largest size, roundish, oval ; 

 stalk, an inch long, pretty stout ; suture indistinct ; skin, 

 golden yellow, purplish red towards the sun, and covered 

 thinly with white bloom; flesh, deep orange, a little 

 dry, good, not equal to the description in the books. But 

 as the tree bears abundantly, and the fruit ripens late, 

 hangs long on the tree, and is totally free from decay, i* 



