THE POMEGRANATE. 



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is indispensable. The handsomest of all plums. Eipens 

 last of July or first of August, and lasts a long time. 



Besides the above, the St. Catharine, Italian Damask, 

 Bleeker's Gage, and Duane's Purple, do well here, but 

 are not equal to those described. Several varieties have 

 been tried here and rejected. Those who wish a larger 

 collection, can select from the following, viz.: Peach, 

 Hudson's Gage, Imperial Ottoman, Green Gage, Law- 

 rence's Favorite, Eed Gage, Purple Gage, Schenectady 

 Catherine, Huling's Superb, Diapree Rouge, Purple Fa- 

 vorite, Lombard, Coe's Golden Drop, Blue Imperatrice, 

 Madison, Frost Gage, Ickworth Imperatrice and Rein e 

 Claude de Bavay — the latter has proved delicious this 

 season (1855), and ripened Sept. 1. 



Punka Granatmi — Po megranate. 



The Pomegranate is a low, deciduous tree, rising some 

 twenty feet high, with twiggy branches, armed with small 

 thorns ; leaves long, narrow, of a glossy green color with 

 red veins. The flowers are produced at the ends of the 

 branches on the shoots of the same year, coming out either 

 singly or three or four together, and are quite beautiful, 

 especially the double-flowering varieties. The calyx is 

 thick, fleshy, of a fine red color, crowned with petals of a 

 bright scarlet. The fruit is a berry covered with a hard, 

 coriaceous rind, of a deep yellow color, spotted with red 

 and fine deep red next to the sun, beautifully crowned when 

 ripe with the tube of the calyx. It ripens in September 

 or October, remaining on the tree, uninjured, a long time. 



The Pomegranate is a native of China and Southern 

 Europe, where it is sometimes used as a hedge plant. The 

 tree is quite ornamental. The fruit has a very refreshing 

 acid pulp ; and its singular and beautiful appearance ren- 



