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powdered with blue bloom. The pulp is yellow, - 

 rather clings to the stone, is rich, and highly- 

 flavoured. The fruit will become dry on the tree, 

 and then have a taste like dried grapes. Unfortu- 

 nately the tree is a very indifferent bearer, without 

 great care to protect its early flowers ; and even 

 then the crop is precarious. It is a delicate grow« 

 ing tree, and bears its fruit on the youngest spurs, 

 a succession of which must be preserved by the 

 pruner. 



15, Nectarine P. — So called from its resemblance 

 to that fruit. It ripens about the middle of August 

 if on a warm wall, but later as standards. The fruit 

 are large, globular, and shaped like a nectarine ; 

 colour purple, with a fine bloom ; pulp yellowish, 

 and slightly adheres to the stone; juice, though not 

 very abundant, is rich and well flavoured, and de- 

 serving of a place in the dessert. This plum is of 

 recent introduction, and in the Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Catalogue is called Howell's Large ; and has 

 been proved, in the Chiswick garden, to be different 

 from the Goiiah, another new plum lately brought 

 into notice. 



16. Purple Gage P, — Ripe about the beginning 

 of September. This fruit has been introduced by 

 the Horticultural Society. The fruit are of the middle 

 size, and like the green gage in shape ; the colour 

 purple ; pulp greenish white, adhering a little to the 

 '^tone, and very well flavoured. This description is 

 of fruit borne on a standard ; and the writer thinks 



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