THE PLUM. 



925 



Jacob. 



Tree moderately vigorous. Branches smooth. 



Fruit medium, oval, with a neck, one side enlarged. Suture large. 

 Skin violet purple, covered with lilac bloom. Stalk long, slender. Cav- 

 ity small. Flesh greenish, juicy, sweet ; separates from the stone. Good. 

 September. 



Jaune Hative. 



Early Yellow. 

 Catalonian. 

 White Primordian. 

 Jaune de Catalogue. 

 Prune de St. Barnabe. 

 D'Avoine. 



Amber Primordian. 



Jean Hative. 



Early John. 



Bilboa. 



St. Bamabee. 



Loudon Plum. 



Prune de Catalogue. 

 Avant Prune blanche. 

 Cerisette Blanche. 

 Pickett's July. 

 Prune Monsieur Jaune. 

 Prune dAltesse blanche. 



The earliest of Plums, which is its chief recommendation. It is a 

 very old variety, from Catalonia and the South of France, and has been 

 in cultivation more than two hundred years. It is a pretty little fruit, 

 and is worthy of a place in the garden of the amateur. The tree has 

 long, slender, downy branches. 



Fruit small, oval or obovate, with a shallow suture on one side. 

 Stalk slender, half an inch long. Skin pale yellow, thinly coated with 

 bloom. Flesh yellow, tolerably juicy, and melting, of sweet and plea- 

 sant flavor ; separates from the stone. Good. From the 10th to the 

 middle of J uly. 



Jefferson. 



If we were asked which we think the most desirable and beautiful 

 of all dessert Plums, we should undoubtedly give the name of this new 



variety. When fully ripe, it is nearly 

 equal in flavor to the Green Gage, 

 that unsurpassable standard of flavor. 

 But when we contrast the small ap- 

 pearance of the Green Gage with the 

 unusual size and beauty of the J effer- 

 son, we must admit that it takes the 

 very first rank. It is about ten days 

 or a fortnight later than the Washing- 

 ton, ripening the last of August. 



We received the Jefferson Plum, a 

 few years ago, from the late Judge 

 Buel, by whom it was raised and 

 named. It is a good moderate grower 

 and regular bearer, and the crop is 

 very handsome on the tree. Branches 

 slightly downy. 



Fruit large, oval, slightly narrowed 

 on one side towards the stalk. Skin 

 golden yellow, with a beautiful pur- 

 plish-red cheek, and covered with a 

 thin white bloom. Stalk an inch 

 long, pretty stout, very slightly in- 

 serted. Suture indistinct. Flesh 

 deep orange; parts freely, and al- 

 most entirely from the stone, which is long and pointed. Yery rich, 

 juicy, luscious, and high-flavored. Best. ' 



Jefferson. 



