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make room for in tlie garden, if he can Lave several 

 varieties. The fruit is rather large, dark purple, thickly 

 covered with bloom, which does not rub off easily, but 

 shows a few golden specks through it, firm, rich, and 

 juicy. It is longer than wide, broadest at the base, 

 with a longish stalk, inserted almost without a cavity. 

 The flesh is greenish-yellow, and separates easily from 

 the stone, w^hich is of medium size, oval, irregularly 

 shaped and flattened, with a channel along one side. 

 The branches are smooth. It is a very handsome plum, 

 and a capital bearer, either as a standard, or on a west 

 wall ; it ripens the beginning or middle of September, 

 coming in immediately after the Orleans. It was im- 

 ported or originated, a few years ago, by Mr. Kirke of 

 Brompton. 



The Washington is a very useful plum for cooking, 

 and is also nice for the table, being firm, sweet, and 

 luscious. The fruit is dull yellow, with a little green, 

 turning orange on the sunny side, with some crimson 

 dots, and covered with a purplish bloom. It is of a 

 good size, a little longer than wide, regularly shaped, 

 and with a suture only at the stalk end. The stalk is 

 rather long, and downy, and the flesh is yellow, 

 separating easily from the stone, which is oval, blunt 

 at the ends, and wrinkled. It is a large, handsome, and 

 very useful plum, ripening in September. The branches 

 are downy ; it bears well as a standard, or on an east or 

 west w^all, but a south aspect is too hot for it : in such 

 a situation the fruit degenerates. It is an x^merican 

 variety, as its name denotes. It is also called Franklin. 



The apricot plum is one of the most delicious plums 

 we have for preserving, on which account it deserves a 

 place in the garden. It is also sweet and good in 

 flavour for eating. It is rather large, round, yellow, 

 tinged with red on the sunny side, and covered 

 with a white bloom. The suture is deep, the stalk 

 very short, and the flesh yellow, firm, and separating 

 easily from the stone. It ripens the beginning and 

 middle of September. The branches are covered with 

 a whitish down : it is an excellent plum, and does well 



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