PLUMS. 



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Lombard. 



Long Scarlet — Scarlet Gaffe. 

 Madison. 



Magnum bonum, White. 



White Egg. 

 Magnum, bonum, Yellow. 



Yellow Egg. 

 Mamelonnee. 

 Manning's Prune. 

 McLaughlin. 

 Masterion. 

 Martin's Seedling. 

 Mediterranean. 

 Miller's Spanish, very large. 

 Mirabelle tardive. 

 Monroe. 

 Mulberry. 

 Orange, very large. 

 Orange Egg, very large. 



S6 Orleans, Earl}'. 

 ST Orleans, Smith's. 



88 Parsonage. 



89 Peach Plum. 



90 Perdrigon violet hatif. 



91 Prince Englebert. 



92 Prince of Wales. 



93 Pond's Seedling (English.) 



94 Precoce de Berthold. 



95 Prune, Austrian. 



96 Prune, d'Agen, "] 



97 Prune, German. ! for 



Guetche. f drying. 



9S Prune, Italian, J 

 Quetche a" Italic 

 Fellemberg. 



99 Purple Favorite. 



100 Quackenboss. 



101 Quetche, St, Martin's. 



102 Red St. Martin. 



Coe's late red. 



103 Reagies Ancient City. 



104 Reagies Gage. 



105 Reagies Union Purple. 



106 Reine Claude de Bavay. 



107 Reine Claude Diaphane. 



108 Reine Claude d'Octobre. 



109 Royale de Tours. 



1 10 Royale kative-Early Royal. 



111 St. Catherine. 



112 Sharpe's Emperor. 



Dennyers Victoria ? 



113 Surpasse Orleans. 



114 Thomas. 



115 Washington. 



116 Winter Bolmer. 



Plum Trees of the following varieties are not subject to knots in the vicinity of New York, 

 and are probably less so in any locality than any others: — 



Nos. 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 30, 35, 36, 41, 43, 49, 53, 54, 58, 61, 63, 72, 73, 84, 85, 89, 98, 

 102, 115. * 



REJECTED PLUMS. 



The Pomological Society have published a list of 31 rejected varieties, which should receive 

 the special attention of purchasers. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF PLUMS. 



Autumn Gage, medium, ovate, pale yellow, 

 juicy, sweet, pleasant, free. 



Bingham, large, deep yellow, red spots next 

 sun, juicy, rich, delicious, handsome, produc- 

 tive. 



Bleecker's Gage, medium, ovate, yellow, sweet, 

 rich, luscious, free. 



Bradskaw, very large and showy, oval, dark 

 purple, juicy, good flavor, tree vigorous, erect, 

 highly productive. 



Campbell's Seedling, large, greenish yellow, 

 very productive, late, valuable for market. 

 Cherry, or Early Scarlet, nearly medium 



Duane's Purple, very large, oblong oval, red- 

 dish purple, lilac bloom, moderately sweet, juicy, 

 second rate flavor, cling, esteemed for its large 

 size and beaut}', a very profitable market fruit. 



Emerald Drop, medium, long oval, yellowish 

 green, juicy, rather rich, cling, second rate. 



Fulton, medium, round, yellow, speckled, 

 juic}', luscious, high flavor, late. 



Galbraith, very estimable, early, large, oval, 

 purple, tender, juicy, luscious, a cling. 



Geueral Hand, largest of plums, golden yel- 

 low, sweet, only moderate flavor, rather coarse, 

 highly attractive for its size and beauty, tree re- 



round, brilliant red, subacid, juicy, not rich, ! markably vigorous, very productive 



second rate, cling, tree vigorous, very ornament- 

 al by its early and profuse bloom. The Golden 

 Cherry is similar in quality. Both are free from 

 knots on Long Island. 



Coe's Golden Drop, very large, oval, pale yel- 

 low, often dotted, firm, sweet, rich, not fine 

 grained, cling, an excellent late variety. 



Coe's Late Red, or Red St. Martin, medium, 

 roundish, light purplish red, blue bloom, firm, 

 rich, vinous ; tree vigorous, very productive, a 

 valuable very late variety. 



Colombia, very large, handsome, globular, 

 brownish purple, blue bloom, moderately juicy, 

 rich, good flavor, rather coarse, not first rate, 

 free, the fruit is liable to rot, tree very produc- 

 tive. 



Denniston's Red, medium, ovate, pale red, 

 fawn dots, rich, good second rate flavor, free. 



Denniston's Superb, medium, roundish, yel- 

 lowish green, mottled with purple, not juicy, but 

 rich, vinous, and free. 



Downton Iniperatriee,unusunlly free from the 

 eurculio, medium, oval, pale yellow, acid becom- 

 ing rather sweet, melting, valuable forpreserves, 

 ripens late. 



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Green Gage, the true variety is full medium, 

 and not small as misrepresented, round, yellow- 

 ish green dotted red at base, sweet, melting, aro- 

 matic, exceedingly rich. The tree is of so slow 

 and unthrifty growth that it has been nearly 

 abandoned ; and the Imperial Gage, a seedling 

 from it, now takes its place almost universally. 



Guthrie's Apricot, large, roundish ovate, yel- 

 low, some crimson dots, juicy, sweet, moderate 

 flavor, cling, very productive. 



Highlander, large, ovate, deep blue, dotted, 

 juicy, sugary, rich, vinous, excellent, end of Sep- 

 tember. 



Huliug's Superb, one of the largest, roundish, 

 yellowish green, rather firm, sweet rich, spright- 

 ly, excellent, free, tree vigorous, large foliage. 



Ickworth Imperatrice, medium or rather large, 

 obovate, purple, sweet, juicy, rich flavor, ripens 

 late, becomes drier and sweeter, and keeps into 

 winter. 



Italian Damask, medium, roundish, brownish, 

 violet, firm, sweet, high flavored, estimable, free, 

 tree vigorous, productive. 



Italian Prune, or Fellemberg, a most vigorous 

 and productive tree, and unusually free from the 



