By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. 531 



hedges of cottage-gardens in the vicinity, and the pollen of 

 Coe's Golden Drop Plum. It appears to possess very nearly 

 the same qualities as the Winesour Plum, which it greatly 

 exceeds in size, for culinary purposes, and for preserving; and 

 it differs from that variety, which in most situations bears ill, 

 in being the most regularly productive with which I am ac- 

 quainted. The samples sent were the last which remained 

 upon the tree, and are a good deal less than the average size 

 of the variety. 



No. 6 is, I think, a very fine Plum, in its perfect state of 

 maturity, when it is allowed to shrivel upon the tree. It is 

 larger than the Imperatrice, its female parent, when grown in 

 the same soil and climate, and I have found it to contain 

 more juice than that variety, with an equal quantity, at least, 

 of saccharine matter. The tree produced its first blossoms 

 last year. Its growth is very luxuriant, and it will produce 

 blossoms abundantly next season ; but I fear that they will 

 not set well in my climate. The sample sent was grown 

 upon a wall. I have found the offspring of the Imperatrice 

 Plum, unlike those of the Green Gage and Coe's Golden 

 Drop, to contain generally much saccharine matter, with a 

 good deal of astringency, whence, I conclude, that it does not 

 derive its origin from highly cultivated parents ; and its foliage 

 and habit appear to justify this conclusion. 



I remain, My Dear Sir, 



Sincerely yours, 

 Thomas Andrew Knight. 



Downton, September 16, 1826. 



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