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liable to become mealy ; flavor good. Tree hardy, and well calculated for a stand • 

 ard ; it is a great bearer, and will grow in worse situations than any of the others. 

 Fruit ripens about the cad of August. 



13. Transparent, — Fruit middle-sized ; flavor not very good ; ks beautiful 

 appearance recommends it to our notice. 



PLUM S. 



Plum, Pnuins Domestka, Linnaus, — belongs to the class and order Icosandria 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order Rosacece. 



Is by botanists considered a native or naturalized to Britain, and is taken up as 

 such in all our native Floras; it is found in hedges and thickets, but its original 

 country is supposed to be Asia, and, according to Pliny, it was brought into Greece 

 from Syria, and thence into Italy. Plums, of all stone-fruits are considered the most 

 wholesome when ripe ; and, when unripe, are liable to produce complaints in the 

 bowels. 



The varieties of this fruit are now also numerous. Tasser, in 1573, mentions 10 

 sorts ; Parkinson, in 1629, enumerates 60 ; and Philip Miller only 30 sorts. The 

 French and EngUsh Nursery Catalogues name from from 70 to 100 sorts ; and the 

 Horticultural Society's Catalogue enumerates 298, including stocks. 



1. White Primordian, or Jaunehaiive de Canida. — Fruit small, round, yellow; 

 flesh mealy, of little flavor ; being our earUest plum is almost the only merit it has ; 

 ripens in July; is a gi-eat bearer. 



2. Morocco, or Early Damask, Damascus, Black Damascit '. — Fruit middle size ; 

 red and blue ; flesh juicy and pretty well flavored ; ripens about the beginning of 

 August. 



3. Great Damask. — Fruit large, oval; blueish; flesh rich; ripens in August. 



4. Little Black Damask. — Fruit smaller than the last; flesh rich; a good 

 bearer ; and ripens about the latter end of August. 



5. Blce Perdrigon, or Violet. — Blueish red and yellow; flesh adhering to the 

 stone, rich; good bearer; and ripens in August. 



6. Fotheringham, or Sheen. — Fruit middle-sized; dark red; flesh juicy and 

 rich ; a good bearer ; ripens about the middle of September. 



7. Orleans, or Red Damask. — Fruit large, rather round; red; flesh firm; 

 ripens by the end of August. Is much esteemed for culinary purposes ; is seldom 

 sent to table where better sorts are grown. It is a hardy tree, and an exceedingly 

 great bearer, either upon walls or standards. 



8. White Perdrigon, or Perdrigon Blanc, Brignole. — Fruit middle-aized ; pale 

 yellow and red ; flet^h rich, perfumed ; an excellent fruit either raw or in sweet- 

 meats ; ripens about the beginning of September. 



9. Myrobalan, (Pninus Ccrasifera) Cherry Plum. — Native of North America- 

 Fruit very small, round ; red ; flesh ?\veet. Tree thorny, and blossoms early ; 

 ripens about the beginning of September. 



10. Orleans, Wilmot's. — Originated by Wilmot, an extensive market-gardener 

 at Isleworth, in 1808 ; larger than the old Orleans, round ; dark purple ; flesh rich 



