THE FRUIT GARDEN. 



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29. Coe's Fine Late Red. — Fruit nearly equal to the last. 



30. Precoce de Tours. — Fruit very large, coarse-skinned, and harsh; useful for 

 culinary purposes ; a gi-eat bearer; ripens in October. 



31. Red Magnum Boxum, Red Imperial. — Fruit large, egg-shaped; red; when 

 well ripened an excellent fruit; at all times useful for culinary purposes. 



32. White Magnum Bonum, White Imperial — Fruit large; egg-shaped; yellow 

 when well ripened ; an excellent fruit ; luscious and showy; extremely Tiseful for 

 preserving ; ripens in October ; great bearer ; deserves a wall in most situations. 



I 33. DAriER Blue, Violet Dapier. \ 



I 34. Damask Violet. ( ^^^^^^ P^^""^' "''P'" ^" October. 



35. Wentwortii, Monsicurs. — Fruit large, resembling the white imperial; an 

 excellent plum for culinary purposes, is too sharp to be eaten raw ; ripens in Oc.*.:>ber; 

 is a great bearer. 



3G. White Imperatuice. — Resembling the blue imperatrice, except in color. 



37. Blue Gage. — Inferior to the other gages, but a good plum, and a good 

 bearer. 



38. Damson, the Shropshire Damson, or Prune Damson is the best. — It is propa 

 gated either by sowing the stones, or by suckers from the roots. Excellent for pre- 

 serving; ripens about the end of September, and continues in use as long as unin» 

 jured by frost. 



30. BuLLACE, {Primus /;;.s7i7m.) — Fruit small, round; green, black, and white ; 

 the fruit used for culinary purposes. Tree hardy, and a great bearer ; is not 

 fit for the dessert. 



40. Muscle. — Used for the same purposes as the above. 



41. Wine Sour.— A Yorkshire fruit. Fruit somewhat small, oval ; singular fla- 

 vor, rather agreeable when over-ripe, and shrivelled. It is generally used for pre- 

 serving ; great bearer, and tree hardy. 



42. Damson, Common Damson. — Much used for preserving; great bearer; and 

 lasts upon the tree for some time after it is ripe. Ripens in October. 



43. Damson, White. — Inferior to the last sort ; ripens at the same time. 



44. Golden Gage. — Inferior to the green gage ; a good bearer ; ripens in 

 September. 



4.5. Downton Imperatrice.— Originated by Knight, about 1823, from a seed 

 of the White Magnum Bonum, and the pollen of the Blue Imperatrice ; resembles 

 the Blue Im]>eratrice 'u\ shape, but is rather larger, and not so much lengthened at 

 the stalk end. Skin thin ; color dull yellow ; flesh also yellow, soft, and juicy ; 

 stone small and flattish. 



CHERRIES. 



Cherry, Prumis Ccrasus, Linnceus, — belongs to the class and order Icosandria 

 Monogynia, and are arranged in the natural order Rosacea;. 



Is considered by Botanists as a native of Britain, and entered in all our Bri- 

 tish Floras as such. The cultivated cherry is a native of Asia and Europe, and was 

 brought by the Romans into Italy from Cerasus, a town in Pontus, 73 years before 

 tlie birtb of Christ ; and was introduced by them into this country 120 years after- 



