THE PLUM. 



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Coes golden drop, syn. Coe's imperial. Large, oval, yellow, flesh adher- 

 ing, very rich, September and October ; a good bearer, with smooth shoots. 

 A most valuable late dessert fruit, as well as for preserving. 



Ick worth Imperatrice. Middle size, obovate, purple, flesh adhering, rich, 

 October ; a good bearer, smooth shoots, the fruit hangs long on the tree, 

 and remains longer fresh after being gathered than any other sort. 



1200. Kitchen Plums arranged in the order of their ripening. 



Orleans, syn. Red damask. Middle size, round, purple, flesh separating, 

 middle to the end of August ; a good and constant bearer, the tree hardy, 

 with downy shoots. 



Shropshire Damson, syn. Prune damson. Small, obovate, purple, 

 flesh adhering, smart, juicy, middle of September ; tree a great bearer, 

 with downy shoots ; the best of the damsons for preserving. 



White Magnum Bonum, syn. White Mogul. Large oval, yellow, flesh 

 adhering, September; a good bearer, with smooth shoots. The fruit 

 excellent for sweetmeats. 



*S'^. Catherine. Middle-size, oval, yellow, flesh adhering, rich, middle to 

 the end of September; a good bearer, with smooth shoots; excellent for pre- 

 serving, and one of the kinds used for that purpose in Provence. 



Quetsche, syn. German prune. Middle-size, oval, purple, flesh sepa- 

 rating, September ; a good bearer, and well adapted for drying, being the 

 kind of which the German prunes of the shops are prepared, by slow and 

 repeated drying in an oven. 



Coes Golden Brop^ and the Green Gage, given as dessert plums, are also 

 equally good for cuhnary purposes, and preserving. 



1201. A selection of plums for walls of different aspects, is given in p. 422 ; 

 for espaliers and dwarfs, in p. 428 ; and for an orchard, in p. 433. 



1202. Dessert and kitchen plums for a garden of limited eoctent — Royale 

 Hative, Drap d'Or, green Gage, Ku^ke's, Washington, Reine Claude violette, 

 Coe's golden drop, Ickworth Imperatrice, Coe's fine late red, early Orleans, 

 Shropshire damson, and white Magnum Bonum. 



1208. A selection of dessert plums for a very small garden. — Royale 

 Hative, green Gage, purple Gage, Coe's golden drop, and Orleans. 



1204. Dessert and kitchen plums for a cottage garden. — Royale Hative, 

 green Gage, Coe's golden drop, and Reine Claude violette ; and for the 

 kitchen, the Shropshire damson, winesour, and white Magnum Bonum. 



1205. Propagation, nursery culture, and choice of plants. — The plum, 

 like other stone-fruit, is mostly propagated by budding, and the stocks, 

 when the object is large and permanent trees, are the muscle, St. Julian, 

 Magnum Bonum, or any free-growing plum, either raised from seed, or, as 

 is more commonly done, from layers, (625) or suckers. The dwai^ng 

 stock for the plum is the Myroboian, or Mirabelle, of the French. The 

 common baking-plums, such as the damson, bullace, &c., are generally 

 propagated by suckers, without being either budded or grafted. The muscle 

 and St. Julian plums are extensively propagated in the nurseries, as stocks 

 for the peach, nectarine, apricot, and almond. The nursery culture of the 

 plum, and the choice of grafted or trained plants, are the same as for the 

 cherry. 



1206. Soil, situation, and final planting. — The plum naturally does not 

 grow in so light a soil as the cherry, nor in so clayey a soil as the apple ; 

 and in a state of culture, a medium soil, on a dry subsoil, is found to be the 



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