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growth ; shoots smooth. This variety is of fair flavour for dessert, but 

 scarcely worth growing by reason of its weak, wiry growth, and shy 

 cropping qualities. Ready September 6. 



26. Denniston's Superb (Rivers). — Fruit large, roundish oval, pale 

 green flaked with yellow, and covered with a whitj bloom; wide shallow 

 suture ; stalk ^ inch long, inserted in a deep cavity ; clingstone ; heavy 

 crop ; foliage large, with small glands ; habit erect, compact, vigorous ; 

 shoots slightly downy. A first-rate dessert variety, of exquisite flavour, 

 and cropping well as a bush tree in the open air. Raised by Mr. Isaac 

 Denniston, Albany, New York. Ready August 26. 



27, 2H. Diamond (Lane, Fraser). — Fruit very large, oval, blue-black, 

 and covered with a deep bloom ; suture wide and distinct ; stalk 1 inch 

 long and deeply inserted ; clingstone ; extraordinarily heavy crop ; foliage- 

 large, with medium-sized glands ; habit bushy, compact, and vigorous ; 

 shoots downy. This variety produced the heaviest crop in the collection, 

 and is an excellent cooking Plum. Raised by Mr. Hooker, Brenchley, 

 Kent. Ready August 23. 



29. ])e Montford (Rivers). — Fruit of medium size, roundish oval, 

 purple, covered with thin stripes of brown ; shallow suture ; stalk h inch 

 long and deei)ly inserted ; clingstone ; foliage and glands of medium size ; 

 habit bushy, compact, and vigorous ; shoots downy. A pleasant-flavoured 

 dessert variety, but a light cropper. Ready August 23. 



80. Early Favourite (Lane). Fruit a little below medium size, round, 

 deep blue-black, covered with a thick bloom ; shallow suture ; stalk very 

 short and set in a narrow cavity ; freestone ; very heavy crop ; foliage small, 

 with very small glands, some leaves glandless ; habit bushy, compact, 

 and moderately vigorous ; shoots downy. A valuable early Plum, equally 

 good for cooking or dessert, and a most reliable cropper. Raised by the 

 late Ml'. Francis Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth. Ready July 20. 



31, 32. Early Orkans (Lane, Fraser). Fruit of medium size, round, 

 and rather flat at the apex, reddish purple ; shallow suture ; stalk ^ inch 

 long and deeply inserted ; freestone ; heavy crop ; foliage and glands large, 

 the latter usually on the petiole ; habit diffuse and moderately vigorous ; 

 shoots downy. A good cooking variety and of fair quality for dessert. 

 Ready August 2. 



33. Early Yellow, F.C.C. August 13, 1901 (Eraser).— Fruit rather 

 small, oval, and of beautiful golden yellow, covered with a white bloom, 

 and having a faint suture ; stalk ^ inch long and set in a very shallow 

 cavity ; freestone ; very heavy crop ; foliage and glands small ; habit 

 bushy, slender, and compact ; shoots downy. A cooking variety valuable 

 for its earliness. Ready July 17. This is synonymous with White 

 Primordian. 



34. Early Transparent Gage, F.C.C. July 26, 1898 (Lane).— Fruit over 

 medium size, round, greenish yellow, spotted and flushed with red on the 

 exposed side ; suture shallow ; stalk ^ inch long and deeply inserted ; 

 freestone ; heavy crop ; foliage large, glands small ; habit bushy, compact, 

 and vigorous; shoots downy. This is an excellent dessert variety, raised 

 by the late Mr. Francis Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth. Ready August 20. 



35. 36. (lisborne's (Bunyard, Fraser). — Fruit rather large, oval, deep 

 yellow, covered with minute red dots ; freestone; stalk ^ inch long and 



