JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



88, 89. Victoria (Fraser, Lane). — Fruit large, oval, bright red, covered 

 with minute brown dots and a thin bloom ; rather deep suture ; stalk 

 I inch long and deeply inserted ; freestone ; very heavy crop ; foliage 

 and glands large ; habit rather diffuse and vigorous ; shoots downy. A 

 well-known and popular cooking and market Plum, and one of the best of 

 its season. This variety was discovered in a garden at Alderton, Sussex, 

 and was sent out in 1844 by Mr. Denyer, Brixton, as Denyer's Mctoria. 

 Ready August 22. 



90. Washington (Lane). — Fruit rather large, deep round, greenish 

 yellow marked with darker green, and faintly flushed with red on the 

 exposed side ; deep suture near stalk, which is ^ inch long, deeply inserted ; 

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

 and very vigorous ; shoots smooth. A dessert variety of moderate quality, 

 and the tree is not a good bearer. Introduced from New York by the 

 late R. Barclay, Esq., in 1819. Ready August 20. 



91, 92. White ^lagnum llonum (Fraser, Lane). — Fruit very large, 

 oval, yellow flaked with green, and often covered with deep green spots 

 and a thin bloom ; wide and rather deep suture ; stalk | inch long, 

 deeply inserted ; foliage large, glands small, many leaves glandless ; liabit 

 erect, compact, and vigorous ; shoots smooth. A cooking and clingstone 

 Plum that does not crop well at Chiswick. Ready August 2G. 



98, 94. Winesour (Fraser, Rivers). — Fruit rather small, oval, purple, 

 covered with minute yellow dots ; shallow suture ; stalk ] inch long and 

 deeply inserted ; clingstone ; good crop ; foliage of medium size, glands 

 large and usually on the petiole of the leaves ; habit compact, bushy, 

 and vigorous ; shoots downy. A very old cooking variety. Ready 

 September 7. 



95. W\edale (Lane). — Fruit of medium size, roundish oval, deep 

 purple covered with a paler bloom ; faint suture ; stalk ^ inch long, deeply 

 inserted ; clingstone ; heavy crop ; foliage large, also glands, which are 

 usually on the petiole of the leaf ; habit dift'use and vigorous ; shoots 

 smooth. A cooking Plum valuable for its lateness, and for keeping sound 

 on the trees after it is ripe. Ready September 23. 



96. Yellow Magnum Bonum (Rivers). — Same as White Magnum 

 Bonum. 



The following are Damsons and Bullaces : — 



97. Bradley's King of the Damsons (Bunyard). — See ' King of the 

 Damsons.' 



98. Cheshire Damson (Bunyard). — This never fruits on the light soil 

 at Chiswick. 



99. Farleigh Damson (Fraser). — Fruit small, roundish oval, blue- 

 black ; faint suture ; stalk ^ inch long, inserted in a very shallow cavity ; 

 clingstone ; very heavy crop ; foliage and glands small ; habit erect, 

 compact, and moderately vigorous ; shoots downy. A very good free- 

 cropping late variety. Ready September 21. 



100. Frogmore Prolific (Bunyard). — Fruit large, blunt o\al, blue- 

 black, covered with minute brown dots ; shallow sature ; stalk ^ inch 

 long and rather deeply inserted ; slightly clingstone ; heavy crop ; 

 foliage large, glands of medium size ; habit erect, compact, and vigorous ; 

 shoots smooth. This is an excellent variety. Ready September 9. 



