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ROYAL RE TOUR. — A large, round, purple plum of tlie finest quality. Tree productive, 



but spreading, and grows slowly. Middle of season. 

 SHARPS EMPBEOR. — A large, oval, purplish red plum of great beauty; quality good. 



Tree vigorous and bears profusely. Sept. 

 VICTORIA. — One of the most magnificent plums in cultivation, of the largest size, fair 



quality, purplish red color, "resembling the Emperor. Tree a strong, irregular 



grower, and most abundant bearer. Sept. 

 WAI'GENIIEIM. — Medium size, dark blue, oval, qualify excellent; one of the finest of 



that class designated as Prunes. 

 ■WAX PLUM, (Dorr's.) — Yellow, marbled with red, beautiful. Very productive. Last 



of August. 



• WASHINGTON. — A magnificent, large plum, roundish, green, usually marked with 



red, juicy, sweet and good. Tree vigorous and exceedingly productive; one of the 

 very best. End of August. 



• WINTER, OR LATE DAMSON. — A small, dark purple variety, esteemed for preser- 



ving, Oct. We have English Purple and White Damsons, and several others in 

 cultivation. 



'YELLOW GAGE. — Large, yellow, oval ; flesh yellow, juicy and rich. Tree remarkably 

 vigorous and productive. An excellent and profitable variety. Middle of Aug. 



Small select assortment of plums. 



We can recommend the following varieties for small collections, as being all strong 

 grCW^M, abundant bearers, and of good quality. (See foregoing descriptive list.) 



Bradshaw. Reine Claude de Bavay. 



Coe's Golden Drop. Smith's Orleans. 



Imperial Gage. Sharp's Emperor. 



Lombard. Victoria. 

 Magnum Bonum Yellow. Washington, 

 McLaughlin. Yellow Gage, (Prince's.) 



Pond's Seedling. 



NOTE. — A few of the most delicious Plums such as the Gkrks Gagk, Jkffkrso>i. PtJWLH Favorite, Law- 

 rence's Favohitk, Royal Hativk, Rovai. riK Torus, ic., are notoriously poor growers, and good Standard 

 Trees can rarely be furnished of them ; they should, by preference, be grown as Dwarf bushes. 



ADDITIONAL VARIETIES OF PLUMS. 



Some of the following we have fruited but do not feel justified yet in placing them on 

 our genera] list ; others are new and untested. 



er'B.) 



e diing,"(Zterr.) 



Autumn Compote, (A'a 

 Belgian Purple. 

 Cloth Of Gold, (Espcrin.) 

 "Gamble's " 

 "Dorr's £ 

 *l-'ulton. 

 Eotherinshnm. 

 Guthrie's Tay Bank. 

 Guthrie's Topaz. 

 Kirke's New. 

 • Manning's Long Blue. 

 Kew Red Orleans. 



Precoce de Bergthold. 

 Prince of Wales. 

 Prince Englebcrt. 

 Queen Mother. 

 *Qunckenboss. 

 Ronald's Fancy. 

 •Reagle'S Ancient City. 

 •Reagle's Union Purple. 

 •Beagle's Gage. 

 St, Etiennc. 

 Shropshire Damson. 

 Wine Sour. 



