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Moore's Arctic. — Size medium or below; skin purplish black, with a thin blue 
bloom; flesh greenish yellow, juicy, sweet and pleasant flavor. Charles Downing 
speaks of it as follows: "A new hardy plum, which originated on the highlands of 
Aroostook County, Maine, where unprotected and exposed to Arctic cold, it has for 
many years borne enormous crops, and is claimed to be the hardiest plum known, and 
80 far free from black knots. Tree healthy, vigorous, an early and abundant bearer." 
Pond's Seedling. — Light red, changing to violet; flesh rather coarse. Tree a 
good grower and most abundant bearer. September. 
Quaclccnboss. — Fruit large, oblong, roundish; skin deep purple, covered with 
bluish bloom; flesh coarse grained, but sprightly and juicy; sub-acid. September. 
Beiue Claude de Bavay.— A fine foreign variety. Fruit large, roundish oval; 
skin greenish yellow; flesh yellow, juicy, rich and excellent. Tree very vigorous and 
remarkably producllve. Ripens last of September. 
Shropshire Damson. — Originated in England. A plum of fine qualify, as free 
from the attacks of the curculio as the Common Damson. The fruit has the color of the 
common Dar.ison, but is of larger size. Purple. It blooms ten days later than the 
common Damson, and is therefore less liable to injury by the late Spring frosts. The 
flesh is amber-colored, juicy, sprightly and free from astringency. In market it has 
commanded nearly double the price of the common Damson. It is enormously pro- 
ductive. Ripens with common Damson. 
Washington. — Fruit very large, roundish oval; skin yellow, with a slight crimson 
blush in well ripened specimens; flesh very sweet and luscious. Tree vigorous, with 
broad, handsome foliage; very productive. Last of August. 
Wild Goose. — An improved variety of Chickasaw, of strong growth, and com- 
paratively free from the attacks of the curculio; large, light red with a gray bloom. 
Quality fair; productive. Valuable in the South, worthless North. Ripens in July. 
Yellow Egg. — Fruit of the very largest size; skin yellow, with numerous white 
dots; flesh yellow, rather coarse, sub-acid; fine for cooking. Tree vigorous and very 
productive. Last of August. 
PEACHES. 
The Peach does the best in a warm liglit soil, only moderately rich, and kept clean 
by constant cultivation. Tire tree should be allowed to brancli low, and be annually 
headed in, to produce a round, compact head. 
Carefully examine the tree annually to extract the borers, an injurious worm that 
depredates on them at the surface of the ground; a good preventative, as well as a fer- 
tilizer, is to place a shovelful of lime at the base of each tree. 
By mulching the trees in the fall after the ground is frozen, the growth will be re- 
tarded in the spring, thereby oflen protecting them from the injurious effects of spring 
frosts. 
