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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners 
SELECT PLUMS. 
Although as a rule, Plums attain the greatest perfection when grown as wall fruit, most of the varieties will succeed admirably 
when grown as Pyramids or Standards. Dwarf trees should be lifted and root-pruned from time to time, if making too strong a 
growth, and the branches should be thinned out to admit air and induce the formation of fruit buds. For growing on walls the 
following are highly recommended : — Green Gage, Golden Gage, Coe’s Golden Drop. For general purposes the following are 
amongst the very best : — Cox’s.Emperor, Early Prolific, Diamond, Jefferson’s, Magnum Bonum, Victoria, Sultan, Pond’s Seedling, 
The Czar, Grand Duke. 
DWARFS OR MAIDENS ... .. each Is. Od. ; per doz. 10s. Od. 
DWARF TRAINED ... ._. „ 3s. 6d. ; ,,'H 35s. Od. 
STANDARDS . . . . . . each Is. 9d. ; per doz. 17s. 6d. 
,, TRAINED (list of sorts on application) . . each 5s. Od. 
PYRAMIDS each 2s., 2s. Cd. and 3s. Gd. ; per doz. 20s., 25s. and 35s. 
PLUa'— THE CZAR. 
General List. 
D denotes dessert, K kitchen. 
BELLE DE LOUVAIN (K). Very large handsome fruit, red, of rich flavour. 
A good strong-growing orchard or garden variety. 
COE’S GOLDEN DROP (D). Large oval fruit, pale yellow spotted with 
red ; one of the very best for dessert or preserving. End of Sept. I 
COX’S EMPEROR (K). Large dark reddish-purple fruit, firm flesh, sweet, 
rich, and juicy. A very fine bearer. Sept. 
DAMSON PRUNE (K), Small oval fruit, a great hearer. Sept. 
DENNISTON’S SUPERB (D). Large oval fruit, greenish-yellow blotched 
purple ; a delicious dessert plum, and an abundant bearer. Aug. 
DIAMOND (K). Large oval, dark purple fruit ; an excellent variety for 
cooking or preserving. Sept. 
EARLY PROLIFIC (D). A certain bearer ; very valuable market sort ; 
ripens middle of July on a wall, and when fully ripe is good for dessert, 
and one of the best flavoured when cooked. July. 
EARLY YELLOW. Medium to small fruit of deep yellow colour with good 
bloom, ripening a weok before Early Prolific, flesh yellow, parting 
freely from the stone ; a good bearer. F.C.C., R.H.S. 
GIANT PRUNE (new) (Burbanks). A very large, long oval fruit of dark 
red colour, with yellow flesh of excellent flavour. The tree is a splendid 
grower, hardy and a good bearer. Fruit firm and does not split. 
A valuable plum for market purposes. 
One-year trees, Is. each ; two-year trees, 2s. each. 
GOLDEN GAGE (D). Largo fruit, of very rich and delicious flavour ; 
a most excellent and prolifio sort. Sept. 
GREENGAGE (D). Well known to be the very best and richest of all. 
In common with all the Gages, this race requires vigorous root 
pruning, and then bears freely ; as Pot trees they succeed in an 
Orchard House, but as Standards they are not satisfactory, the bird* 
taking the best buds in Winter. Aug. 
JEFFERSON’S (D). A large and delicious plum, hardy, and a good bearer. 
Sept. 
KIRKE’S (D). One of the very best of the blue plums, the fruit is medium- 
sized and richly flavoured ; a first-class dessert variety. Sept. 
MAGNUM BONUM, WHITE (K). Large yellow fruit ; an excellent kitchen 
varioty. Sept. 
MONARCH (K). One of the best late plums, of large size and splendid 
flavour, dark purplish blue ; it is a heavy bearer and fruit does not 
crack with rain. A valuable late market plum. Sept. 
ORLEANS (K) . A good cooking or preserving plum ; a great boaror. Aug. 
POND’S SEEDLING (K). Very large, good bearer and a sturdy grower. 
Forms a spreading tree ; fruit is enormous from a wall ; valuable for 
late market or garden culturo. Early in Sept. 
PRIMATE (new) (Rivers). A splendid now late plum, purplish red in 
colour, dotted with good bloom ; very largo and late variety. A 
valuablo addition. 
REINE CLAUDE DE BAVAY (D). Large, round, greenish-yellow fruit of 
the “ gage ” type, rich and delicious flavour ; the tree is hardy and 
a great bearer. Beginning of October. 
SULTAN (K). Fruit above medium size, skin dark purplo ; covered with 
a thick blue bloom. A culinary plum of groat excellence. Middle of 
August. 
THE CZAR (D.K.). Very large, purple fruit of rich flavour; it is an 
abundant bearer, and will prove most valuable to market growers 
on account of its earliness, fine appearance, and excellent quality. 
End of July. 
VICTORIA (K). A well-known and very fine variety ; the tree is hardy 
and an almost constant bearer. The most useful kind of the season. 
Early in Sept. 
CHERRIES. 
DWARFS OR MAIDENS .. .. .. oach Is. ; per doz, 10s. 
DWARF TRAINED . . . . each 3s. Gd. and 5s. ; per doz. 35s. 
STANDARDS . . each 2s. and 2s. Gd. ; per doz. 20s. and 25s. 
STANDARDS, TRAINED (list of names on application) . . each 5s. 
PYRAMIDS each 2s., 2s. Gd., and 3s. Gd. ; per doz. 20s., 25s., and 35s. 
BIGARREAU. Large and of first-rato quality ; a capital bearer. July. 
BIGARREAU NAPOLEON. Good bearer, hardy and excellent, follows the 
Bigarreau ; valuable as extending the season ; first rato for market, 
handsome, and indispensable for garden culturo. 
BLACK BIGARREAU. Fruit large and good ; an excellent variety. 
BLACK EAGLE. F’ruit of good size and flavour ; excellent. July. 
BLACK HEART. A capital early black cherry of good quality, free bearer. 
EARLY RIVERS. Large, shining black, very handsome, rich flavour ; 
one of the best for forcing or cherry house, and valuable for wall. As 
an orchard tree it requires close pruning for three or four years, and 
then forms a grand tree. The fruit makes a very high price in the 
market. 
DOWNTON. Fruit above medium size, flesh pale amber, mottled with- 
deep red, very rich and high flavour. 
ELTON. Large, rich and excellent. July. 
FROGMORE EARLY PROLIFIC. A capital early sort, very prolifio. 
GOVERNOR WOOD. Largo, yellow, mottled with rod, sweet and rich 
a good bearor ; excellent. July. 
KNIGHT’S EARLY BLACK. Flesh deep purple, tender, rich, and juicy ; 
a delicious early cherry. End of June. 
MAY DUKE. Large, juicy, rich, and excellent ; an abundant bearer as* 
a standard or a bush. July. 
MORELLO. Valuablo for preserving and bottling. Pyramid trees produce- 
fruit equal to that from a wall. Succeeds on north walls, and is- 
occasionally planted as a Standard. 
THE NOBLE. Very large, flesh firm, of rich flavour. This new variety 
is a great addition both for Garden or Market culture. It is a profuse’ 
boarer, and the fruit keeps well after gathering. It proves quite- 
distinct from others in our collection. 
WHITE HEART. Flesh firm, sweet and pleasant. 
