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coe’s golden drop. 
for being a little shrivelled. In Lindley’s Guide, we are told 
that by wrapping it in soft paper, and keeping it in a dry room, 
it will keep, and be exceedingly good, at the end of twelve 
months. 
This is a very handsome fruit; its rich j’ellow, when quite 
ripe, with numerous bright reddish spots on the exposed side, 
distinguish it from all others in the dessert. Its flesh, which 
is greenish yellow, is very sweet and delicious, and adheres to 
the stone. 
In favourable situations, in the southern half of England, 
this Plum may ho cultivated as a standard, and its fruit will 
not thereby be deteriorated in flavour, but will be less hand- 
some than when grown on a wall. It, however, deserves a wall, 
and in the southern parts of England an east or west one 
should be chosen ; but in the north, a southern aspect will be 
more favourable to its maturation of fine fruit. 
It has been thought by some persons that limestone soils 
are favourable to the fmitfulness of Plums, and consequently 
to Ajiricots, which are usually grafted on Plum stocks. Ere 
long we may hope to ascertain, with some degree of certainty, 
what soils or manures are best adapted to the produce of each 
of our useful fniits. The chemist can now determine, with 
accuracy, what organic and inorganic matter is contained in 
any vegetable production ; consequently, what ingredients are 
indispensable in the soil, for their growth. The operations of 
agriculture and horticulture have hitherto been conducted, as 
it were, in the dark ; but we seem now to have arrived at the 
break of day, and it may not be too much to suppose, that 
succeeding generations may so far discover the requirements of 
the soil when employed in the production of any desired crop, 
as to be able, subject, of course, to atmospheric irregularities, 
to secure the certainty of abundant produce. 
