COED’S G-OEDEM BKOF. 
ERVAISE COE, a market gardener, of Bury St. 
Edmunds, has immortalized his name by raising 
jj this Plum, which occurred about the year 1800. 
It originated from a stone of the Green Gage; 
-^-^CCT-v^ \vliiVli from the contiguity of the trees, may have 
been fertilized by the White Magnum Bonum. Dr. Bindley, 
in the Pomologia Britannica says “Of all the Plums of modern 
origin, this and the Washington are not only by far the best, 
but perhaps superior to any of the oldest varieties.” This is 
high prais ■, but when all the qualities of the Golden Drop are 
considered, is probably just. It keeps admirably; and any 
reasonable time will not dissipate its delicious flavour It 
may hang for a considerable time on the tree, after it is ripe, 
which usually takes place at the end of September. After 
being gathered, too, if suspended by the stalks, in a dry room, 
it may very well be kept a month or two. It is none the worse 
