THE PLUM. 
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August, when it lias the rare quality of hanging long on the tree, 
gradually improving in flavour. It does not, like many sorts, appear 
liable to the attacks of wasps, which destroy so many of the light 
coloured plums as soon as they arrive at maturity. 
We received the Jefferson Plum a few years ago, from the late 
Judge Buel, by whom it was raised and named. It is a good 
and regular bearer, and the crop is very handsome on the tree. 
Branches slightly downy, leaves oval, flat. Fruit large, oval # 
slightly narrowed on one side, towards the stalk. Skin golden 
yellow, with a beautiful purplish-red cheek, and covered with a 
thin white bloom. Stalk an inch long, pretty stout, very slightly 
inserted. Suture indistinct. Flesh deep orange, (like that of 
an Apricot,) parts freely, and almost entirely from the stone, 
which is long and pointed; very rich, juicy, luscious, and high 
flavoured. Hangs a fortnight on the tree. 
Lawrence’s Favourite. 
Lawrence’s Gage. 
Lawrence’s Favourite is a fruit 
of high merit, raised by Mr. L. 
U. Lawrence, of Hudson, N. Y., 
from a seed of the Green Gage. 
The general appearance of 
the fruit is like that of its parent, 
except that it is two or three 
times as large. It hangs well 
on the tree, and its remarkable 
size, flavour and productiveness, 
will soon give it a place in every 
garden, and we think it deserv- 
ing our highest commendation. 
Lawrence’s Favourite forms 
an upright tree of thrifty growth, 
with dark green leaves, (which 
are rather below the medium size,) and upright growing short- 
jointed shoots. Young branches downy. 
Fruit large, heavy, roundish, a little flattened at either end. 
Skin dull yellowish-green, clouded with streaks of a darker 
shade beneath, and covered with a light bluish-green bloom. 
The upper part of the fruit, when fully ripe, is covered with a 
peculiar brownish net work, and a few reddish dots. Stalk 
short, only half an inch long, slender, inserted in a narrow 
cavity. Flesh greenish, resembling that of the Green Gage, 
remarkably juicy, and melting, perhaps scarcely so rich as the 
latter, but with a very rich, sprightly, vinous flavour, and one of 
the most delicious of plums. Stone five-eighths of an inch long, 
flattened ; the flesh sometimes adheres a little, when not fully 
ripe, but then separates freely. Ripens at the middle of August 
Lawrence's Favourite. 
