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THE PLUM. 
Madison. 
Raised by Isaac Deniston, Al- 
bany, N. Y. Tree very vigorous 
and productive, branches smooth. 
Fruit medium size, nearly globu- 
lar ; suture shallow, extending near- 
ly around the fruit. Skin golden 
yellow, with few splashes of green, 
dotted and shaded with crimson 
on the sunny side, and lightly 
covered with a delicate bloom. 
Stalk stout and short, inserted in a 
very small cavity. Flesh golden 
yellow, rather coarse, moderately 
juicy, with a rich sugary flavour, 
adheres slightly to the stone. Ri- 
pens the last of September. 
Madison Plum. 
McLaughlin. Hort. 
Raised by James Mc- 
Laughlin, Bangor, Me. 
Tree hardy, vigorous, 
and productive, a valu- 
able variety, nearly or 
quite equal to Green 
Gage. Branches smooth. 
Fruit large, nearly round, 
oblate, flattened at both 
ends, suture slight. Stalk 
three-fourths of an inch 
long, inserted in a small 
cavity by a ring. Skin 
thin and tender, yellow, 
dotted and marbled with 
red on the sunny side, 
and covered with a thin 
bloom. Flesh dull yel- 
low, rather firm, juicy, very sweet and luscious. It adheres to 
the stone. Ripens last of August. 
Orleans, Smith’s. Pom. Man. 
Violet Perdrigon. ) incorrectly , of some 
Ked Magnum Bonum. \ American gardens. 
Smith’s Orleans, the largest and finest of this class of plums, 
is a native variety raised from the old Orleans about twenty 
years ago by Mr. Smith, of Gowanus, Long Island. It is one of 
the most vigorous of all plum trees, making straight, glossy, red' 
