THE PLUM. 
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dish-purple shoots, with dark 
green, crimped leaves. Very- 
productive. 
Bearing branches smooth, 
or nearly so. Fruit large, 
often of the largest size, oval, 
rather widest towards the 
stalk, a little irregular, Avith 
a strongly marked suture on 
one side. Stalk quite small 
and slender, little more than 
half an inch long, inserted in 
a deep narrow cavity. Skin 
reddish-purple, covered with 
a deep blue bloom. Flesh 
deep yellow, a little firm, 
very juicy, with a brisk, rich Smith’s Orleans. 
vinous flavour, (not sweet 
and cloying,) and adheres to the stone. Ripens from the 20th 
to the last of August, and hangs for some time on the tree, 
becoming very dark in colour. 
Parsonage. 
Origin, Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., N. Y. Tree very vigorous, 
upright, productive. A new excellent variety, worthy of culti- 
vation. 
Branches smooth. Fruit medium to large, oval. Skin pale 
yellow, lightly splashed with green. Stalk of medium length, 
inserted in a small depression. Flesh yellow, juicy, with a rich 
sugary flavour. It separates freely from the stone. Ripens first 
of September. 
Peach Plum. Noisette, Poiteau. 
Prune Peche. 
Tree upright, vigorous, only a moderate bearer. Tree rathei 
tender at the North. 
Branches smooth. Fruit very large, shaped more like a 
peach than a plum, roundish, much flattened at both ends, 
suture shallow but strongly marked, apex much depressed. 
Skin light brownish red, sprinkled with obscure dark specks, 
and covered with a pale bloom. Stalk short, rather stout, set 
in a shallow narrow cavity. Flesh pale yellow, a little coarse 
grained, but juicy, and of pleasant sprightly flavour when fully 
ripe. Separates freely from the stone. Ripens from the twen- 
tieth to the last of July. 
