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THE PLUM. 
is a very old variety from Catalonia, and the south of France, 
and has been in cultivation more than two hundred years. It 
is a pretty little fruit, and is worthy of a place in the garden of 
the amateur. The tree has long, slender, downy branches. 
Fruit small, oval, or obovate, with a yellow suture on one 
side. Stalk slender, half an inch long. Skin pale yellow, 
thinly coated with bloom. Flesh yellow, tolerably juicy, and 
melting, of sweet and pleasant flavour ; separates from the stone. 
Ripens from the 10th to the middle of July. 
Judson. 
Raised by Mr. Judson, of Lansingburgli, N. Y. Tree thrifty and 
productive. Fruit below medium, roundish. Skin a clear violet 
red, slightly mottled with a deeper shade, with a thin bloom. 
Stalk rather long. Flesh pale yellow, separating from the stone, 
juicy and vinous. Ripe the end of August. (Hov. Mag.) 
Kirke’s. Thomp. Lind. 
Kirke’s plum is a variety which came to us from England, 
where it was first brought into notice by Mr. Kirke, the nursery- 
man, at Brompton. 
Branches smooth. Fruit of medium size, round, with very 
little suture. Skin dark purple, with a few golden dots, and 
coated with an unusually thick blue bloom, which adheres 
pretty closely. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, inserted in 
a very slight depression. Flesh greenish-yellow, firm, and very 
rich in flavour. It separates freely from the stone, which is flat 
and broad. Ripens the last of August and first of September. 
Lady Plum. 
Raised by Isaac Denniston, Albany, N. Y. Tree of slender 
growth, productive. It is quite a pretty fruit, esteemed highly 
for preserving, this being its chief quality. It is a rampant 
grower, an abundant bearer. Fruit quite small, oval. Stalk 
short and stout ; colour light yellow, spotted with red. Stone 
free and small ; flavour acid. Season first of September. (E. 
Dorr in Cult.) 
Langdon’s Seedling. 
Raised by Reuben Langdon, of Hartford, Conn. Tree vigor- 
ous and productive. 
Branches smooth. Fruit rather large, roundish, oval, with a 
moderate suture. Skin reddish purple, covered with a thick 
bloom. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, inserted in a rather 
deep cavity. Flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sprightly, sub-acid, 
and adheres mostly to the stone. Ripens the last of August. 
