THE PLUM. 
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crops. The tree is small in all its parts, and 
although the fruit has a tolerable flavour, yet 
from its size and high perfume, it is chiefly 
valued for preserving. 
Branches downy. Fruit quite small, obo- 
vate, with a well marked suture. Stalk half 
an inch long, slightly inserted. Skin of a / r 
beautiful yellow, a little spotted with red at/ 
maturity, and covered with a white bloom.) 
Flesh orange, sweet, and sprightly, becoming! 
dry when over-ripe, and separates from the\ 
stone. Ripens with the Green Gage. 
Mirabdle. 
Monroe. 
Monroe Egg. 
Raised by Miss Dunham, Penfield, Monroe Co., N. Y. Tret 
very vigorous and productive. 
Branches smooth. Fruit medium, or above, oval. Skin 
, greenish-yellow, with rarely a blush. Stalk rather long, with 
very little depression. Flesh greenish-yellow, not very tender, 
but with a rich sugary flavour. First of September. (H. E. 
Hooker, MS.) 
Morocco. Tliomp. Lind. 
Early Morocco. Black Morocco. 
Early Black Morocco. Early Damask. Mill. 
A good early plum, of rather slow growth, and a moderate 
bearer. Inferior to Rivers’s Early Favourite. 
Branches downy. Fruit of medium size, roundish, with a 
shallow suture on one side, a little flattened at both ends. Skin 
dark purple, covered with a pale thin bloom. Stalk half an 
inch long, rather stout. Flesh greenish-yellow, adhering slight- 
ly to the stone, juicy, with a smart, rich flavour, becoming quite 
sweet at maturity. First of August. 
Mulberry. 
Raised by Isaac Denniston, of Albany. The leaves are re- 
markably luxuriant, broad, and crumpled. Fruit large, oval, 
somewhat narrowest towards the stalk. Skin pale, whitish-yel- 
low, sprinkled with white dots, and dusted with a pale bloom. 
Stalk an inch long, rather slender, very slightly inserted. 
Flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet, and good ; adheres slightly 
to the stone. The latter is long and pointed. First of Sep* 
tember. 
