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THE PLUM. 
Denyer’s Victoria resembles this, but we require another trial 
before pronouncing them identical. 
Suisse. Thomp. Poit. 
Simiana. Prune d’Altesse. 
Monsieur Tardif. Prune Suisse. 
Swiss Plum. 
A foreign variety of free growth, with long, slender, smooth 
branches, distinct from Simiana of Boston. 
Fruit rather small, roundish-oval. Skin violet-red, covered 
with a thick bloom. Flesh greenish-yellow, firm, rather dry 
but sweet, and separates from the stone. Ripe last of September. 
Thomas. 
A handsome native fruit, introduced by William Thomas of 
Boston ; a free grower, and bears abundantly. 
Branches slightly downy. Fruit large, roundish-oval, a little 
irregular, and rather compressed in the direction of the suture. 
Stalk hairy, half an inch or more, long, stout, set in a small 
narrow cavity. Skin salmon colour, with numerous dots, and a 
soft red cheek. Flesh pale yellow, a little coarse grained, but 
with a mild pleasant flavour, separating freely from the stone. 
The stone is peculiarly light coloured. Ripe the last of August. 
Trouvee de Voueche. 
Found in the woods by Gregoire, and by him introduced. 
Tree moderately vigorous and very fertile. 
Fruit medium or small, is regularly oval. Skin thick, red- 
dish violet with a shady side, and a violet bloom on the sunny 
side. Flesh juicy, sweet, and very good. Ripens the end of 
August. — (Al. Pom.) 
Virgin. Thomp. 
A foreign variety of free growth. Branches smooth, rather 
slender. 
Fruit medium, roundish. Skin reddish-purple. Flesh green- 
ish, very juicy, sweet, and excellent. Adheres slightly to the 
stone. Ripens the first of September. 
Wax. 
Raised by Elisha Dorr, Albany, N. Y. Tree moderately 
vigorous and productive. Fruit large, slightly oval. Stalk 
very long. Colour the richest yellow, mostly covered with car- 
mine and a lilac bloom. Flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, saccha- 
rine, with a very sprightly flavour. Separates from the stone 
Ripe October. (E. Dorr in Cult.) 
