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vour, better for preferving than to eat 
raw; the end of September and in Oc¬ 
tober. 
Cherry Plum—a fmall, round, red 
fruit, the fize, fhape, and colour of 
a large red-heart cherry, efteemed 
chiefly as a curioflty ; Augujl or Sep¬ 
tember. 
Damafcene, or Damfon Plum—afmall, 
round, blackifh-blue fruit, very pro¬ 
fitable for many kitchen purpofes, in 
tarts, pies. Sec. alfo for eating raw, 
when fully ripe; September and Octo¬ 
ber. 
Mufcel Plum—a middle-flze, oblong, 
compreffed fruit, of a dark or black- 
red colour; but of an indifferent fla¬ 
vour ; the tree valued by the nurfery- 
men, for flocks, on which to bud 
peaches, &c. the end of September, 
ISc. 
St. Julian Plum—a fmall, roundifh, ob¬ 
long, violet-coloured fruit, with a 
farinous bloom; September. 
Almond-Shape Plum — a middle-flze, 
oblong fruit, deeply furrowed, and 
of a whitifh-yellow, tinged with red; 
September . 
The above being the principal and moll 
generally known forts of Plums, there 
are many others of lefs note that oc¬ 
cur in different parts of this and other 
countries; but this collection affords 
a plentiful choice, tofurnifn any gar¬ 
den with a proper variety. 
The above Varieties conflft of many fine eating 
Plums, and for tarts, pies, and preferving; are va¬ 
rious in fize, fhape, and colour; fome being fmall, 
others middling and large, and in fhape, round, oval, 
oblong. Sec. in colours, black, red, white, yellow, 
green, blue, &c. and attain perfection, in the diffe¬ 
rent varieties, from the middle or latter end of July, 
in regular fucceflion, till October; and all of which 
are produced plentifully, both on liandard-trees, wall- 
trees, and in efpaliers. 
2. Pronus inf tit ia, Infititious Wild Plum, or Bub- 
lace Tree. 
A fmall, deciduous tree, growing fifteen or fixteen 
feet high—the branches fomewhat fpinous; leaves 
(fmallijh) ovate, villofe, hairy on the under fide, 
convolute; and peduncles or flower-ftalks, mojlly in 
pairs, the flowers fucceeded by fmall plums; ripe in 
September and October.—Native of Germany and 
England. ( Any common foil) 
VEGETABLE SYSTEM 
Varieties of the Fruit. —Black-Bullace. 
White-Bullace. 
Red-Bullace. 
The Bullaces are of the fmaller and inferior forts of 
Plum, ripening late, of a tartifh flavour; and a few 
trees merit admittance in the plum collection, in a 
garden or orchard, chiefly in fmall ffandards. 
3. Prunus fpinofa. Spinous or Thorny Wild Plum, 
or Sloe Tree. 
A fmall, deciduous tree, of fhrubby, bufhy growth* 
ten to fifteen feet high—the branches thorny; leaves 
(fmall) fpear-fhape, fmooth; and peduncles or flow - 
er-flaiks, flngly, and by pairs; and fmall, berry-like 
black fruit, called Sloes; ripe the end of October and 
November. — Native of moff parts of Europe, ia 
woods and hedges. (Any foil and ftuation.) 
Variety. —Double-bloffom Sloe Tree. 
The Sloes are confiderably the fmaHeft of the Plum 
tribe, very auffere and four, but are in requeft in fome 
families, and for medicines. 
Cherry Kinds . 
Comprifing the Common Cherry in many varieties, 
the great Wild Cherry Tree, Bird-Cherries, Sec . 
4. Prunus Cerafus — (Cerafus) or Common Cherry 
Tree. 
A middling, deciduous tree, growing eighteen or 
twenty feet high, or more—the leaves (middling and 
large) ovate-fpear-fhape, conduplicate, fmooth; and 
flowers growing in umbels, fucceeded by bunches of 
round fruit; ripening from May and June, till Auguff 
and September.—Native of different parts of Europe. 
(Any common fertile foil) 
Varieties of the Tree. —Upright, clofe-branching 
Cherry Tree, as in moff of the Duke 
kinds. Sec. 
Strong - fhooting, fpreading-branched 
Cherry Tree, as in the Heart kind*. 
Slender-branching Cherry Tree, as in 
the Morello Cherry. 
Dwarf Cherry Tree. 
Double - bloflbm Cherry Tree, (very 
beautiful.) 
Red-bloflom Cherry. 
Pendulous-branched or Weeping Cher¬ 
ry Tree, (very curious.) 
