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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, February 21, 1860. 
Trentham, and the other is filled with fruiting plants in pots. 
From what I noted, I really could see no difference in the size 
and quality of the fruit. Mr. Eastwood seems rather inclined in 
favour of the pot system. 
My space will not allow me to say much about plants. Suffi¬ 
cient it must be, to state that there are some good specimens of 
variegated plants ; Azaleas and Heaths grown in the vineries and 
Pine-stoves, certainly not the best habitations for them, and all 
the more creditable to the management.—T. Appleby. 
FRUITS ADAPTED TO THE VARIOUS 
LOCALITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
{Continuedfrom 'page 306). 
PLUMS. 
Empress. See Blue Imperatrice. 
Fair’s Golden Drop. See Coe’s Golden Drop. 
Fellemberg. See Italian Quetsche. 
Florence. See Bed Magnum Bonum. 
Flushing Gage. See Imperial Gage. 
Fonthill. See Pond’s Seedling. 
Fotheringay. See Potheringham. 
Fotheringham {Fotheringay; Grove House Purple: 
Bed Fotheringham: Sheen). —Fruit medium sized, obo- 
vate, with a well-defined suture, which is higher on one 
side than the other. Skin deep reddish-purple on the 
side next the sun, and bright red where shaded, covered 
with thin blue bloom. Stalk an inch long, not deeply 
inserted. Flesh pale greenish-yellow, not juicy, sugary, 
with a pleasant subacid flavour, and separating from the 
stone. Shoots smooth. 
A good dessert plum. Ripe in the middle of August. 
Franklin. See Washington. 
Friar’s. See Cheston. 
Frost Gage (American Damson; Frost Plum ).— 
Fruit small, roundish-oval, and marked with a distinct 
suture. Skin deep purple, strewed with russet dots, and 
covered with a thin bloom. Stalk about three quarters of 
an inch long. Flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet, and 
rather richly flavoured, adhering to the stone. Shoots 
smooth. 
An excellent little plum. Ripe in October. The tree 
is a great bearer. 
Frost Plum. See Frost Gage. 
General Hand. — Fruit very large, roundish-oval, 
marked with a slight suture. Skin deep golden yellow, 
marbled with greenish-yellow. Stalk long, inserted in 
a shallow cavity. Flesh pale yellow, coarse, not very 
juicy, sweet, and of a good flavour, and separating from 
the stone. Shoots smooth. 
A preserving plum. Ripe in the beginning and middle 
of September. 
German Gage. See Bleelcer’s Yellow Gage. 
German Prune. See Quetsche. 
German Quetsche. See Quetsche. 
Gisborne’s {Gisborne’s Early; Paterson’s). — Fruit 
rather below medium size, roundish-oval, marked with a 
distinct suture. Skin greenish-yellow, but changing as 
it ripens to fine amber, with a few crimson spots, and 
numerous grey russet dots interpersed. Stalk half an 
inch to three quarters long, inserted in a very shallow 
cavity. Flesh yellow, firm, coarse-grained, and not very 
juicy, briskly acid, with a slight sweetness, and separating 
from the stone. Shoots downy. 
A cooking plum. Ripe in the middle of August. The 
tree is an early and abundant bearer. 
Gisborne’s Early. See Gisborne’s. 
Gloire de New York. See Hillings’ Superb. 
Golden Drop. See Coe’s Golden Drop. 
Golden Gage. See Coe’s Golden Drop. 
Goliath {Caledonian; St. Cloud; Steers’ Emperor; 
Wilmot’s Late Orleans ).— Fruit large, oblong, with a 
well-marked suture, one side of which is higher than the 
other. Skin deep reddish-purple, but paler on the shaded 
side, and covered with thin blue bloom. Stalk three 
quarters of an inch long, inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh 
yellow, juicy, brisk, and of good flavour, adhering to the 
stone. Shoots downy. 
A fine showy plum, and though only of second-rate 
quality for the dessert, is excellent for preserving and 
other culinary purposes. Ripe in the end of August. 
This is sometimes, but erroneously, calle&NeetarinePlum. 
Gonne’s Green Gage. See Yelloio Gage. 
Great Damask. See Green Gage. 
Green Gage {Abricot Vert; Bradford Green Gage; 
Brugnon Green Gage; Damas Vert; Dauphine; Great 
Green Damask; Grosse Beine; Ida Green Gage; Isle- 
worth Green Gage; Mirabelle Vert Double; Queen 
Claudia; Beine Claude; Beine Claude Grosse; Bens- 
selaar Gage; Schuyler Gage; Sucrin Vert; Tromphe 
Garmon; Trompe Valet; Verdacia; Verdochio; Vert 
Bonne; Verte Tiquetee; Wilmot’s Green Gage). —Fruit 
medium sized, round, and a little flattened at both ends ; 
dimpled at the apex, and marked on one side by a shallow 
suture, which extends from the stalk to the apex. Skin 
tender, yellowish-green, but, when fully ripe, becoming 
of a deeper yellow, clouded with green, and marked with 
crimson spots, and covered with thin ashy-grey bloom. 
Stalk half an inch to three quarters long, inserted in a 
small cavity. Flesh greenish-yellow, tender, melting, 
and very juicy, with a rich, sugary, and most delicious 
flavour; it separates freely from the stone. Shoots 
smooth. 
One of the richest of all the plums. Ripe in the middle 
and end of August. 
Grimwood’s Early Orleans. See Early Orleans. 
Grosse Luisante. See White Magnum Bonum. 
Grosse Reine. See Green Gage. 
Grosse Rouge de Septembre. See Belle de Septembre. 
Grove House Purple. See Fotheringham. 
Guthrie’s Apricot. — Fruit above medium size, 
roundish-oval. Skin yellow, strewed with crimson dots, 
and covered with thin bloom. Stalk rather long, set in 
a small depression. Flesh yellow, rather coarse, juicy 
and sweet, adhering to the stone. Shoots smooth. 
A. second-rate dessert plum. Ripe in the end of August. 
Guthrie’s Aunt Ann. See Aunt Ann. 
Guthrie’s Late Green.— Fruit above medium size, 
round, marked with a suture, which is swollen on one 
side. Skin yellow, clouded with green, and covered with 
a thin bloom. Stalk three quarters of an inch loDg, 
inserted in a small cavity. Flesh yellow, firm, not very 
juicy, but exceedingly rich and sugary, adhering slightly 
to the stone. Shoots smooth. 
A very fine dessert plum, rivalling the Green Gage, 
and ripening about a month later—the end of September. 
The tree is hardy, and a good bearer. 
Hampton Court. See Early Orleans. 
Howell’s Large. See Nectarine. 
Hulinc-s’ Superb {Gloire de New York; Keyscr’s 
Plum ).—Fruit very large, roundish-oval, marked with a 
shallow suture. Skin greenish-yellow, covered with a 
thin bloom. Stalk short and stout, inserted in a small 
round cavity. Flesh greenish-yellow, rather coarse, but 
rich and sugary, and with a fine brisk flavour; it adheres 
to the stone. Shoots downy. 
A fine, large, and richly-flavoured plum. Ripe in the 
end of August. 
Ickworth’s Imperatrice {Knight’s No. 6).—Fruit 
large, obovate. Skin purple, marked with yellow streaks. 
Stalk stout, an inch or more in length. Flesh greenish- 
yellow, tender and juicy, with a rich, sugary flavour, 
and adhering to the stone. Shoots smooth. 
An excellent late dessert plum. Ripe in October. It 
will hang till it shrivels, and is then very rich in flavour. 
