PLU 
PLU 
fruit of fine flavour, and a peculiar I 
bronze colour, weighing about five 
pounds. 
Sugarloaf, Brown-leaved. Larger than 
the preceding, and superior to it in 
quality; the fruit is cylindrical, Syn. 
Antigua Sugarloaf, Mocho, Striped 
Brown Sugarloaf. 
Sugarloaf, Orange. Smaller than the 
others, but equally good; the fruit is 
cylindrical, and the leaves have small 
spines. 
Sugarloaf, Striped. This is very com¬ 
monly grown, though decidedly infe¬ 
rior in flavour to either of the other 
Sugarloaves mentioned. It has small 
cylindrical fruit, and the leaves are 
armed with large spines; a good 
winter fruit. Syn. Brown Striped 
Sugarloaf, Birdseye Bahama, Green 
Sugarloaf, Green Striped Sugarloaf, 
Prickly Striped Sugarloaf, Purple 
Striped Queen, White Sugarloaf. 
Trinder’s Seedling. A compact-growing 
variety, with medium-sized, richly-fla¬ 
voured fruit; cylindrical in form, and 
freely produced; the leaves have large 
spines. 
Trooper’s Helmet. A large round fruit 
of medium quality, and very hand¬ 
some; ripens well in winter. Syn. 
Brown-leaved J ava. Cockscomb, 
Hussar. 
Trinidad. This is, perhaps, the largest 
variety known to us, its greatest re¬ 
corded weight being twenty-six 
pounds; half that may, however, be 
taken as the average. It is only of 
second-rate flavour, and from the great 
space required by the plants is not 
often grown. The fruit is pyramidal 
in form. Syn. Pitch Lake. 
Welbeck Seedling. A handsome fruit 
of medium size, cylindrical inform, and 
of very good flavour when ripened in 
summer; the leaves have large spines. 
Syn. Cockscomb, Crown, Prickly Pro¬ 
vidence. 
PLUM. Primus domestica (Linn.) 
Nat. Ord. Amygdalinece. This is one of 
our native fruits, and stands a monu¬ 
ment of the success attending persever¬ 
ing: skill. The credit attached to the 
improvement of the family has, however, 
to be shared with the continental grow¬ 
ers, for much has been effected by them, 
especially the Prench cultivators, in the 
rearing of superior varieties of the plum. 
In consequence of a difference in the 
hardihood of the varieties, plums are 
grown as standard trees for the open 
ground, and as espaliers usually trained 
against a wall; the tender sorts pos¬ 
sessing most merit, either for their 
superior flavour, handsome appearance, 
or precocity, being selected for the latter 
situation. They all delight in rich open 
loam, and insist on an airy situation. 
Standard trees, because of their early 
habit of flowering, should be planted 
where they will be protected from the 
nipping north winds of spring. Their 
subsequent management is of the easiest 
description, being merely a timely re¬ 
moval of such branches as appear likely 
to obstruct an equable distribution of light 
and air through the head of the tree; 
but this should be done as soon as it can 
be perceived, for if left till it becomes 
necessary to take out a large branch, 
danger from gumming is incurred. The 
removal of small branches is often a be¬ 
nefit to the tree, but large ones are al¬ 
ways dangerous. Whatever pruning is 
required should always be done in au¬ 
tumn, as at that time there is less like¬ 
lihood of an issue of sap from the wood. 
Plums planted against a wall should 
have their roots kept near the surface, 
and unless the soil is well drained there 
is much danger of their “ spawning,” 
or throwing up suckers from the roots, 
which, according to their number, detract 
from the vigour of the tree. The mode 
of training may be either the fan-shape 
or the branches may be laid horizon¬ 
tally, The fruit is produced on spurs 
formed the preceding season, and there¬ 
fore the pruning must be directed to¬ 
wards the increase and continuance of 
these blooming branches, in the manner 
recommended for pears. In these trees, 
however, it is sometimes necessary, espe¬ 
cially as they become aged, to reduce 
the spurs in size, or they spread so far 
from the wall as to be both unsightly 
and barren. It is best to do this by 
