. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. RED OR PURPLE PLUMS. 80* is a native variety raised from the old Orleans about 20 years ago by^ Mr. Smith, of Gowanus, Long Island. It is one o. the most vigorous of all plum trees, making straight, glossy, red- dish-purple shoots, seven or eight feet long in the nursery, with dark green, crimped leaves. It bears regularly i and well, in almost any soil, its I fruit is large and handsome, and has that blending of sweet and acid in its flavour, which renders it, to our. taste, one of the most agreeable of all plums. It is deservedl
. The fruits and fruit trees of America;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. RED OR PURPLE PLUMS. 80* is a native variety raised from the old Orleans about 20 years ago by^ Mr. Smith, of Gowanus, Long Island. It is one o. the most vigorous of all plum trees, making straight, glossy, red- dish-purple shoots, seven or eight feet long in the nursery, with dark green, crimped leaves. It bears regularly i and well, in almost any soil, its I fruit is large and handsome, and has that blending of sweet and acid in its flavour, which renders it, to our. taste, one of the most agreeable of all plums. It is deservedly a fa- vourite in American gardens. Fig. 125. Smuh's Orleans. Bearing branches smooth, or nearly so. Fruit large, often of the largest size, oval, rather widest towards the stalk, a little irregular, with a strongly marked suture on one side. Stalk quite small and slender, little more than half an inch long, in. serted in a deep narrow cavity. Skin reddish purple, covered with a deep blue bloom. Flesh deep yellow, a little firm, very juicy, with a brisk, rich vinous flavour, (not sweet and cloy- ing,) and adheres to the stone. Ripens from the 20th to the last of August, and hangs for some time on the tree, becoming very dark in colour. By an error, this variety was sent out from the gardens here for several years, as the Violet, or Blue Perdrigon, a smaller, and very different fruit, and bears this name still, in some col- lections. 74. Isabella. Thomp. This is an attractive looking English plum, of a fine red co lour, and of good flavour, though scarcely so beautiful as the coloured plate in the Pomological Magazine would lead one to suppose ; but well worthy of a place in a large collection. Branches quite downy and gray, like those of the Orleans. Fruit medium size, oval, rather narrower towards the stalk. Skin dark dull red in the sun, paler in. the shade, and thickly sprink- led with darker coloured dots. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, a little hairy, set in a moder
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