The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . ers will undoubtedly lead to valuable results, in regardto a judicious and projier selection of kinds for peculiar soils,exposures and situations.—Ed. Art. III. Description of a new variety of Plum, called theColumbia; with some Remarks on the culture of the Plum,the destruction of the Cureulio, 4C. By A. J. DowjSING,Botanic Garden and Nurseries, Nevvburgh, N. Y. About two years since, our attention was called to a newvariety of plum, of superior quality, which originated in thecity of Hudson,
The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . ers will undoubtedly lead to valuable results, in regardto a judicious and projier selection of kinds for peculiar soils,exposures and situations.—Ed. Art. III. Description of a new variety of Plum, called theColumbia; with some Remarks on the culture of the Plum,the destruction of the Cureulio, 4C. By A. J. DowjSING,Botanic Garden and Nurseries, Nevvburgh, N. Y. About two years since, our attention was called to a newvariety of plum, of superior quality, which originated in thecity of Hudson, in this State. The original tree, which is Description of the Columbia Plum. 91 now of large size, is standing in the garden of Mr. Lawrence,in that city, and was raised, as Mr. Lawrence assured us,from a seed of the green Gage planted by him. Ahhoughthe Columbia i)lum is quite a celebrated variety in the neigh-borhood where the original tree grows, it is, as yet, scarcelyat all known to cultivators or nurserymen; aid we are nowendeavoring to propagate it largely, for the first lime, in this 5. The Columbia Plum. establishment. The tree is a most abundant bearer, and thefruit, when fully ripe, is of a beautiful color and delicious fla-vor. The drawing from which the annexed engraving (Jig. 5,)was made, was taken from a specimen of ordinary size. 92 Description of the Columbia Plum. gathered from the original tree, and the following characteris-tics of the variety were noted at the same time. Form almost globular; diameter of the fruit nearly twoinches. Stem about an inch long, rather slender, inserted ina slight cavity; suture scarcely visible, on one side of whichthe fruit is rather larger than on the other. Color brownishpurple, or dark brown covered with purple bloom, dottedwith numerous golden specks. Flesh adheres slightly tothe stone, which is small and considerably compressed. Skinthin; juice abundant, rich, and sugary; young shoots andleaves slightly downy; the leaves
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