The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . Judging from what I have seen of it, I am of opinion that it is a varietyof the Myrobalan or Cherry Plum, and a native. A correspondent of The American Agriculturist pronounces it a Cliickasaw. He is cer-tainly mistaken ; for it resembles it in no respect. The fruit is red, ofmedium size ; is very firm and hard; and has a thick skin, which the curculiofinds it difficult to penetrate. The leaves have on them two pairs of globoseglands, — one pair on the stem, and the other on the margin of the leaf, — 146 Itnprovemait of the Native
The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . Judging from what I have seen of it, I am of opinion that it is a varietyof the Myrobalan or Cherry Plum, and a native. A correspondent of The American Agriculturist pronounces it a Cliickasaw. He is cer-tainly mistaken ; for it resembles it in no respect. The fruit is red, ofmedium size ; is very firm and hard; and has a thick skin, which the curculiofinds it difficult to penetrate. The leaves have on them two pairs of globoseglands, — one pair on the stem, and the other on the margin of the leaf, — 146 Itnprovemait of the Native Plum. a peculiarity not common to plums. In ripens in Southern Illinois in Sej>tember, in Wisconsin in October. Its season makes it desirable ; but, fromall I can learn, its quality is inferior. Muldraugh ^s-hill Pium. — This is a variety of the American or MoosePlum {P. Americana), found wild on Muldraughs Hill, in Hardin County,. Ky. It is a large plum, of a light red color, and is an improvement inthat species. Ripens in August. Tree vigorous, and attains a large size,but docs not bear heavy crops, as it is moncecious, the staminate flowerspredominating largely. Improvancnt of the Native Plum. ^A7 It is quite ornamental when in bloom, as it is completely covered withlarge clusters of flowers, like snowballs, before a leaf appears. Wild-goose Plum. — There is a tradition that this plum received itsname from the fact that a gentleman in Tennessee killed a wild goose, and
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