. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. and it exists only in a {ew collectionsin this country. Still it is at least twentyyears since it originated, and the first des-cription of the fruit given by the elderPRINCE, in his Short Treatise on Horti-culture, was published in 1828, It wasstated truly, in that work, that it is largerthan the Washington, and it was consideredat that time to hold the first in rank amongplums. One of the members of the fruit com-mittee of the Boston Horticultural Societyremarked to us, a year ago, that HulingsSuperb could not really be a fruit o
. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. and it exists only in a {ew collectionsin this country. Still it is at least twentyyears since it originated, and the first des-cription of the fruit given by the elderPRINCE, in his Short Treatise on Horti-culture, was published in 1828, It wasstated truly, in that work, that it is largerthan the Washington, and it was consideredat that time to hold the first in rank amongplums. One of the members of the fruit com-mittee of the Boston Horticultural Societyremarked to us, a year ago, that HulingsSuperb could not really be a fruit of merit,else why should it even now be so littleknown in the country? The truth is, for a long time this variety REMARKS ON THREE STANDARD FRUITS. 167 was almost lost, and existed in many col-lections merely by name. Eight or tenyears ago, we succeeded in obtaining a treeof it in Philadelphia, after a long search ingardens elsewhere. We fruited it, satisfiedourselves of its high merit, and have sincehad the pleasure of distributing many treesof this Fig. 46. Hulings Superb Plum. Hulings Superb is one of the most strikingand remarkable plums. When fully grown,it is of the largest size, measuring six inchesin circumference. The tree is very distinctand remarkable in its growth—the leavesbeing very broad and large, and the shootspeculiarly stout and blunt, and with a largeshoulder (or swelling) behind each growth is thrifty, and the youngbranches downy. The description in our work on fruit treesnot being complete of this variety, we heresubjoin another, drawn up with the fruit be-fore us.* * It is quite delightful to correct ourself one of the errors,which the ardent pomologists of the new school have not yetbeen able, with all their industry, to detect in our Ftmxu and Fruit very large, roundish oval, with adistinct though shallow suture. Stalk strongand stout, about an inch long, swollen atits junction with the tree; set in a roundsmall cavity. Skin rather du
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