Fruit very late, season long; one and one-half inches by one and three-eighths inches in size, oval, purplish-black, overspread with very thick bloom; flesh greenish-yellow, medium juicy, tender, sweet, mild and pleasant; of good quality; stone free or nearly so, one inch by five-eighths inch in size, irregular-oval, flattened, with an acute and slightly oblique apex. LAIRE _Prunus orthosepala?_ Laire is cultivated locally in Rooks and neighboring counties in Kansas and is highly spoken of by those who grow it. The description of the variety is made from information sent from the United States Department of Agriculture. For a further account of this plum the reader is referred to the discussion of _Prunus orthosepala_, page 97. The name is derived from that of the man who first brought the plums under cultivation some twenty or twenty-five years ago. Tree dwarfish, dense-topped, not very productive; branches spiny, zigzag; branchlets thick, reddish-brown changing to dark brown; leaves oblong-ovate, light green, acuminate, with margins closely serrate and seldom with glandular teeth; petiole slender, one-half inch long, with two glands at the apex; flowers white or tinged with pink, appearing after the leaves; borne in threes or in fours; pedicels thick, one-half inch long; petals narrowly clawed; stamens orange. Fruit mid-season; one and one-eighth inches in diameter, roundish, greenish-yellow overlaid with deep red, covered with thick bloom; skin thick; flesh yellow, meaty, juicy, mild subacid; good to very good; stone clinging, five-eighths inch by nine-sixteenths inch in size, flattened, oval, with rugose surfaces; grooved on the dorsal and ridged on the ventral suture. LARGE ENGLISH _Prunus domestica_ =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 443. 1881. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 429, 433. 1889. Englische Zwetsche 2. _Grosse Englische Zwetsche_ 2. Grosse Englische Zwetsche 1, 2. _Grosse Englische Pflaumen Zwetsche_ 2. _Grosse Zwetsche?_ 2. _Schweizer Zwetsche_ 2 incor.