This plum, introduced from Japan without any special name, has been given the name of Kelsey, just as William's Bon Chretien, of the Old World came to be called the Bartlett pear in the New. The Japanese have no native plum that is fit to eat, but they have taken the plum of Europe and improved them in a line quite different from that in which we have worked. This variety is a grand affair. The fruit is about 9 inches in circumference, and delicious. It was first noted in our magazine in 1882, and is receiving marked attention in the South. In Florida especially it seems to be very popular.