AMYGDALACE^. IV. Prunus. 



499 



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peduncles solitary ; leaves ovate, acute, serrated, villous above, 

 tomentose beneath as v^^ell as the petioles. 



Japan. Flowers white. 

 Tomentose Plum-tree. 



T2.F 



Drupe the size of a pea. 

 Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



Native of 



flesh adhering to the stone. A kitchen and preserving fruit, 

 ripening in October. An abundant bearer. 



6 Yellow Roman bullace. 



7 Coe's golden drop, Coe's imperial golden. Golden drop, 

 new golden drop, Burry seedling. Fair's golden drop, golden 

 gage. Wood smooth. Fruit oval, large ; flesh adhering to the 

 stone. One of the most valuable plums either for the table 

 or for preserving, and a good bearer. Ripens in the end of 

 September. 



8 White damson, small round damson^ Wood downy. Fruit 

 oval, yellow; flesh adhering to the stone. A second-rate kitchen 

 fruit, ripening about the end of September. 



9 Denntson's Albany. Fruit yellow. 



10 Dennison^s late. Fruit oval, yellow, middle-sized, 

 good preserving fruit, ripening in October. 



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6 P. ^ARi^TiMA (Wangh. amer. 103. ex WiUd. enum. 519.) 

 peduncles twin ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrated ; fruit small, 

 round^ sweet, dark blue. ^2 . H. Native of North America^ in 

 '^andby the sea-side. Flowers white. Fruit size of a pigeon's 

 egg, dark purple, good to eat. 



Sea-side Plum. Fl. Apr. May. Clt. 1818. Sh. 5 to 8 feet. 



7 P. ACUMINATA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 284.) flowers? calyx 

 glabrous ; leaves oblong-oval, ending in a long, acute acumen ; 

 drupe ovate, acuminated, on a long peduncle. Tj . H. Native 

 of Virginia. Perhaps the same as P. maritima. 



Acuminated-\Q3i\edi Plum. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



8 P. pube'scens (Poir. suppl. 4, p. 584. but not of Pursh) "'11 ^Drap d'Or, mirabelle double (Duham. arb. fr. 2. p. 9&.), 

 flowers usually solitary, almost sessile; leaves ovate, thickish, mirabelle grosse, abricotee hdthe {lio\^. m 'Duh^xn. ed. nov. 5. 

 and roundish, or ending in a short acumen, hardly pubescent, p. 195.no. 23.). Wood downy. Fruit small, round, yellow; 



flesh separating from the stone. An excellent dessert fruit, pre- 

 cedes the green-gage in ripening, and resembles it in quality. 



12 Chancellor gage. Wood smooth. Fruit middle-sized, 

 round, yellow. A second-rate dessert fruit. 



13 Gisborn*s, Gisborn^s early, Paterson^s. Wood downy. 

 Fruit oblong, middle-sized, yellow ; flesh separating from the 

 stone. A second-rate kitchen fruit, ripening in the middle of 

 August. A great bearer. 



14 Superior green-gage. Wood downy. Fruit oval, yellow, 

 middle-sized ; flesh separating from the stone. A second-rate 

 dessert fruit, ripening in the beginning of September. 



15 Guimaraen. Wood downy. Fruit middle-sized ; flesh 

 adhering to the stone. A first-rate preserving fruit, ri|)ening in 

 the beginning of September. 



unequally toothed ; petioles pubescent, short ; fruit oval. Tj 

 Native country unknown. Flowers white. , 



Pubescent Plum. 



Clt. 1818. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



May. 



9 P. dome'stica (Lin. spec. 680.) flowers usually solitary ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, convolute ; branches unarmed. ^ . H. 

 Native of the south of Europe, in elevated places. Smith, engl. 

 bot. 1783. Flowers white. Fruit variable, both in shape and 

 coloar. AH the varieties of garden plums belong to this species. 

 Ihejj/wm is called j^rwne, in French, prugno in Italian, and pflaun- 

 ^n-baum in German. It rises usually to the height of 15 feet, 

 branching into a moderately spreading head. The natural colour 

 of the fruit is generally considered to be black, but the varieties 

 *" ^^J^^vation, yellow, blue, and green, and of different shapes 

 and flavours. It is a native of or naturalized in Britain, very 

 requently found in hedges ; but its original country is sup- 

 posed to be Asia Minor: and according to Plinv it was Fruit small, roundish- ovate, yellow ; flesh separating from the 



16 Mirabelle, mirabelle petite, mirabelle jaune. Wood downy. 



- — ^*^..* ^T^iiiKJL , and according to Pliny 



brought from Syria into Greece, and thence into Italy. 



Av — ^^^^ varieties are esteemed a delicious dessert fruit, 



tne others are used in pies, tarts, conserves, and sweetmeats. 



wholesome wine is also occasionally made from them, with 



or Without other fruits or ingredients. Plums, Professor Martin 



serves, when sufficiently ripe and taken in moderate quantity, 



/€ not unwholesome, but in an immature state they are more 



e to produce diarrhoea and similar diseases than any other 



cftnl' class. Considered medicinally, they are emollient, 



l^gi and laxative, especially the French prunes, which are 



peculiarly useful in costive habits. The wood of the plum 



sed in turnery, cabinet work, and in making musical instru- 



^<irieties Tus 



stone. A first-rate dessert fruit, and good for preserving. Ripens 

 in the middle of August, 



17 Yellow Orleans. 



18 Peter's large yellow. Wood downy. Fruit middle-sized, 

 oval ; flesh adhering- to the stone. A good dessert fruit, ripen- 

 ing in August. Bears considerable resemblance to the green- 

 gage, but is not so good. 



19 Washington, new Washington, Franklin, Bolmar, Bolmars 



Washington. Wood downy. Fruit large, roundish-oval, yellow. 

 Tree vigorous, bears well as a standard. A first-rate dessert 

 fruit, ripening in September. 



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Var. /3, Claudiana (Pers. ench. 2. p. S5,) fruit roundish, 



ser enumerates 10, Parkinson 60. In the rather depressed, green, and usually spotted with purple, rarely 



Wn!^^^"J^ Catalogue are 68, but in the Horticultural Cata- 



purple ; flesh greenish yellow, more or less sugary ; umbilicus 



gue tor the present year there are 274, which are here disposed hardly depressed ; putamen or stone ending in a short mucrone. 



'according to the colour and shape of the fruit. 

 j'""- °> armenkides (Ser. ex D. C. prod. 2. p. 533.) fruit 



th* h\ '^^"'^^'s^t yellow or greenish yellow ; stone blunt. To vert, vert bonne, Dauphine, Reine Claude blanche, grosse reine, 

 •s belong the following varieties ofplum. 



Woorr *'^^'' ^^'^^(^i^e (Duham. arb. fr. 2. p. 93. no. 20. 1. 13.). 

 inoT ^"^^oth. Fruit yellow, oval, middle-sized ; flesh adher- 



'K to the stone. ' 



August. 



A bad kitchen fruit, ripening in the end of 



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\ i^^'^^^t^ ^^^'^^^ t.ois. in Duham. ed. nov. 5. p. 195. no. 23. 



fois Van. Wood downy. Fruit small, green- 



ish-yeli 



To this variety belong the following sorts of plums. 



1 Green-gage, brugnon green-gage, Reine Claude, abricot 

 't, vert bonne, Dauphine, Reine Claude blanche, grosse reine, 



grosse reine Claude (Duham. arbr. fr. 2. p. 89. no. 25. t. 11.), 

 Damas vert, Sucrin vert, Drap d'Or of some. Wood smooth. 

 Fruit middle-sized, round, greenish yellow ; flesh separating 

 from the stone, ripening about the middle of August. Allowed 

 by all to be one of the very best plums both for the dessert and 

 for preserving. 



2 Aston green-gage. 



n^W -' ^^long ; flesh adhering to the stone. An useless fruit, S CowperthwaiCs green-gage. 



*^^^g m August and September ^ Dprhii^hirP arppr^^^nap. 



^^yanston^nnrri* \K! ^^A «^^ 



*«Wl "^^^^' Wood smooth, l^ruit rounaisn, green- 



rated middle-sized ; flesh adhering to the stone. A second- 



5 wl^^^ ^^^^^' ripening in the beginning of October. 



^ ^^t€ bullace. Wood downy. Fruit round, yeUow, 



small ; 



4 Derbyshire green-gage. 



5 Gonne's green-gage. 



6 Hoo green-gage. 



7 Islenorth gr^en-gage^ Wilmot's green-gage^ Wilmot's new 

 green-gage^ WUmofs late green-gage. 



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