AMYGDALACE^. IV. Prunus. 



501 



5.). Wood smooth. Fruit middle-sized ; flesh adhering to the 

 stone. A worthless fruit. 



5 Damas musque (Duham. arb. fr. 2. p. 74. no. 10. t. 20. f. 

 3.), prunier des Vacances (Lois. 1. c. 5. p. 192. no. 10. t. 55. f. 

 3. but not of Duham.). A worthless sort. 



6 Damas noir hdtive. Lois. 1. c. but not of Duham. 



7 Damas violette gros. 



8 Damas rouge, gros damas rouge tardif^ Lois. 1. c. 5. p. 

 198. no. 33. t. 58. f. 1. 



9 Damas rouge de Christ. 



10 Petitdamas rouge. Lois. 1. c. 5. p. 198. no. 32. t. 56. f. 8. 



11 Monsieur (Duham. arb. fr. 2. p. 78. no. 15. t. 7.), mon- 

 neur ordinaire. Wood downy. Fruit middle-sized, purple, 

 round ; flesh separating from the stone. A second-rate dessert 

 and kitchen fruit, ripening in the middle of August. Differs 

 very litde from the Orleans. 



12 Royale. Duham. arb. fr. 2. p. 88. no. 24. t. 10. 



13 Kirke^s. Wood smooth. Fruit middle-sized, purple, 

 round; flesh separating from the stone. A first-rate dessert 

 fruit, ripening in the beginning and middle of August. 



Var. 7], Turonensis (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 533.) fruit 

 obovate or globose; stone blunt at the apex or mucronulate. 

 To this variety belong the following kinds of plums. 



* Fruit obovate. 



1 D'Agen. Fruit purple, obovate, middle-sized ; flesh sepa- 

 rating from the stone. A good bearer, and a first-rate table and 

 preserving fruit. Ripening in the end of September. 



2 Cornemuse. Wood downy. Fruit middle-sized, obovate, 

 puTple ; flesh separating from the stone. A second-rate pre- 

 serving fruit, ripening in the beginning of September. 



3 Figue grosse rouge. Wood downy. Fruit oblong-obovate, 

 *^rge; flesh separating from the stone. A second-rate fruit, 

 ripening in September. 



. * -"'"^ imperatrice, imperatrice violette, veritable imperatrice, 

 twfe«e. Wood smooth. Fruit large, purple, obovate; flesh 

 aohering to the stone. A first-rate dessert and preserving fruit, 

 ripening in October. A good bearer. 



Mimms. Wood smooth. Fruit obovate, 



13 Red magnum bonum, imperiale, red imperial, imperiale 

 rouge. Wood smooth. Fruit large, oval ; flesh separating 

 from the stone. A second-rate kitchen fruit, ripening in Sep- 

 tember. 



1 4 Orleans, red damasJc. Wood 



Fruit middle-sized> 



round, purple ; flesh separating from the stone. A second-rate 

 kitchen and dessert fruit, ripening in the middle and end of Au- 

 gust. A good bearer. 

 15 Coul Orleans. 



hdtif de Mont 



hdtif, 



Hampton Court. Wood downy. Fruit middle-sized, round, 

 purple ; flesh separating from the stone. A second-rate kitchen 

 and table fruit, ripening in the beginning and middle of August. 



17 Late or black Orleans. 



18 Knevetfs late Orleans. 



19 Smith's Orleans. 



20 WilmoVs new early Orleans, Wtlmofs Orleans, JVilmot's 

 early Orleans, Wilmot^s large Orleans. Wood downy. Fruit 

 middle-sized, round, purple ; flesh separating from the stone. 

 A dessert and kitchen fruit, very like tlie early Orleans. 



21 Perdrigon des Alpes. Fruit small, purple, oval; flesh 

 separating from the stone. A worthless sort. 



22 Blue perdrigon, perdrigon violette (Duham. arb. fr. 2. p. 

 82. no. 21. t. 9. 1)^ perdrigon de brignole. Wood downy. Fruit 

 oval, middle-sized, purple ; flesh adhering to the stone. A first- 

 rate dessert and preserving fruit, furnishing the brignole prunes 

 of the shops. 



23 Perdrigon Normand. Duham. 



24 Perdrigon rouge (Duham. arb. fr. 2. p. 86. no. 22. t. 20. 

 f. 6. ?). Wood downy. Fruit middle-sized, purple, oval ; flesh 

 separating from the stone. A second-rate dessert fruit, ripening 

 in the beginning and middle of September. 



_ dif. 



26 Perdrigon violet des Alpes. Wood downy, 

 sized, oval, purple ; flesh separating from the stone. A second- 

 rate dessert and preserving fruit, ripening in the middle of 



August. 



27 Perdrigon violette hdtif. 



28 Pigeon's heart. Wood smooth. Fruit middle-sized, oval, 

 purple ; flesh adhering to the stone. A second-rate sort, ripen- 



Fruit middle- 



larjTP r^ 1 ' *^'*;"*> -''"'""''"^' tt^v/u. diu^/wh.. ^ xliu, w^w^m,^^, purple; tlesh aanermg to tne ston< 

 sert A a\'^ flesh separating from the stone. A first-rate des- ^ ;„ ^|^^ beginning of September. 



sm and kitchen fruit, ripening in the beginning of September. 



« « 



Fruit oval or oblong. 



'ge, Cooper's large red, Coope/s large America 

 Wood smooth. Fruit oval, nurnle, middli 



. ^^'Autriche, prune datte, prune datte violette. Fruit middle- 

 ^ .' purple, oblong ; flesh separating from the stone. A pre- 



*^T"p- ^^'**^* opening in the end of July. 



o ^P^^" ^'■"^^ purple, oblong. 

 J y^^snut. Wood smooth. Fruit middle-sized, purple, ob- 



^H \ flesh adhering to the stone. A second-rate dessert fruit, 

 npening in the beginning of September. 

 y Cooper's la 



^« delicieuse. ^...^^..,. ., 



^^; flesh separating from the stone. A second-ratQ dessert 



in 1l^^'"o '^ ^^^ ^^^ of September. 



^" Potheringham. Wood smooth. Fruit middle-sized, ob- 



de"^' purple ; flesh separating from the stone. A second-rate 



?r^ •'^' ripening in the middle and end of August., 

 Q / ^ofiath, Caledonian, nectarine of some, Wilmot's late 

 Ion fl ^"^^^^ Cloud. Wood downy. Fruit large, purple, ob- 

 g ; flesh adhering to the stone. A second-rate kitchen fruit, 

 Pf5>ng in the middle of August. The tree bears well. 

 ^JnA^^^' Wood smooth. Fruit large, oval, purple. A 

 rrn<l-rate dessert fruit, ripening in September, resembling the 

 ''"* "^gnum bonum. ^ ^ ^ 



I 



■ 29 Precocede Tours, Noire hdtive, early violet, perdrigon vio- 

 let of some, blue perdrigon. Wood downy. Fruit middle-sized, 

 oval, purple ; flesh adhering to the stone. A second-rate des- 

 sert and kitchen fruit, ripening in the beginning of August. 



30 Rodney, Rodney gage. Wood downy. Fruit large, pur- 

 ple, oval ; flesh adhering to the stone. A second-rate dessert 

 fruit, ripening in August. 



31 Royal Dauphin. Wood smooth. Fruit large, red, and 

 oval ; flesh separating from the stone. A second-rate sort, 

 ripening in the beginning of September. 



32 Royale de Tours (Duham. arb. fr. 2. p. 81. no. 17. t. 20. 

 f 8.). Wood downy. Fruit large, round, purple ; flesh adher- 

 ing to the stone. ■ A first-rate dessert and kitchen fruit, equal to 

 the Orleans, if not better- 



33 Saint Martin rouge. Saint Martin (Lois. 1. c. 5. p. 193. 

 no. 12. t. 58. f. 7.). Wood downy. Fruit middle-sized, purple, 



npenin 



A very 



good kind, considering its lateness. 



34 Sharp's emperor. Wood downy. Fruit oblong, purple, 

 large ; flesh adhering to the stone. A second-rate dessert fruit, 

 ripening in the end of September. 



35 Valance, Saint Loo. Wood smooth. Fruit oblong, large, 

 purple ; flesh adhering to the stone, ripening in the middle and 

 end of September. Seems only fit for drying. 



