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Little Black Damask, which is a rich fruit, a 

 good bearer, and becomes ripe about the latter 

 end of A or thereabouts. The Great Da- 



mask \ HiK • -, which is a tine rich plum 



or a bluci*h colour, and becomes ripe in August. 

 Red Orleans, which is large, of a rich juice, 

 and becomes ripe in the hitter end of August. 

 The Fotheringham, which is an excellent plum, 

 i dark red, and the juice rich : there is hardly 

 plum that excels it, according to the opinion 

 ot .1 be Blue Perdrigon, which is of a very- 



good taste, and ripens in August. The White 

 Perdrigon, which is a pretty good fruit, and has 

 a sweetish taste mixed wish tartness : it ripens 

 in the beginning of September. The Red Impe- 

 rial, or Bed Bonum Magnum, which is a great 

 . ar.d mostly used for baking : it is ripe 

 about the latter end of September." The White 

 Imperial Bonum Magnum, or Egg, White 

 Holland, or Mogul, winch is a large fruit, and, 

 like the Red, mostly used for baking: it is a 

 great bearer, and ripens about the beginning of 

 October. The La Borate, which is a Tine plum, 

 equal to the Green Gage, but a shy bearer: it 

 is of a red colour, and ripens in the latter end of 

 September. The Little Queen Claudia, which is 

 a small rich fruit, becoming ripe in September. 

 The Large Oueen Claudia, orDauphiny, which 

 is an excellent plum, of a yellowish green, and 

 ripens about the beginning of October. The 

 Green Gage, which is of an exquisite tu-tc, and 

 eats l:ke a sweetmeat: its colour and size suf- 

 ficiently distinguish it from any other: it ripens 

 in - -.ptember: it has sever.:', sub- 



varieties, all of which are of good qualities. 

 The Drap d'Or, which is a good plum, and a 

 plentiful bearer: it is ripe about the latter end 

 Se p te m ber. The Chester, which is rich, and 

 reat bearer: it is ripe about the latter end of 

 ember. The Apricot, which is large and 

 and is ripe in the beginning of October. 

 The Makre Claud, which is a "large round 

 whitish plum: the juice is very brisk, though 

 •t : it is accounted among the best white 

 plums that we have, and ripens about the be- 

 ginning of October. The Myrobolanus, or Cherry 

 Blum, which is a middle-sized sweet fruit, and 

 ripens about the beginning of September : this 

 plum is frequently planted for ornament, as 

 it blossoms early. The La Mirabelle, w bich is of 

 an amber colour, and small, but full of juice, 

 and excellent for sweetmeats : it bears well, 

 and becomes ripe about the beginning 01 

 teniber. The Brignole, which is esteemed the 

 best plum of any for sweetmeats: the flesh 

 is dry, but of a rich flavour: it is ripe about 

 the latter end of September. The Bed Diaper, 

 •tthichis large, and of a very high Savour: it 



ripens about the beginning of September. The 

 Saint Catharine, w ne of the best, and 



is much used for confectionary; ii is also very 

 good for the table, having a rich sweet jo 

 and is a good bearer, hanging the longest ol any 

 upon the tne: Mr. Forsyth says, he has had 

 m in gathering six weeks: it ripens about 

 the latter end of September. The [inperatrice, or 

 Empress, which has an agreeable dower, and 

 n P le ol October : it is one 



of the latest plum t be gathered 



till it begins to shrivel ; it will the.i eai like a 

 •nd make a great additi in to the ta- 

 ble in the latter end of October and beginning 

 of .November eur's, or the Wentwortb, 



which is a large fruit resembling the Bonum 

 Magnum: it ripens about the beginning of 

 October, and is good for preserving, but too 

 sharp to be eaten raw. TheWinesour, or York- 

 shire, which is one oi •: tor preserving: 

 it is ripe in October. The Damson, of which a 

 tine large sort from Shropshire, raised from 

 suckers or stones, is an abundant bearer, of a 

 rich flavour, and good for baking or preserving: 

 it ripens in the latter end of September, and 

 continues till near the latter end of October to 

 be good and lit for use. 



To these Mr. Forsyth adds the following list : 

 The Admirable, the Black Damascene, the 

 k Pear, the Blue Matchless, the Damas 

 .- de Tmrs, the Don Carloses, the Double- 

 flowered, the Early Blue Primordian, the f arly 

 B.d Primordian, the Early Amber, the Early 

 Tours or Precoce do Toms, the Early Violet', 

 the Early Orleans, the Fine Early Plum, the 

 Jacinthe or Hyacinth, the Koa's Imperial, the 

 La Prune the La Pnine Valeur Valeutia, 



the Matchless, th rou, the Muscle, the 



Persian, the Red Queen Mother, the Royal Pea, 

 the Royal Dauphin, ; : - the Semina, 



.1 White Damascene, the Spanish Da- 

 mascene, the Striped-leaved, the True Prune, 

 the Verte-dock or Ver-dock, the Whitton or 

 meg, the While Bullaee, ;be White Or- 

 leans, the White Pear, the White Perdrigon. 



The following ire ra immended oy the 



same writer as proper for a small garden : The 

 balive, the Early Damask, the Orleans, the 

 Ea Royale, the Green Gage in different sorts, 

 the Drap d'Or, the Saint Catharine, and Impe- 

 ; the Magnum Bonum for baking ; and 

 the W inesoor for preserving. 



The second species i^ a tree which grows 

 twelve or fifteen : . or more: the bran 



are generally thorny : the leaves on short peti- 

 oles, ovate attenuated at the base, serrate, nl- 

 lose underneath : the calyx is almo.-.t upright : 

 tile petals white, obovate : the drupe roiu 

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