952 THE PLUM. 



White Apricot. 



Abricote Blauc. Abricot ' e Blanche. 



Fn;it medium, roundisli, yellow. Flesh rather firm, slightly acid 

 separates from the stone. Good. Middle Augvist. 



White Bullace. 



Bi-anches downy. 



Fruit small, ronnd. Skin yellowish white, mottled with red in the 

 sun. Fleshfirm, juicy, sweet ; adheres to the stone. Cooking. Early 

 October. 



White Damask. 

 Damas Blanc. Damas Blanc Gios. Damas Blanc Hatif Gros. 



Branches smooth. 



Fruit below medium, roujidish oval. Skin gi-eenish yellow, with 

 white bloom. Flesh sweet, pleasant ; sei^arates from the stone. Cook- 

 ing. Last of September. 



White Damson. 



Late Yellow Damson. White Damascene. 



White Prune Damson. Late Cl"ster. 



Shailer's White Damson. Frost Plum. 



White Winter Damson. 



Branches smooth, and of thrifty growth, very productive. 



Fruit small, oval. Skin pale yellow, with a white bloom, and 

 sprinkled with reddish-brown spots at maturity. Flesh adheres closely 

 to the stone, is yellow, and when fully ripe of a rich, sprightly, subacid, 

 agreeable flavor. Good. Last of Sejitember. 



White Diaper. 



Diapr.!- Blanc. Diapr^e Blanche. 



Fruit small, round. Skin wliitish gieen, covered with bloom* 

 Flesh rather firm, pale yellow, sweet. Good. Last of August. 



White Imperatrice. 

 White Empress. Imperatrice Ilanche. 



In the habit of the tree, appearance and flavor of the fruit, and sea- 

 son of maturity, it strongly resembles the St. Catherine, but is a free- 

 stone. It is not equal to the latter in flavor. Branches smooth. 



Fruit of medium size, obovate, a little flattened at the ends. Suture 

 rather obscuie. Skin bright yellow, covered partially with a thin white 

 bloom, and spotted with a little red. Stalk a little more than half an 

 inch long, set in a narrow cavity. Flesh y^ellow, veiy ji^icy, crisp, sweet, 

 and quite transparent in texture ; sejiarates freely ft'om the stone. 

 Good. Eai'lv in September. 



