The Mume. 



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The fruit of the Mume is half-way between an apricot 

 and a plum. The fruit of the tomentosa, figured in 

 Siebold and Zuccarini's Flora Japonica, pi. 22, is of a 

 brilliant red or scarlet colour, and in shape somewhat 

 resembles a small apple. Lastly, there is the pretty 

 pink-flowered Chinese shrub called Prunus (or Amyg- 

 dalopsis) triloba, the little round fruits, when mature, 

 reddish-orange colour. Great botanical interest attaches 

 to this plant, on account of there being several, usually 

 five or six, drupes to every flower. 



