426 THE PLUM. 



DIAMOND. 



Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit large, oval, purplish black ; flesh yellow, 

 dry. Freestone. September. 



DANA S YELLOW GAGE. 



American. Branches downy. Fruit medium, oval, pale yellow ; fle^h yel 

 lowish. Clingstone. September. 



DAMSON. 



Common Damson. | Purple Damson, 

 Early Damson. 



A variety common in all gardens, increased by seeds and suckers ; many 

 sub-varieties, under names of Winter Damson. Prune Damson, Sweet Damson, 

 &c. Branches downy. Fruit small, oval, purplish blue : flesh greenish, par 

 tially free. September to November. 



EARLY YELLOW. 



Jaune Hative, Jaune de Catalogue, 



Catalonian, Prune de St. Barnabee, 



White Primordian, D Avoine, 



Amber Primordian, Picket s July. 



Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit small, oval, pale yellow ; flesh yellow. 

 Freestone. July. 



EARLY TOURS. 



?-e de Tours, I Violet Hative, 



Violet, Xoire Hative, 



Violet de Tours. 



Precoce de Tours, 

 Early Violet, 



ie Tours. 



Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, oval, deep purple ; flesh green 

 ish yellow, fibrous. Clingstone. Early August ; poor bearer. 



FIELD MARSHAL. 



* Corse s Field Marshal. 



Canadian. Fruit medium, oval ; flesh greenish yellow. Clingstone. August. 



FOTHERIN GUAM. 

 Sheen, | Grove House Purple. 



Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, obovate, reddish purple ; flesh 

 greenish yellow. Freestone. August. 



GUTHRIE S APRICOT. 



Guthrie s Apricot Plum. 



Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, oval, yellow, with crimson dots ; 

 flesh yellow. Clingstone. August. 



GENERAL HAND. 



American. Branches nearly smooth. Fruit large, roundish oval, yellow 

 marbled ; flesh pale yellow. Freestone. September. 



