680 THE FKUIT MANUAL. 



SMOOTH-LEAVED HAVANNAH (Green Havannah). Fruit, 

 cylindrical, tapering a little towards the summit ; dark brownish purple, 

 very mealy, changing to dark orange when ripe. Pips, large, flat, and 

 a little depressed in the centre, the scales covering one-third, and 

 terminating in a long reflexed point. Flesh, pale yellow, rather solid, 

 without much fibre, very juicy, rich, sweet, and highly flavoured. 



SILVER-STRIPED QUEEN. This differs from the Queen in 

 having the margins of the leaves striped with white. 



THORESBY QUEEN (Bennett's Seedling). Fruit, large, weighing 

 from six to eight pounds, ovate or cylindrical ; clear yellow. Pips, 

 flat, covered about one-half by the scales. Flesh, orange-yellow, of 

 good flavour. Crown, small. Flowers, purple. 



TRINIDAD (Pitch Lake). Fruit, tall, conical ; dark olive, lightly 

 covered with meal, changing when ripe to dark orange, and lightly 

 tinged with red on the lower part of the pips, which are large, roundish, 

 and only slightly angular, and with depressed centre, except in the 

 lower part of the fruit, where they are a little prominent. Scales cover 

 about half the pips, and terminate in long acute points in the lower 

 part, but near the top they are shorter. Flesh, yellow, soft, with little 

 fibre, very fragrant and sweet, without acidity, delicately and highly 

 flavoured. Crown, very small. Flowers, lilac. Leaves, considerably 

 tinged with reddish brown. 



The fruit attains to about six pounds weight. 



White Providence. See Providence. 



PLUMS. 



SYNOPSIS OF PLUMS. 

 I. FRUIT ROUND. 



* Summer shoots smooth. 



1. Skin dark. NECTARINES. 



FREE-NECTARINES. Flesh separat- 

 ing from the stone. 



Angelina Burdett 



Belvoir 



Corse's Nota Bene 



Damas d'Espagne 



Damas de Mangeron 



Italian Damask 



Kirke's 



De Montfort 



Nectarine 



Peach 



Prince of Wales 



Purple Gage 



Queen Mother 



Red Apricot 



Woolston Black 



