PLUMS. 693 



Cox's Emperor. See Denbigh. 

 Crittenden's Damson. See Damson. 

 Crittenden's Prolific Damson. See Damson. 



CZAR. Fruit, large; oval, or roundish oval, a little more round 

 than Prince Engelbert, marked with a deep suture and a large style- 

 point. Skin, dull red, but when highly ripened quite black and 

 covered with thin blue bloom, which gives it a bright purple look ; on 

 the shaded side, or when not highly ripened, it has a mahogany colour. 

 Stalk, very short, slender, and green, deeply inserted. Flesh, yellowish, 

 tender, very juicy, separating from the stone, and with an agreeable 

 flavour. Stone, very small. 



A valuable culinary plum on account of its great size and earliness. 

 It is ripe in the beginning of August. The tree bears as heavily as 

 its parent, Prince Engelbert, and the fruit is quite a fortnight earlier 

 than that variety, and never cracks with the rain. Young shoots, 

 smooth. 



This excellent plum was raised by Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, from Prince 

 Engelbert, fertilised by Early Prolific, and first fruited in 1874. It received its- 

 name from the Emperor of Russia having visited this country during the year of 

 its first fruiting. I received the fruit from Mr. Rivers on the llth of August, 

 1874, and it was then dead ripe. 



Dalrymple Damson. See Damson. 

 Damas Blanc. See Large White Damask. 

 Damas Blanc Gros. See Large White Damask. 

 Damas Blanc Hatif Gros. See Large White Damask. 

 Damas Blanc Petit. See Small White Damask. 

 Damas Blanc Tres Hatif. See Large White Damask. 



DAMAS DRONET. Fruit, small ; oval, and without any apparent 

 suture. Skin, membranous, but separating freely from the flesh, 

 bright green, changing to yellowish as it ripens, covered with a very 

 thin white bloom. Stalk, half an inch long, slender, inserted in a 

 narrow and rather deep cavity. Flesh, greenish, transparent, firm, 

 very sugary, and separating freely from the stone. 



A dessert plum of good flavour ; ripe in the end of August. Shoots, 

 smooth. The tree in its habit of growth resembles that of Large White 

 Damask. 



DAMAS D'ESPAGNE. Fruit, small, an inch and a quarter in 

 diameter ; round, with a very shallow suture. Skin, black-purple, 

 strewed with russet dots. Stalk, half an inch long, inserted in a small 

 shallow cavity. Flesh, yellow, tender, juicy, and well though not 

 richly flavoured, separating from the stone. 



