694 THE FKUIT MANUAL. 



A second-rate dessert plum; ripe in the beginning and middle of 

 September. Shoots, smooth. 



Damas d'ltalie. See Italian Damask. 

 Damas Jaime. See Yellow Damask. 



DAMAS DE MANGERON (Mangeron). Fruit, above medium 

 size ; round, and inclining to oblate, without any apparent suture. 

 Skin, adhering to the flesh, lively purple, strewed with minute yellowish 

 dots, and thickly covered with blue bloom. Stalk, half an inch long, 

 slender, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, greenish yellow, firm, not 

 very juicy, but sugary, and separating from the stone. 



A baking or preserving plum ; ripe in the beginning and middle of 

 September. Young shoots, smooth. The tree is a vigorous grower 

 and an abundant bearer. 



DAMAS MUSQUE (De Chypre ; Prune de Malthe). Fruit, small; 

 roundish, flattened at both ends, and marked with a deep suture. 

 Skin, deep purple, or nearly black, thickly covered with blue bloom. 

 Stalk, half an inch long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, yellow, 

 firm, very juicy, with a rich and musky flavour, and separating from 

 the stone. 



A dessert or preserving plum ; ripe in the end of August and 

 beginning of September. Shoots, slightly downy. 



DAMAS DE PROVENCE (Damas de Provence Hdtif). Fruit, 

 above medium size ; roundish, and slightly flattened, marked on one 

 side with a deep suture. Skin, reddish purple, almost black, covered 

 with thick blue bloom. Stalk, half an inch long, inserted in a small 

 cavity. Flesh, yellowish green, sweet, and pleasantly flavoured, 

 separating from the stone. 



A baking plum ; ripe in the end of July and beginning of August. 

 Shoots, slightly downy. This is one of the earliest plums, being nearly 

 a month earlier than Precoce de Tours. 



DAMAS DE SEPTEMBRE (Prune de Vacance}. Fruit, small; 

 oval, marked with a distinct suture. Skin, brownish purple, thickly 

 covered with blue bloom. Stalk, half an inch long, slender, inserted 

 in a narrow and rather deep cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, rich, and 

 agreeably flavoured when well ripened, and separating from the stone. 



A dessert or preserving plum ; ripe in the end of September. The 

 tree is very vigorous, and an abundant bearer. Shoots, downy. 



Damas de Tours. See Precoce de Tours. 

 Damas Vert. See Green Gage. 

 Damas Violet. See Violet Damask. 

 Damascene. See Damson. 



