698 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



DRY'S SEEDLING. Fruit, large, or above medium size; 

 roundish oval, marked with a very slight suture. Skin, reddish purple, 

 covered with thin bloom, clouded when fully ripe. Stalk, long and 

 stout. Flesh, dull greenish yellow, or orange ; firm, yet melting and 

 juicy, parting freely from the stone. 



A handsome early plum ; ripe in the beginning of August. 



This was raised by Mr. Dry, at Hayes, in Middlesex, and when exhibited before 

 the Fruit Committee of the Koyal Horticultural Society, August 17th, 1869, was 

 awarded a first-class certificate. 



DUKE OF EDINBURGH. Fruit, large ; roundish obovate, marked 

 with a shallow suture, and with a regular and even outline. Skin, 

 thin, light purple, covered with a dense light bluish bloom. Flesh, 

 reddish yellow, juicy, and richly flavoured, separating freely from the 

 stone. 



An excellent culinary plum ; ripe in the middle of August. The 

 tree is a great bearer. 



This was raised by Mr. Dry, of Hayes, in Middlesex, and was awarded a first- 

 class certificate by the Koyal Horticultural Society, at the meeting in August, 1870. 



DUMMER. A large red plum like Magnum Bonum, grown in the 

 Kentish orchards. It was raised by a market gardener at Canterbury, 

 named Dummer, in 1837. I had it from Fairbeard, of Green Street, 

 in 1844. 



DUNMORE. Fruit, medium sized; oval. Skin, thick, greenish 

 yellow, becoming of a bright golden yellow when ripe. Stalk, half an 

 inch long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, yellow, tender, juicy, 

 sweet, and richly flavoured, separating from the stone. 



An excellent dessert plum ; ripe in the end of September and be- 

 ginning of October. Shoots, smooth. 



Early Apricot. See Riveras Early Apricot. 



EARLY BLUE (Azure Hdtive; Blue Gage; Black Perdriyon; 

 Cooper's Blue Gage). Fruit, medium sized, and quite round in its 

 shape. Skin, dark purple, covered with a blue bloom. Stalk, three- 

 quarters of an inch long. Flesh, yellowish green, juicy, briskly and 

 somewhat richly flavoured, separating from the stone. 



A dessert plum of a rich quality ; ripe the beginning of August. 

 The tree produces long, slender, and downy shoots, and is a most 

 abundant bearer. 



It is rather singular that this is not mentioned by any of the French authors of 

 the last century, nor by our countryman Miller. It was advertised by Cooper, a 

 nurseryman of Kensington, in 1754, as being raised by him, and in the Brompton 

 Park Catalogue of that year I find it by the name of Cooper's Blue Gage. In 

 1757 it is called Azure Blue till 1762, when the name which it has now retained 

 seems to have been adopted. 



Early Damask. See Morocco. 



