PLUMS. 699 



EARLY FAVORITE (Rir,-rxs /://;/// Favorite; Pavers 1 s No. 1). 

 Fruit, rather below medium size ; roundish oval, and marked with a 

 shallow suture. Skin, deep dark purple, almost black, marked with 

 russet dots, and covered with thin bloom. Flesh, greenish yellow, 

 juicy, sweet, and of excellent flavour, separating from the stone. 



An excellent early plum. It ripens in the end of July ; and, if 

 grown against a wall, it will ripen in the middle of the month. Young 

 shoots, downy. 



liaised l>y Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, from Precoce de Tours at the same 

 time as Early Rivers. 



EARLY GREEN GAGE (Heine Claude Hdtive). Fruit, small ; 

 round, and flattened at the top. Skin, yellowish green, and with a 

 red cheek on one side, and strewed with a few dots. Stalk, about half 

 an inch long. Flesh, yellow, very tender, juicy, sugary, and richly 

 flavoured, separating from the stone. 



A first-rate very early Green Gage. Ripe in the end of July and 

 early in August. Shoots, smooth. 



EARLY MIRABELLE (Mirabelle Precoce). Fruit, very small, the 

 size of a Bullace, rounder than the common Mirabelle. Skin, golden 

 yellow, with a few crimson spots on the side next the sun. Stalk, 

 half an inch long. Flesh, yellow, sweet, and with a delightful aroma ; 

 it separates from the stone, which is very small. 



A delicious little early plum ; ripe in the last week of July. The 

 tree makes a tine bush, and bears abundantly. It deserves to be 

 generally cultivated. Shoots, downy. 



Early Morocco. See Morocco. 



EARLY ORLEANS (Grimwood Early Orleans; Hampton Court; 

 Monsieur Hatif; Monsieur Hdtif de Montmorency ; New Orleans ; 

 Wllmots Early Orleans; Wilmot's Orleans). Fruit, medium sized; 

 round, flattened at the apex, and marked with a suture, which 

 extends the whole length of one side. Skin, deep purple, mottled 

 with darker colour, and covered with thin blue bloom. Stalk, slender, 

 about half an inch long, inserted in a rather deep cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish green, tender, of a rather flat flavour, and separating freely 

 from the stone. 



A second-rate dessert plum, but excellent for culinary purposes ; 

 ripe in the beginning and middle of August. Shoots, downy. 



EARLY RIVERS (Pavers' s Early Prolific; Rivers's No. 2). Fruit, 

 medium sized, roundish oval. Skin, deep purple, covered with thin 

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

 yellowish, juicy, sweet, with a pleasant brisk acidity, separating from 

 the stone. 



A valuable early plum ; ripening in the end of July. The tree is a 



