706 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



ICKWORTH IMPE'RATRICE (Knight's No. 6). Fruit, large; 

 obovate. Skin, purple, marked with yellow streaks. Stalk, stout, an 

 inch or more in length. Flesh, greenish yellow, tender and juicy, with 

 a rich, sugary flavour, and adhering to the stone. 



An excellent late dessert plum ; ripe in October. It will hang till it 

 shrivels, and is then very rich in flavour ; and after being gathered, if 

 wrapped in silk paper will, if kept in a dry place, last for many weeks. 

 It is also an excellent drying plum. Young shoots, smooth. 



Raised by Mr. T. A. Knight, and named after Ick worth Park, near Bury St. 

 Edmunds. 



Imperatrice. See Blue Imperatrice. 

 Imperatrice Blanche. See White Imperatrice. 

 Imperatrice Yiolette. See Blue Imperatrice. 

 Imperial Diadem. See Diapree Rouge. 



IMPERIAL OTTOMAN. Fruit, below medium size ; roundish 

 oval, with a very faint suture. Skin, dull yellow, red on the side next 

 the sun, and covered with a thin bloom. Stalk, over three-quarters of 

 an inch long, slender, curved, inserted in a slight cavity. Flesh, 

 melting, juicy, and sweet, adhering to the stone. 



An early dessert plum ; ripening in the beginning of August. 

 Shoots, slightly downy. 



Imperiale. See Red Magnum Bonum. 

 Imperiale Blanche. See White Magnum Bonum. 



IMPERIALE DE MILAN (Prune de Milan). Fruit, large, oval, 

 somewhat flattened on one side, where it is marked with a rather deep 

 suture, extending the whole length of the fruit. Skin, dark purple, 

 streaked and dotted with yellow, and covered with thick blue bloom. 

 Stalk, about an inch long, inserted in a narrow and rather deep cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish, firm, and juicy, richly flavoured and sweet, with a 

 slight musky aroma, and adhering to the stone. 



An excellent late dessert and preserving plum ; ripe in the beginning 

 of October. Shoots, smooth. 



Imperiale Rouge. See Red Magnum Bonum. 

 Imperiale Violette. See Red Magnum Bonum. 

 Irving's Bolmar. See Washington. 



ISABELLA. Fruit, medium sized ; obovate. Skin, deep dull red, 

 but paler red where shaded, and strewed with darker red dots. Stalk, 

 three-quarters of an inch long. Flesh, yellow, juicy, rich, and adhering 

 to the stone. 



A dessert and preserving plum ; ripe in the beginning of September. 

 Shoots, downy. 



