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green, mottled with red next the sun, and covered with grey bloom. 

 Stalk, short, inserted without depression. Flesh, yellowish, firm, very 

 juicy, sugary, and richly flavoured, separating freely from the stone. 



An excellent dessert plum ; ripening about the middle of August. 

 Shoots, smooth. 



Mann's Brandy Gage. See Mann's Imperial. 



MANN'S IMPERIAL (Mann's Brandy Gage}. Fruit, like a small 

 form of Coe's Golden Drop. Skin, greenish yellow when ripe, without 

 any red specks on the surface. Stalk, about an inch long, slender, 

 inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, tender, juicy, and of good flavour, 

 but not so rich as Coe's Golden Drop. 



Ripe in the last week of August. Shoots, downy. 



Matchless. See Diapree Rouge. 



MEROLDT'S GOLDEN GAGE. Fruit, medium sized, an inch 

 and a half in diameter ; round, marked with a very shallow suture. 

 Skin, yellow, mottled with green, and overspread with a very delicate 

 white bloom. Stalk, a quarter of an inch long, inserted almost on a 

 level with the surface. Flesh, yellow, with white veins, rather firm, 

 juicy, sweet, and brisk, but not richly flavoured ; separating freely 

 from the stone. 



A second-rate dessert plum ; ripe in the middle of September. 

 Shoots, smooth. It was raised by Dr. Meroldt, of Lischnitz, in 

 Bohemia, and it is there considered a fruit of the greatest excellence, 

 being very richly and deliciously flavoured. I regret that my experience 

 of it does not sustain this character. 



Mimms. See Diapree Houcje. 

 Minette. See Guthrie's Late Green. 

 Mirabelle Blanche. See Mirabelle Petite. 

 Mirabelle Double. See Drap d'Or. 

 Mirabelle Grosse. See Drap d'Or. 

 Mirabelle Jaune. See Mirabelle Petite. 



MIRABELLE DE NANCY. This is similar to Mirabelle Petite, 

 but much larger, and rather late in ripening. 



Mirabelle d'Octobre. See Bricette. 

 Mirabelle Perlee. See Mirabelle Petite. 



MIRABELLE PETITE (Mirabelle ; Mirabelle Blanche ; Mirabelle 

 Jaune; Mirabel! e Perle ; Mirabelle de Vienne; White Mirabelle^). 

 Fruit, produced in clusters, small ; roundish oval, and marked with a 

 faint suture on one side. Skin, of a fine yellow colour, sometimes 

 marked with crimson spots on the side exposed to the sun, and covered 



