714 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



A delicious dessert plum ; ripe in the middle of August. Shoots, 

 smooth. 



It bears considerable resemblance to Royal Hative, but is larger, 

 and appears to be an improved form of that variety. 



MOROCCO (Black Damask ; Black Morocco; Early Damask ; Early 

 Morocco). Fruit, medium sized; roundish, flattened at the apex, and 

 marked on one side with a shallow suture. Skin, very dark purple, 

 almost black, and covered with thin pale blue bloom. Stalk, stout, 

 about half an inch long. Flesh, greenish yellow, juicy, with a sweet, 

 brisk flavour, and slightly adhering to the stone. 



An excellent early plum ; ripe in the beginning of August. The tree 

 is a free grower and hardy, and an excellent bearer. Shoots, downy. 



This is a very old plum, being mentioned by Parkinson, Kea, and Meager, but 

 not by Switzer, Miller, or Hitt. 



Myrobalan. See Cherry. 



NECTARINE (HoweWs Large; Jenkins's Imperial; Peach; Prune 

 Peche). Fruit, large ; roundish, and handsomely formed. Skin, 

 purple, covered with fine azure bloom. Stalk, half an inch long, stout, 

 inserted in a wide and shallow cavity. Flesh, dull greenish yellow, 

 with a sweet and brisk flavour, separating from the stone. 



A good plum for preserving and other culinary purposes ; ripe in 

 the middle of August. Tree, very vigorous and hardy ; an abundant 

 and regular bearer. Young shoots, smooth. This is quite distinct 

 from the Goliath, which is sometimes called by the same name, and 

 the shoots of which are downy. 



NELSON'S VICTORY (Knevett's Late Orleans}. Fruit, medium 

 sized ; round, and marked with a shallow suture. Skin, deep purple, 

 speckled with russet and covered with blue bloom. Stalk, an inch 

 long, set in a shallow cavity. Flesh, firm, rather coarse, sweet, and 

 briskly flavoured, adhering to the stone. 



A culinary plum ; ripe in the middle of September. Shoots, smooth. 

 The tree is an abundant bearer. 



New Orleans. See Early Orleans. 



NOIRE DE MONTREUIL (Grouse Noire Hative; La Madeleine}. 

 Fruit, medium sized ; obovate. Skin, thick, membranous, and 

 bitter, of a deep purple colour, almost black, and covered with blue 

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

 firm, pale green, changing to yellow as it ripens, sweet, juicy, and 

 briskly flavoured, separating, but not freely, from the stone. 



A good plum for preserving and all culinary purposes ; ripe the 

 beginning of August. Young shoots, downy. 



Duhamel says there is a round plum which is sometimes known by this name 

 which is larger, of the same colour, and ripens at the same season as this, but is 

 inferior to it, and coarser in the flesh. 



