PLUMS. 715 



Noire Hative. See Precoce de Tours. 



NORBERT (Prune de Lepine; Prune de Prince}. Fruit, very 

 small, about the size of a Bullace ; quite round, inclining to oblate. 

 Skin, dark purple, covered with a thick, clear, light blue bloom. Stalk, 

 short, hairy. Flesh, greenish yellow, firm, sweet, and richly flavoured, 

 but not juicy, separating from the stone. 



A beautiful little plum, which is ripe in the beginning of October. 

 It will hang till it shrivels, when it becomes like a raisin, which it 

 much resembles in flavour. Shoots, slightly hairy. 



NOUVELLE DE DORELLE (Dorelle's Neue Grosse Zwetsche). 

 Fruit, above medium size ; oval, marked with a faint suture and with 

 a distinct style-point. Skin, thick, dark violet, almost black next the 

 sun. Stalk, about three-quarters of an inch long. Flesh, yellowish, 

 firm, juicy, and very sweet and rich, adhering to the stone. 



A first-rate plum ; ripe in the end of September and beginning of 

 October. Shoots, smooth. 



(Euf Rouge. See Pied Magnum Bonum. 

 Old Apricot. See Apricot. 



ORLEANS (Anylaise Noire ; Monsieur ; Monsieur Ordinaire ; Prune 

 d* Orleans ; lied Damask). Fruit, medium sized ; round, somewhat 

 flattened at the ends, and marked with a suture, which is generally 

 higher on one side than the other. Skin, tender, dark red, becoming 

 purple when highly ripened, and covered with blue bloom. Stalk, 

 three-quarters of an inch long, inserted in a considerable depression. 

 Flesh, yellowish, tender, sweet, and briskly flavoured, separating from 

 the stone. 



A second-rate dessert plum, but excellent for preserving or culinary 

 purposes ; ripe the middle and end of August. The young shoots are 

 downy. The tree is hardy, and an excellent bearer. The fruit varies 

 much in quality, according to the situation in which it is grown, some 

 soils producing it of an insipid flavour. It has been found that a light, 

 warm, sandy soil is best suited for it. It is also much improved by 

 being grown against a wall. 



This is the Prune Monsieur of all the Continental authors except Knoop, who 

 applies the name to a variety which he says is larger and more yellow than the 

 White Magnum Bonum. Miller and Forsyth also apply the name to Dame Aubert 

 of Duhamel, which is known in this country as the Magnum Bonum. 



It is not known at what period the Orleans was introduced to this country, or 

 how it came to receive the name. It is not named by Parkinson or Kea, neither is 

 it mentioned in the lists of Meager, Evelyn, Mortimer, or Worlidge. The first 

 notice I can find of it is in Carpenter's edition of The Retired Gardener, in 1717, 

 after which it is described by all subsequent writers. 



OULLINS GOLDEN (Reine Claude d'Oullins; Eeine Claude 

 Precoce). Fruit, rather large, and of a short oval shape. Skin, of a 



