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rich yellow colour, dotted with crimson on the side exposed to the sun, 

 and covered with a very delicate white bloom. Stalk, three-quarters of 

 an inch long, inserted in a rather wide depression. Flesh, yellow, 

 very tender and juicy, rich, sugary, and delicious, adhering slightly to 

 the stone. 



This valuable dessert plum ripens in the middle of August ; not 

 only for its exquisite flavour and handsome appearance is it so 

 valuable, but for the extraordinary fertility of the tree, which has a 

 robust pyramidal habit of growth, and is admirably adapted for every 

 form of cultivation. Young shoots, smooth. 



M. Mas says the origin of this valuable plum is unknown, and that it was first 

 brought into notice by M. Massot, a nurseryman at Oullins, near Lyons. 



OVERALL. Fruit, large, an inch and three-quarters wide and two 

 inches long ; oval, marked with a faint suture. Skin, dark purple 

 covered with blue bloom. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, 

 inserted without depression. Flesh, adhering to the stone, rather 

 coarse, but pleasantly flavoured. 



A cooking plum, ripe in the beginning of September. 



PAPELEU. Fruit, medium sized, an inch and three-quarters in 

 diameter ; round, even and symmetrical, with a very shallow suture 

 terminating in the style-point, which is in a shallow depression. Skin, 

 golden-yellow when ripe, mottled with pale straw-colour, dotted with 

 small crimson dots, and covered with a very thin light bloom. Stalk, 

 about three-quarters of an inch long, set in a narrow depression. Flesh, 

 yellow, very tender and juicy, rich, sugary and highly flavoured, 

 separating thoroughly from the stone. 



A very fine and very handsome plum for the dessert ; ripe in the 

 last week of August. 



Parker's Mammoth. See Washington. 

 Paterson's. See Gisborne's. 



PEACH (Reine Claude Berger). Fruit, large ; roundish, inclining 

 to oblate, marked with a shallow suture on one side. Skin, bright red, 

 dotted with amber. Flesh, tender, melting, juicy, very sweet and 

 luscious, separating freely from the stone. 



An early dessert plum ; ripe in the beginning of August. Shoots, 

 smooth. It is quite distinct from the Nectarine Plum, which is also 

 known by this name. 



Peach. See Nectarine. 

 Perdrigon Blanc. See White Perdrigon. 

 Perdrigon Eouge. See Red Perdrigon. 

 Perdrigon Violet. See Blue Perdrigon. 



