PLUMS. 725 



yellow, tender, melting, and juicy, rich and delicious, separating from 

 the stone. 



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

 August. Shoots, smooth. 



ST. JULIEN. Fruit, medium sized ; obovate. Skin, brownish 

 purple, covered with pale blue bloom. Stalk, half an inch long, in- 

 serted in a small narrow cavity. Flesh, greenish, adhering to the 

 stone, with a brisk, sugary, and pleasant flavour. 



A good plum for preserving, and not unworthy of the dessert ; ripe 

 in October. Young shoots, downy. The tree is scarcely ever culti- 

 vated for the fruit, but it forms one of the best stocks on which to 

 bud peaches, nectarines, and apricots. It is not so generally cultivated 

 in this country for that purpose as the Brussels and Mussel Plums, but 

 on the Continent the preference is given to this variety. The fruit 

 has the property of hanging on the tree till it shrivels, when it may be 

 eaten as a sweetmeat. It does well also for drying artificially. 



St. Martin. See Coe's Late Red. 



St. Martin Rouge. See Goes Late Eed. 



ST. MARTIN'S QUETSCHE. Fruit, medium sized ; ovate, or 

 rather heart-shaped. Skin, pale yellow, covered with white bloom. 

 Flesh, yellowish, sweet, and well flavoured, separating from the stone. 



A very late plum ; ripe in the middle of October. Shoots, smooth. 



St. Maurin. See D'Agen. 



SANDALL'S. Fruit, medium sized ; round, resembling Orleans- 

 Skin, dark violet-purple, slightly spotted, covered with a thick bloom. 

 Flesh, firm, reddish yellow or amber, adhering firmly to the stone, 

 juicy, and with a pleasant flavour resembling that of the Damson. 



This is a very valuable late plum for culinary purposes ; it ripens in 

 the end of September, and will hang for a long time. It does not crack 

 with the rain as many kinds do. The tree attains a great size, and 

 produces small leaves and twiggy shoots like the Damson. Young; 

 shoots, smooth. 



It is much grown about Fulham and Chiswick for the markets. 



Sans Noyau. See Stoneless. 

 Schuyler Gage. See Green Gage. 

 Semiana. See Italian Prune. 

 Shailer's White Damson. See Damson. 

 Sharp's Emperor. See Victoria. 

 Sheen. See Fotheringham. 

 Shropshire Damson. See Damson. 



