298 



THE PLUM. 



Branches very downy. 

 Fruit very large, oval or 

 oblong, considerably swol- 

 len on one side of the 

 suture. Skin reddish-pur- 

 ple in the sun, but a very 

 pale red in the shade, 

 sparingly dotted with yel- 

 low specks, and covered 

 with lilac bloom. Stalk 

 three-fourths of an inch 

 long, slender, set in a nar- 

 row cavity. Flesh amber 

 coloured, juicy, sprightly, 

 moderately sweet, adheres 

 partially to the stone. Ri- 

 pens with the Washington, 

 (or a little before,) about 

 the 10th of August. 



Fig. 121. Duane's Purple. 



57. DIAMOND. Thomp. Man. 



A very large plum, but exceedingly coarse in flavour, and of 

 no value, except for cooking. It grows thriftily and bears 

 regularly and abundantly with us, and is very showy on the 

 tree, but it is, otherwise, scarcely third rate. It was raised 

 from seed, by an Englishman, in Kent, named Diamond. 



Branches long, downy. Fruit of the largest size, oval, shaped 

 like an Egg Plum or Magnum Bonum. Skin black, covered 

 with a blue bloom. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, set in 

 a narrow cavity. Flesh deep yellow, coarse-grained, and rather 

 dry a little acid, and without flavour ; separates from the long 

 pointed stone. [The author of the American Orchardist says, 

 " flavour superior !"] 



58. DIAPREE ROUGE. Thomp. Poit. O. Duh. 



Ss corbon - |a 



Imperial Diadem. ) ' 



The Diapree* Rouge, or Red Diaper, is a very large and 

 handsome French plum. Mr. Thompson considers it synony- 

 mous with a fine English variety, better known here as the 

 MIMMS, or Imperial Diadem. As the Mimms plum has been 

 fully tested by us, and proves to be a first rate fruit in all re- 



