304 THE PLTTM. 



covered with a fine lilac bloom. Stalk three-fourths of an inch 

 long, set in a narrow cavity. Flesh deep yellow, juicy, acid at 

 first, but, if allowed to hang, it becomes rather rich and sweet. 

 It adheres to the stone. Last of August. 



71. ORLEANS. Lind. Thomp. 



Monsieur. > of the 



Monsieur Ordinaire. ) French. 

 Old Orleans. 

 Red Damask. 



The most popular English market plum, being hardy and 

 uniformly productive. It is not generally cultivated here, being 

 considered a second rate fruit, and is supplanted by better Ame- 

 rican sorts. As a kitchen fruit, it is chiefly esteemed. 



Branches gray, and very downy. Fruit middle sized, round, 

 a little enlarged on one side of the distinct suture. Skin dark 

 red, becoming purple in the sun. Stalk little more than half an 

 inch long, set in a wide hollow. Flesh yellowish, sweet, mixed 

 with acid, and separates freely from the stone. Ripens a little 

 after the middle of August. 



72. ORLEANS, EARLY. Thomp. Lind. 



New Early Orleans. Monsieur Hatif. ~) 



New Orleans. Monsieur Hatif de 1 of the 

 Grim wood's Early Orleans. Montmorency. j French. 



Hampton Court. J 



The Early Orleans is very near like the foregoing in all re- 

 spects, except that it ripens ten days earlier about the first of 

 August here, with the Morocco which makes it far more desi- 

 rable. Branches downy. Fruit of the size and colour of the 

 common Orleans, a little more oval, and with a more shallow 

 suture. Stalk sometimes half an inch long and stout, some- 

 times longer and more slender, set in a moderate hollow. Skin 

 a little marbled. Flesh yellowish-green, of brisk flavour, rather 

 richer than the old Orleans, and separates from the stone. A 

 good bearer. 



WILMOT'S NEW EARLY ORLEANS, ( WilmoCs Large Orleans, 

 &c.,) so strongly resembles the foregoing in appearance, time of 

 ripening, etc., as to be scarcely worthy of a separate description. 



73. ORLEANS, SMITH'S. Pom. Man.* 



Violet Pcrdrigon. ) incorrectly, of some 

 Red Magnum Bonum. J American gardens. 



Smith's Orleans, the largest and finest of this class of plums, 

 * Described, by an error in the Pomological Manual, as a freestone. 



