306 THE PLUM. 



75. KIRKE'S. Thomp. Lind. 



Kirke's plum is a variety which came to us from England, 

 where it was first brought into notice by Mr. Kirke, the nur- 

 seryman at Brompton. Its excellent flavour and productiveness 

 will bring it into favour here. The sort usually known in our 

 nurseries under this name, is incorrect. In general appearance 

 it resembles a good deal the Reine Claude Violette, or Purple 

 Gage. 



Branches smooth. Fruit of medium size, round, with very 

 little suture. Skin dark purple, with a few golden dots, and 

 coated with an unusually thick blue bloom, which adheres pretty 

 closely. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, inserted in a very 

 slight depression. Flesh greenish-yellow, firm, and very rich 

 in flavour. It separates freely from the stone, which is flat and 

 broad. Ripens the last of August and first of September. 



76. MOROCCO. Thomp. Lind. 



Early Morocco. 



Black Morocco. 



Early Black Morocco 



Early Damask. Mitt. 



Black Damask. Fors. 



Italian Damask, (incorrectly, of some.) 



One of the very best of the early purple plums, ripening at 

 the beginning of August, ten days before the Washington, and 

 therefore worthy of a place, even in small gardens. It is a 

 moderate bearer. 



Branches downy. Fruit of medium size, roundish, with a 

 shallow suture on one side, a little flattened at both ends. Skin 

 dark purple, covered with a pale thin bloom. Stalk half an 

 inch long, rather stout. Flesh greenish-yellow, adhering slight- 

 ly to the stone, juicy, with a smart, rich flavour, becoming quite 

 sweet at maturity. 



77. NECTARINE. Thomp. Lind. 



Caledonian. Peach Plum. 



HowelPs Large. Prune Peche. Nois. Pott. 



Jenkins' Imperial. Louis Phillipe. 



A noble looking fruit, probably of English origin, and so large 

 as to be called the PEACH PLUM* by the French. Its size, and 

 handsome appearance, will always give it a place in the plum 

 orchard, but it must be confessed that it will hardly rank as a 

 first rate dessert fruit, being decidedly inferiour to the Columbia, 



* The White Perdrigon i? also sometimes called prune pBche 



