THOMAS PLUM. 



Leaves. — Medium size, roundish oval, dai-k green, strongly veined 

 beneath, irregiilai-ly and rather deeply serrated ; petioles, medium length, 

 about half an inch long, moderately stout, ^\^lth two globose glands at 

 the base of the leaf. 



Flowees. — ^Medium size ; style and stamens about equal. 



Feuit. — Large, about two inches long and one and three quarters of 

 an inch in diameter : Form, roundish oblong, flattened at the apex, 

 with a shallow suture, one half larger than the other : Skin, deep 

 amber colored, beautifully mottled and shaded with bright red on the 

 sunny side neai* the point, profusely sprinkled with white dots, and cov- 

 ered with a thin whitish or pale lilac bloom : Stem, medium length, 

 about half an inch long, rather stout, and deeply inserted in a con- 

 tracted cavity : Flesh, deep yellow, half melting, and freely separating 

 from the stone : Juice, tolerably abundant, sweet and pleasantly flavored : 

 Stone, rather large, roundish ovate, thick, and light colored. 



Ripe from the middle to the last of September. 



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