PLUMS. 285 



It bears well as a standard, is remarkably handsome, as it 

 were variegated with dull yellow and orange, and larger than 

 the usual size of the Green Gage. 



SECT. III. Red or Purple-fruited. 



13. CHERRY. Miller, No. 27. 

 Virginian Cherry. Ib. 



Mirabolan. Duhamel, 46, t. 20. f. 15. 



Prunus Cerasifera. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 285. 



Branches slender, wiry, smooth. Fruit small, heart- 

 shaped, somewhat like the Bigarreau Cherry, except having 

 a small slender prickle at its summit; about one inch and 

 three quarters deep, and a little more in diameter. Suture 

 obliterated. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, very slen- 

 der, inserted in a very small round cavity. Skin pale red, 

 sprinkled with a few small gray specks, rather thick, very 

 acid. Flesh yellow, soft, very juicy, sweet, mixed with a 

 little acid, and slightly adheres to the stone. 



Ripe the middle of Atigust. 



This is planted chiefly in shrubberies and in the pleasure 

 ground, for its early flowering. The fruit, however is very 

 handsome in the dessert, and also makes very excellent 

 tarts. 



14. CHESTON. Miller, No. 12. 

 Matchless. Langley, Pom. t. 23. f. 2. 



Branches downy. Fruit small, a little more long than 

 broad, somewhat oval, pointed. Stalk half an inch long. 

 Skin deep purple,^bovered with a blue bloom. Flesh deep 

 yellow, and separates from the stone. Juice sweet, brisk, 

 and agreeable. 



Ripe the middle of August. 



15. DIAPER. Miller, No. 15. 

 Red Diaper. 76. 



Diapree Rouge. Duhamel, No. 37. t. 20. f. 12. 



Roche-Corbon. 76. 



Branches smooth. Fruit above the middle size, oval, 

 about one inch and a half long, and aninch in diameter. Stalk 

 half an inch long, rather deeply inserted. Skin pale red, 

 mottled with amber ; but when exposed to the sun it is mar- 

 bled with a deeper red, full of russetty specks, and covered 

 with a thin blue bloom. Flesh greenish yellow, melting, and 



