286 PLUMS. 



separates from the stone. Juice plentiful, and of an excel- 

 lent flavour. 



Ripe the middle and end of September, and will hang 

 some time upon the tree, like the Imperatrice. 



16. EARLY ORLEANS. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 181. 

 Hampton Court. Nursery Catalogues. 



Branches downy, somewhat red at the extremities. Fruit 

 about the size of the common Orleans, somewhat globular; 

 in some specimens a little elongated, having a shallow suture 

 extending from the base to the apex. Stalk three quarters 

 of an inch long. Skin deep, red, or purple, marbled with 

 darker and lighter shades, sprinkled with pale dots, and co- 

 vered with a pale blue bloom. Flesh yellowish green, and 

 separates clean from the stone. 



Ripe the middle of August. 



17. EARLY RED PRIMORDIAN. Parkinson, No. 2. 

 Red Primordian. Ib. 



Branches slender, downy. Fruit small, in form some- 

 what like the Jaune Hative, oval, compressed next the stalk. 

 Stalk half an inch long, oval. Skin deep red, covered with 

 a thick bloom. Flesh yellow, rather dry, and adheres to 

 the stone. Juice sweet, with a slight bitter, but very plea- 

 sant. 



Ripe the end of July, after the Jaune Hative. 



18. FOTHERINGHAM. Miller, No. 6. Langley, Pom. 

 t. 20. f. 6. 



Sheen. Ib. 



Branches smooth. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat ob- 

 long, compressed next the stalk, and swelled a little more 

 on one side of the suture than on the other. Stalk an inch 

 long. Skin bright red on the shaded side, covered with 

 small specks, but of a deep red or purple where exposed to 

 the sun, and covered with a violet bloom. Flesh pale green- 

 ish yellow, and separates from the stone. Juice saccharine, 

 with a little but agreeable tartness. 



Ripe the middle of August. 



This very useful and hardy Plum has been in England 

 many years, having been cultivated by Sir Wm. Temple, at 

 his seat at Sheen, near Richmond in Surrey, before 1700, 

 whence it was called the Sheen Plum. 



19. GERMAN PRUNE. Nursery Catalogues. 

 Quetsche. Knoop. Fruit, p. 61. t. 3. 

 Quetzen. Ib. 



Branches smooth. Fruit below the middle size, of an 



