PLUMS. 289 



Branches smooth. Leaves with two small glands at the 

 base of each. Fruit oblong, with an oblique apex, and 

 broad shallow suture, of the largest size among Plums, about 

 two inches and a half deep, and the same in diameter. Stalk 

 three quarters of an inch long, slender, pubescent. Skin of 

 a light clear purple colour, upon a greenish ground, marked 

 with brownish specks, and covered copiously with bloom, 

 which is easily rubbed off. Flesh pale, dull greenish yellow, 

 tender, juicy, and very agreeably flavoured, like an Orleans 

 in perfection, and separating from the stone, which is very 

 rugged, with a thin irregular edge. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



This is said to have been raised many years ago, from a 

 stone of the Blue Perdrigon, in the garden of Henry Browne., 

 Esq. at North Mimms, in Hertfordshire, and was exhibited 

 at the Horticultural Society in 1819. It is a distinct Plum 

 from the Imperial Diadem. 



27. MONSIEUR. JDuhamel,No. 15. t. 7. Jqrd. Fruit. 

 t. 57. 



Branches downy, somewhat like those of the Orleans. Fruit 

 middle-sized, about one inch and a half in diameter, of a 

 flattish globular figure, having a slight suture extending the 

 length of the fruit. Stalk scarcely half an inch long, insert- 

 ed in a small cavity. .Skin bluish purple. Flesh yellow, 

 very melting when fully matured, and separates from the 

 stone. Juice good, but not very highly flavoured. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of August. 



28. MONSIEUR HATJF. Duhamel, No. 16: t. 20. f. 1. 

 Monsieur Hatif. Jard. Fruit, t. 56. 



Branches downy, somewhat like the Orleans. Fruit 

 middle-sized, nearly globular, about one inch and a half in 

 diameter, having a well marked suture extending from the 

 base to the apex, where it is a little flattened. Stalk half an 

 inch long, slender, inserted in a narrow and some, what deep 

 cavity. Skin deep purple, or violet colour, when fully exposed 

 to the sun, and covered with a thick bloom ; it is bitter, but 

 readily peels off. Flesh greenish yellow, melting, and sepa- 

 rates from the stone. Juice plentiful and excellent. Stone 

 small v oblong, with an obtuse point, not very rugose. 



Ripe the beginning of August. 



This is somewhat like the last sort, but of a deeper co- 

 lour, and ripens a fortnight earlier. 



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