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^ameter. Stalk half an inch long, slightly inserted. Skin 

 bright red on the shaded side, but when fully exposed to the 

 sun, of a deep violet, sprinkled over with numerous small 

 yellow spots, and covered with a thick bloom. Flesh green- 

 ish yellow. Juice plentiful and high flavoured. 

 Ripe the beginning and middle of August. 



37. VIOLET DAMASK. Nursery Catalogue. 

 Damas Violet. Duhanul, No. 5. t. 2. 



Branches downy. Fruit small, of an oblong figure, some- 

 what larger at the apex than at the base, about one inch and 

 a quarter long, and little more than an inch in diameter. 

 Stalk half an inch long. Skin -of a purplish violet colour, 

 covered with a thin bloom. Flesh yellow, firm, and sepa- 

 rates from the stone, leaving a few slightly attached pieces 

 of the pulp behind. Juice very sweet, with a smart and 

 pleasant flavour. 



Ripe the middle and end of August. 



38. VIOLET DIAPER. Nursery Catalogue. 

 Diapree Violette. Duhamel, No. 36. t. 17. 

 Branches downy. Fruit below the middle size, of an ova) 



figure, about one inch and a half long, and one inch and a 

 quarter in diameter, having a rather deep suture, on one side 

 of which it is swelled considerably more than on the other* 

 Stalk short, slender, rather deeply inserted. Skin thin, of a 

 purplish red, covered with a thick bloom. Flesh yellowish, 

 firm, and separates from the stone. Juice saccharine, plen- 

 tiful, of an agreeable flavour. Stone narrow, with a long 

 -sharp point. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of August. 



This is a fleshy firm Plum, very good in the dessert, and 

 excellent when dried as a Prune. 



39. VIOLET PERDRIGON, Miller^ No. 8, 

 Perdrigon Violet. Buhamel, No. 21. t. 9. 

 Branches downy. Fruit middle-sized, a little more long 



ihan broad, and enlarged a little at the .apex, about one inch 

 and a half long, and nearly as much in diameter. Stalk 

 half an inch long, curved, slender. Skin of a dull greenish 

 brown, full of small brown specks, and covered with a thick 

 pale Woom. Flesii greenish yellow, pretty firm, and ad- 

 heres to the stone. Juice sweet, and of a very excellent 

 flavour. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



40. WHEAT PLUM. Hort. Sac. Cat. No. 271. 

 Wbeateo. Ray, No. 17. 



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