294 PLUMS. 



Whitton. Hort. Soc. Cat. 271. 



Nutmeg. Parkinson, No. 18. 



Branches numerous, slender, smooth. Fruit small, some- 

 what oblong, about one inch and one eighth long, and an 

 inch in diameter, mostly growing in pairs, a little swelled on 

 one side -of the suture more than on the other, which is shal- 

 low. Stalk five eighths of an inch long, inserted in a small 

 narrow cavity. Skin pale amber on the shaded side, but of 

 a bright red, marbled with a deeper colour, where exposed 

 to the sun, and covered with a thin white bloom. Flesh 

 greenish yellow, rather firm, and adheres to the stone. Juice 

 sugary, with a little sub-acid. 



Ripe the middle of August. 



This is called Wheat Plum, in consequence of its being 

 ripe about the time of the wheat harvest. 



41. WILMOT'S EARLY ORLEANS. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. 

 p. 392. t. 14. 



Wilmot's Orleans. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 274. 



Wilmot's New Early Orleans. Ib. 



Wilmot's Late Orleans. Ib. According to the Hort. 

 Soc. Cat. 



Branches downy, like the Common Orleans. Fruit above 

 the middle size, round, rather deeply cleft, more compressed 

 than the Old Orleans, especially at the apex. Stalk short. 

 Skin pale red on the shaded side, but where exposed to the 

 sun of a dark purple tint, and covered with a fine thin bloom. 

 Flesh of a rich greenish yellow, inclining to amber when 

 quite ripe, of a pleasant consistence, being much softer and 

 more juicy than the Orleans, and separates clean from the 

 stone. Juice plentiful, sweet, combined with acid, of excel- 

 lent flavour. Stone round, rather small in proportion to the 

 size of the fruit. 



Ripe the beginning of August, as early as the Morocco, 

 or the Precoce de Tours. 



Raised in 1809 by Mr. John Wilmot, in his garden at 

 Isleworth, near London. 



42. WINESOUR. Forsylh, Ed. 7. No. 32. 

 Rotherham. Of the Old Gardens. 



Branches slender, downy. Fruit rather larger than a 

 Damson, oblong. Stalk half an inch long. Skin dark blu- 

 ish purple, covered with dark purple specks, particularly 

 where exposed to the sun. Flesh greenish yellow, and ad- 

 heres to the stone, near which there are some red streaks in 



