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47. DRAP D'Or. Langley, p. 94. t. 24. f. 5. Miller, 

 No. 20. 



Cloth of Gold. /&. 



Mirabelle double. Duhamel, No. 30. 



Branches smooth, but downy at the ends. Fruit rather 

 small, of a roundish figure, somewhat like the Little Queen 

 Claude, with but very little suture, and a small dimple at 

 each end : about an inch deep, and rather more in diameter. 

 Stalk half an inch long, slender. Skin bright yellow, spot- 

 ted or marbled with red on the sunny side. Flesh yellow, 

 melting, and separates clean from the stone. Juice sugary 

 and excellent. 



Ripe the middle of August. < 



48. EARLY AMBER. Nurs. Catalogues. 



Fruit small, somewhat oblong, and broadest at the apex. 

 Stalk three quarters of an inch long. Skin pale greenish 

 yellow, with a few small crimson specks on the sunny side, 

 and covered with a thin whitish bloom, flesh greenish yel- 

 low, and adheres to the stone. Juice sub-acid, but not pos- 

 sessing any peculiar flavour. 



Ripe the beginning of August. 



This is a very handsome little fruit ; although inferior to 

 some of the early sorts, it deserves cultivation. 



49. JAUNE HATIVE. Duhamel, No. 1. t. 1. 

 Prune de Catalogne. Ib. 



Prune de St. Barnabe. Bon Jard. 1827. p. 289. 



White Primordian. Langley, p. 90. t. 20. fig. 1. Miller, 

 No. 1. 



Amber Primordian. Parkinson, No. 1 . 



Catalonian. Of the Old Gardens. 



Branches slender, downy. Fruit small, oblong, broader 

 at the apex than at the base, having a shallow suture extend- 

 ing the length of the fruit, about one inch and a quarter in 

 diameter. Stalk half an inch long, slender. Skin pale yel- 

 low, covered with a very thin white bloom. Flesh yellow, 

 melting, and separates from the stone. Juice sweet. 



Ripe the middle of July. 



The Jaune Hative, although not possessing much flavour, 

 deserves to be cultivated against a south wall, being the first 

 Plum which ripens. It is an old inhabitant of our gardens, 

 having been cultivated by John Tradescant*, who obtained 



* RCCS'B Cyclop. 



