

298 SLUMS. 



the title of gardener to King Charles the First, and settled 

 at his garden at Lambeth, about the year 1629. 



50. MAITRE CLAUDE. Langley, Pom. t. 23. f. 6. Mil- 

 ler, No. 14. 



Branches slender, downy. Fruit middle-sized, rather 

 more broad than long, a little compressed at its apex. Stalk 

 short. Skin yellow, marbled with red on the sunny side. 

 Flesh yellow, and separates from the stone. Juice sugary, 

 and well flavoured. 



Ripe the middle of August. 



The Maitre Claude was known both to Switzer and Hitt; 

 but is not mentioned either in Duhamel's Traite, or in the 

 Bon Jardinier of M. Noisette. 



51. MIRABELLE. Miller, No. 23. Duhamel, No. 29. 

 t. 14. 



White Mirable. Langley, p. 93. t. 23. f. 7. 



Fruit small, a little more long than broad, about an inch 

 in length. Stalk half an inch long. Skin yellow, becom- 

 ing of an amber colour as it ripens. Flesh yellow, and se- 

 parates from the stone. Juice rich and sugary. 



Ripe the middle of August. 



52. SAINT CATHARINE. Langley, p. 94. t. 24. fig. 4. 

 Miller, No. 21. 



Sainte Catherine. Duhamel, No. 43. t. 19. 



Branches smooth. Fruit middle-sized, of an oblong 

 figure, being broadest at the apex, and tapering to the base, 

 and having a narrow suture about one inch and a half long, 

 and nearly the same in diameter in its widest part. Stalk 

 three quarters of an inch long, slender. Skin whitish, turn- 

 ing to a pale yellow as it ripens, and tinged with a little rus- 

 setty red on the sunny side. Flesh pretty firm, yellow, and 

 adheres to the stone. Juice rich, sugary, and high-fla- 

 voured. 



Ripe the middle of September, with the Imperatrice, and, 

 like that, will hang and shrivel upon the tree. 



53. BOLM'AR'S WASHINGTON. Nurs. Cat. 1819, 

 Washington. Pom. Mag. t. 16. 



New Washington. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 270. 



Franklin. J6., according to the Pom. Mag. 



Branches downy. Fruit regularly oval, with a very ob- 

 scure suture, just at the stalk; it is rather deep, about 

 one inch and three quarters long, and one inch and five 

 eighths in diameter. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, 

 slightly pubescent. Skvi dull yellow, broken a little with 



