300 PLUMS. 



a white bloom. Flesh yellow, rather coarse, and separates 

 from the stone. Juice sub-acid, somewhat austere. 



Ripe in September. 



This has a good deal the appearance of the White Mag- 

 num Bonum, but is not so much pointed ; of a deeper co- 

 lour, and, like that, fit only for preserving ; but for this it is 

 excellent. 



The Went worth Plum is said by Langley, to have been 

 so called from its having been first planted in the gardens of 

 the Right Honourable Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Straf- 

 ford, at Twickenham. MILLER has strangely confounded 

 this with the Monsieur of DUHAMEL, in which he has been 

 followed by MARTYN and FORSYTH ; but no two plums can 

 be more distinct. 



55. WHITE BULLAGE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No, 4. 

 Branches slender, twiggy, downy. Fruit small, round, 



mostly growing by pairs. Skin yellowish white, and when 

 fully ripe, a little mottled with red on the sunny side. Flesh 

 greenish white, firm, and closely adheres to the stone. Juice 

 acid, but so tempered by sweetness and roughness as not to 

 be unpleasant, especially after it is mellowed by frost. 



Ripe in October. 



Large quantities of the White Bullace are brought into the 

 market in Norwich, nnd elsewhere in the county of Nor- 

 folk, where they are highly esteemed for tarts : they are by 

 some preserved by boiling them in sugar, and in this state 

 they will keep twelve months. 



56. WHITE DAMASK. Hort. Soc. Cat.. No. 71. 

 Petit Damas.Blanc. Duhamel, No. 6. t. 3. 



Fruit small, nearly globular, about an inch in diameter. 

 Stalk half an inch long, very slender. Skin greenish yel- 

 low, rather thick, covered with a thin white bloom. Flesh 

 yellow, melting, and separates from the stone. Juice su- 

 gary, of an agreeable flavour. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



57. WHITE DAMSON. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 88. 

 White Prune Damson. Nursery Catalogues. 

 .Branches Ions;, smooth. Fruif small, oval, about throe 



inches and a half in its long circumference. Stalk half an 

 inch long, slender. Skin pale yellow, covered with a thin 

 white "bloom. Flesh yellow, adhering to the stone. Juice 

 plentiful, a little sugary, mixed with a small portion of acid. 

 Ripe the middle and end of September. 



58. WHITE IMPERATRICE. Pom. Mag. t. 38. 



