PLUMS. 301 



imperatrice Blanche. Duhamel, 40. t. 18. f. 2. 



Die Weisse Kaiserpnaume. Pom. Aust. 233. t. 181. f. 

 2., according to the Pom.'Mag, 



Fruit middle-sized, oval, with an indistinct suture, very 

 blunt at each end ; about one inch and three quarters long, 

 and one inch and a half in diameter. Stalk half an inch long, 

 inserted in a narrow cavity. Skin bright yellowish ochre 

 colour, with a slight evanescent bloom. Flesh firm, juicy, 

 sweet, and rather more transparent than that of most plums, 

 separating freely from the stone. 



It ripens about the beginning of September. It will 

 scarcely succeed as an open standard, except in warm situa- 

 tions. 



59, WHITE MAGNUM BONUM> Langley, p. 95. t. 25. 

 fig. 6. Miller, No. 11. 



White Mogul. Ib. 



Egg Plum. Ib. 



Imperiale Blanche. Duhamel, No. 35. 



Branches long, smooth. Fruit of the largest size, oval. 

 Skin yellow, covered with a thin white bloom. Flesh yel- 

 low, firnij closely adhering to the stone. Juice acid,* 

 Stone oval, lance-pointed. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



60. WHITE PERDRIGON. Langl&y, p. 92. t. 23. fig. 5. 

 Miller, No. 9. 



Perdrigon Blanc. Duhamel, No. 20. t. 8. 



Branches downy. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat oblong, 

 enlarged towards the apex, and tapering a little towards the 

 stalk ; about one inch and a quarter long, and the same in 

 diameter. Stalk three quarters of an inch long. Skin pale 

 yellow, full of small white specks, with a few red spots on 

 the sunny side, and covered with a thin white bloom. Flesh 

 pale yellow, separating clean from the stone. Juice saccha- 

 rine. Stone small, lanceolate. 



Ripe the beginning of September. 



ADDITIONAL AMERICAN PLUMS, BY THE EDITOR. 



61. NEW-YORK PURPLE. 

 Brevoort's Purple Bolmar. 

 Brevoort's Purple Washington. 



In this country it ripens well, and is a very fine Plum. dm. Ed, 



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