46 The Gardener's New Director, 



Befides the above defcribed kinds of Apricots, the 

 large Dutch) Orange, Turkey, and Romany may prove 

 acceptable to fuch as are fond of Apricots, and delight 

 in variety of fruits. 



PLUMS. 



No. I. The firil: ripe Plum is called by fome writers 

 the Jean Hative ; by others, the White Priviordian : its 

 longifh iTiape refembles fome Pears. It is of a yellowifli 

 colour, covered with a white powder when ripe: its 

 pulp is tender, and the tafte not unpleafant, by a fmall 

 perfume added to an acid and fweet happily blended to- 

 gether: it quits the flone. The tree is a tolerable good 

 bearer, but is apt to grow too thick of branches, when 

 it is not carefully pruned. This fruit ripened on a fouth- 

 eaft afpeft about the beginning of Augilji 1761, as alfo 

 1762, and in the middle ol Augujl 1764. 



No. 2. i)ueen Claude Plum is fmall and round, flatten- 

 ed a little at each end ; the (kin is pearl-coloured, with 

 red fpots : its flefli is firm, comes clear from the (lone, 

 and the tafte of its melting pulp is fweet and delicious. 

 The tree grows regularly, and bears well. The fruit 

 were ripe on a fouth-weft afped the beginning of Sep- 

 tejyiber 1761. 



No. 3. Mtralel is a round fmall beautiful Plum, of a 

 whitifli yellow colour; the fubftance is firm, and quits 

 the ftone : the pulp is fweet and delicious. The tree 

 makes a handfome figure on the wall, by its regular and 

 numerous bearing branches. The fruit were ripe on a 

 fouth-eafl: afpeQ: the beginning of ■S'^/^/^w^fr 1761. It is 

 generally a good bearer. 



No. 4. Blue Perdrigon Plum is large and long, of a blue 

 colour, and finely powdered : its pulp is firm, parts from 

 the ftone, and the tafte is very delicious. The tree 

 grows regularly, and is very beautiful, but a bad bearer. 



No. 5. Royal Plum is round, and rather larger than the 

 Perdrigon, of a charming red colour, little powdered, 

 and very beautiful : its tafte is exquifitely fine. The tree 

 produces its branches thin and irregular, and is a bad 

 bearer. 



No. 6. Maitre Claude Is large, round, tind v.-hitifti. Its 

 pulp, which is firm, parts from the ftone, and its juice 



