PLUMS. 



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COMMON SAINT JULIEN. Pk. cat. 



Saint Julien. N. Duh. | French St. Julien. 

 Petit Saint Julien. Saint Julien petit. St. Julian. 



This is the smallest of the violet-coloured plums ; it is of 

 rather an oval form, being ten to eleven lines long, and nine 

 in diameter ; the skin is of a dark violet colour, covered with 

 bloom; the flesh is greenish, slightly acid, without flavour 

 when over ripe, and does not adhere to the stone. This fruit 

 is at maturity the end of August or beginning of September ; 

 it is not much valued for the table, but is in France very 

 extensively used for preserves, in the same manner as the 

 smaller varieties of the Damson. 



LARGE SAINT JULIEN. Auih. 



Gros Saint Julien. N. Duh. 



This variety is not larger than the common Saint Julien, 

 but is of a rounder form, being eleven or twelve lines in 

 length and the same in diameter ; the peduncle is four lines 

 long ; the longitudinal suture, like that of the preceding 

 variety, is scarcely apparent; the skin is of a dark violet 

 colour, covered with bloom ; the flesh is greenish, more melt- 

 ing and juicy than the preceding one, of a sweetish but rather 

 insipid taste, and the stone slightly adheres thereto. This 

 fruit ripens about the same period as the preceding, say from 

 the middle of August to the middle of September, and is not 

 held in much esteem. There is a variety of this plum which 

 has variegated leaves. 



WHITE VIRGINAL. Pn. cat. 

 Virginal blanc. Virginal a gros fruit hlanc. N. Duh. 



This plum is smaller than the Green Gage, being but six- 

 teen lines in length, the same in diameter at its smallest 

 section, and seventeen lines at the largest part ; one side is 

 rather compressed, through which runs a slight suture, distin- 

 guished only by a line ; the peduncle is short, measuring only 



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