PLUMS. 79 



WHITE PRIMORDIAN. Pr. cat. Lang. Mil. For. 



LOND. HORT. CAT. 



Early Yellow. Pr. cat. 2G ed. 

 r 7 ,- ) Duh. syn. Lang. Mil. For. 



Jaune Mzve. ^ Lond. Hort. cat. 



Prune de Catalogne. Duh. 



Jaune de Catalogne. St. Barnabe. 



Jean hative. Early John. Bilboa. London •plum 



Catalonia. 



This fruit is about fourteen lines long, and an inch in its 

 greatest diameter ; it is somewhat contracted at its base, and 

 usually divided on one side by a quite conspicuous suture ; 

 the peduncle is slender, and four to five lines long ; the skin 

 is pale yellow, with a bloom ; the flesh is of the same colour, 

 partially melting, and sometimes slightly perfumed, but gene- 

 rally deficient in flavour ; it does not adhere to the stone. 

 This plum is the first that ripens of the European varieties, 

 and is commonly in eating the first part of July, which consti- 

 tutes its chief merit. Duhamel states that very good compotes 

 are made from it. The tree is productive, but grows slow ; 

 the young branches are slender, and the bark on them has a 

 grayish appearance. There is another variety called the 

 English Blue Primordian, and Langley mentions a Red Pri- 

 mordian as existing in his time. 



PRINCE'S PRIMORDIAN. Pr. cat. 



Princess Blue Primordian. Pr. cat. 26 ed. 



This plum is of an oval form and blue colour ; the flesh is 

 of a pleasant flavour, but the principal value of this variety is 

 its early maturity. It was raised by the father of the author 

 of this work, from a seed of the White Primordian, and is of 

 about the same size. It is one of the earliest varieties I am 

 acquainted with, being at maturity eight or ten days before 

 its parent. The young branches are most generally of slender 

 growth and of a grayish colour. 



