PLUMS. 



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ginning of August; the juice is unusually rich ; wood downy ; 

 leaves middle sized, bluntly serrated, rather light green, shin- 

 ing on the upper surface ; stalks from half an inch to an inch 

 long, with globose glands ; fruit middle sized, roundisli ; its 

 suture moderately depressed along one side ; the apex a little 

 flattened; the stalk thick, scarcely half an inch long; skin 

 deep blackish purple, covered with a light blue bloom ; flesh 

 greenish yellow, slightly adhering to the stone, juic}', rich, and 

 high-flavoured; stone middle sized, oval, compressed." 



ITALIAN DAMASK. Pb. cat. 

 Damas d'ltalie. Dub. Lond. Hort. oaf. 

 This tree is of very thrifty and vigorous growth ; the fruit 

 is thirteen to fifteen lines in length, and nearly the same in di- 

 ameter; the peduncle is eight lines long, and inserted in a 

 slight cavity, the plum being somewhat flattened at that part ; 

 the skin is purple, with a bloom, and speckled with some very 

 small dots of a lighter shade of the same colour ; the flesh is 

 yellowish green, melting, rather sweet, but in some cases in- 

 ferior in point of flavour ; the stone does not adhere to the 

 flesh, and is eight lines in length, by six in breadth. This 

 plum ripens during the latter part of August. 



SPANISH DAMASK. Pr. cat. 

 Damas d'Espagne. N. Duh. Lond. Hort. cat. 

 This fruit is of nearly a round form, its diameter being 

 thirteen lines, and its length but half a line more ; the pedun- 

 cle is very short, and inserted in a slight cavity ; the groove or 

 suture is not very conspicuous; the skin is a deep purple, co- 

 vered with bloom ; the flesh is yellowish, not very rich, sweet- 

 ish and without flavour ; the stone separates entirely from the 

 flesh. This plum ripens about the end of August. 



MUSK DAMASK. Pr. cat. 



Damas musque. Duh. Lond. Hort. cat. 

 Prune de Chypre. Prune de Malie. 



This fruit is almost globular, flattened at the base, and at the 

 extremity ; twelve to thirteen lines in length, and fourteen in 



