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is twenty to twenty-one lines, and its diameter nineteen ; it is 

 supported on a peduncle six lines long, two-thirds of which 

 extends within a deep cavity at die base of the fruit, from 

 which a suture forming simply a line runs to its extremity, 

 which is sensibly flattened ; the skin is dark purple, almost 

 black, with a slight bloom ; the flesh is yellowish, a little in- 

 clining to bitter, its flavour is not particularly pleasant, or at 

 best but moderately so, and is far from what might be expected 

 from the fine appearance of the fruit ; the stone is an inch 

 long, very flat, and partially adheres to the flesh. This plum 

 is not very common even in France, it ripens at the end of 

 July or beginning of August, and is esteemed rather for its 

 beauty than for its quality. 



CYPRIAN. AuTH. 



Prune de Chypre Duh. 



De Chypre. Lend. Hort. cat. 



This is a very beautiful fruit, of almost a globular form, be- 

 ing nineteen lines long, and nineteen and a half in diameter ; 

 the longitudinal suture, which extends on one side for its whole 

 length, is not very conspicuous ; the peduncle is large, seven 

 lines in length, and inserted in a rather spacious cavity; the 

 skin is of a fine violet hue, covered with bloom, tough, acid, 

 and separates with difliculty from the flesh, which is firm, 

 greenish, witli a sweet flavour, that is rather pleasant when 

 the fruit is fully ripe, but before that period it is commonly 

 acid and bad tasted ; the stone adheres to the flesh, is very 

 rough, swollen on one side, with very projecting edges. This 

 plum ripens at the end of July. 



GIFFORD'S LAFAYETTE. Pr. cat. 



This fine variety of the plum is a seedling which bore last 

 season for the first time. It was transmitted me by David 

 Thomas, Esq. of our State, and was originated in his neigh- 

 bourhood, by a gentleman whose cognomen is attached lo it. 

 Mr. T. remarks to me, that although the tree was very full, 

 yet the fruit was large and fine. It ripens in August, and he 



