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THE WHITE IMPERATRICE PLUM. 



White Imperatrice. Fo,'.ytK.Treatke, ed.1 .p. 11 ■ Hort. 



Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 135. .. 



Imperatrice Blanche. Duhamel, Arbres Frumers, vol. ». 



^.106. (. 18./g. 2. . o Q-i , 181 



Die Weisse Kaiserpflaume. Krajt. Pom. amt. 2. 33. (. 1«1. 



/•2- 



A handsome and useful Plum, but very dif- 

 ferent from the common Imperatrice (fol. 33), to 

 the name of which it has little title. It npens 

 on a west wall, about the beginning of September 

 but does not shrivel or keep well. On a standard 

 it will scarcely succeed, except in very warm 



situations. 



Leaves rather larger than those of the common 



Imperatrice, and more shining. 



Flowers somewhat smaller. 

 • FauiT middle-sized, oval, with an indistinct 

 furrow on one side, very blunt at each end. Foot- 

 stalk short, in a narrow cavity. Skin bright 

 vellowish ochre colour, with a slight evanescent 

 bloom. Flesh firm, juicy, sweet, abundant, and 

 rather more transparent than that of most Plums. 

 Stone quits the flesh freely. 



