290 PLUMS 



28.* Nectarine PluxM. HorL Soc. Cat. No. 114 Syn,- 

 Pom. J\Ia^. t. 148, 



Caledonian. Of soma Collections. 



Howell's Ivargc. Hori. Soc. Cat. No. 128. 



PruiiG Peche. 16.^ No. 119, Syn., according to the 

 Pom. Mag: 



Branches glahrous, brownish violet when exposed to the 

 snn. Fruit very large, like a Nectarine in shape and size. 

 Stalk smooth, about half an inch long, and of moderate 

 thickness. Skin purple, covered with a fine azure bloom, 

 Fiesfi dull greenish yellow, somewhat adhering to the stone, 

 but less so than in the Goliath, compared with which it is 

 much finer and richer, Ijeing decidedly the best Plum yet- 

 known of its size. Sione middle-sized, oval, compressed. 



Ripe against a wall the end of July or the beginning of 

 August, considerably earlier than the Goliath. 



This is a very excellent Plum, and a good bearer either 

 on a wall or as a standard. 



The Nectarine Plum has been satisfactorily ascertained, 

 in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick, to be wholly dis- 

 tinct from the Goliath, and its synonyms settled in the Pom^ 

 J\ia<2;. above referred to. 



29. Orleans. MillerylSo. 5. 



Red Damask. Langley^Pom. t. 20. f. 4. 



Branches downy. Fruit middle-sized, nearly globular^ 

 swelling a little more on one side of the suture than on the 

 other. Skin dark red, and when fully exposed to the sun, 

 of a purplish colour, covered with a thin blue bloom. Flesh 

 yellow, and separates clean from the stone, like an Apricot.^ 

 Juice a little sugary, with a portion of astringency. 



Ripe the middle and end of x\ugust. 



The Orleans is one of our most common Plums, and 

 known in every market tliroughout England. It is a most 

 hardy tree, a constant bearer, and an extremely useful fruit-^ 

 It does not appear to have been known to either Parkinson 

 or Ray. 



30. Prune Suisse. Duhameh'^o. 19. t, 20. f. 7. 

 Prune d'Altesse. lb. 



Monsieur Tardif. Bon. Jard. 1827. p. 290. 



Sii-niana. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 252. 



Branches smooth. Fruit nearly spherical, about four 



» No. 528 18 inserted twice in consequence of the Nectarine Plum having becis 

 pubiiabod in the Pom. Mag. after the numerical arrangement had been coropleti'd. 



