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ameter. Stalk half an inch long, slightly inserted. Sli?'. 

 bright red on the shaded side, but when fully exposed to the 

 sun, of a deep violet, sprinkled over with numerous small 

 yellow spots, and covered with a thick bloom. Flesh groeii- 

 jsh yellow. Juice plentiful and high flavoured- 

 Ripe the beginning and middle of August. 



37. Violet Damask. JViirsery Catalogue. 

 Damas Yiolet. Duhamel, No. 5. t. 2, 



Branches downy. Fruit small, of an oblong figure, some- 

 what larger at the apex than at the base, about one inch and 

 a quarter long, and little more than an inch in diameter. 

 5ia/A; half an inch long. Skin of a purplish violet colour, 

 covered with a thin bloom. Flesh yellow, firm, and sepa- 

 rates from the stone, leaving a few slightly attached pieces 

 of the pulp behind. Juice very ©weet, with a smart and 

 pleasant flavour. 



Ripe the middle and end of August. 



38. Violet Diaper. JVursery Catalogue, 

 Diapree Violette. Duhamel^ No. 36. t. 17. 

 Branches downy. Fruit below the middle size, of an oval 



figure, about one inch and a half long, and one inch and a 

 quarter in diameter, having a rather deep suture, on one side 

 of which it is swelled considerably more than on the other* 

 Stalk short, slender, rather deeply inserted. Skin thin, of a 

 purplish red, covered with a thick bloom. /7e5/i yellowish, 

 firm, and separates from the stone. Juice saccharine, plen- 

 tiful, of an agreeable flavour. Stone narrow, with a long 

 sharp point. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of August. 



This is a fleshy firm Plum, very good in the dessert, and 

 ■excellent when dried as a Prune. 



39. Violet Perdrigon. ^Miller, No. 8. 

 Perdrigon Violet. Duhamel, No. 21. t. 9. 

 Branches downy. Fruit middle-sized, a little more long 



than broad, and enlarged a little at the apex, aboui one inch 

 and a half long, and nearly as much in diameter. Stalk 

 half an inch long, curved, slender. Skin of a dull greenish 

 brown, full of small brov/n specks, and covered with a thick 

 pale bloom. Flesh greenish yellow, pretty firm, and ad- 

 heres to the stone. Juice sweet, and of a very excellent 

 flavour. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



40. Wheat Plum. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 271. 

 Wheaten. Bay, No. 17. 



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