294' 



PLUMS. 



Whitton. HorL Soc, Cat. 271. 

 Nutmeg. Parkinson, No. 18. 



HroAhches numerous, slender, smooth. Fruit small, some- 

 v/hat oblong, about one inch and one eighth long, and an 

 mch in diameter, mostly growing in pairs, a little swelled on 

 one side of the suture more than on the other, which is shal- 

 low. Stalk five eighths of an inch long, inserted in a small 

 narrov/ cavity. Skin pale amber on the shaded side, but of 

 -i bright red, marbled with a deeper colour, where exposed 

 .0 the Sim, and covered with a thin white bloom. Flesh 

 ■yreenl?ih yellow, rather firm,-and adheres to the stctfie. Juice 

 sugary, with a little sub-acid.- 

 Kipe the middle of August. 



^rhis is called Vvheat Plum, in consequence of its being^ 

 ripe about the time of the wheat harvest. 



41„ Wilmot's Ea.rly Orleans. Hort. Trmis.Yol.'m. 

 ^. 392. t. 14. 



Wjimot's Orleans. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 274. 

 Wilmot's New Early Orleans. Ih. 

 Wilmot's Late Orleans. lb. According to the Hort. 

 Soc. Cat. 



Branches downy, like the Common Orleans. Fruit above 

 the middle size, round, rather deeply cleft, more compressed 

 rhsM the Old Orleans, especially at the apex. Stalk short. 

 Skiyi pale red on the shaded side, but where exposed (o the 

 sun of a dark purple tint, and covered with a fine thin bloom. 

 Flesh of a rich greenish yellow, inclining to amber when 

 cjuile npe, of a pleasant consistence, being much softer and 

 uiore juicy than the Orleans, and separates clean from the 

 .stone. Juice plentiful, sweet, combined with acid, of excel- 

 lent flavour. Stone round, rather small in proportion to the 

 size of the fruit. 



Mipe the beginning of August, as early as the Morocco, 

 or the Precoce de Tours. 



Raised in 1809 by Mr. John Wllmot, in his garden at 

 Isleworth, near London. 



42. WiNESOUR. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 32. 

 Rotherham. Of the Old Gardens. 



Branches slender, downy. Fruit rather larger than a 

 Damson, oblong. Stalk half an inch long. Skin dark blu- 

 \.^h. purple, covered with dark purple specks, particularly 

 where exposed to the sun. Flesh greenish yellow, and ad- 

 iieres to the stone, near which there are some red streaks in 



