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THE WHITE IMPERATRICE PLUM. 



White Imperatrice. Forsyttis Treatise, ed. 7. p. 27. Hort. 



Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 135. 

 Imperatrice Blanche. Duhamel, Arbres Fruitiers, vol. ii. 



p. 106. t. \S.Jig. 2. 

 Die Weisse Kaiserpflaume. Kraft. Pom. aust. 2. 33. 1. 181; 



f.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 ripens 

 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. 



FRUIT middle-sized, oval, with an indistinct 

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

 STALK short, in a narrow cavity. SKIN bright 

 yellowish 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. 



