fc' PLUMS. 



diameter; the peduncle is six liiu^ long, and placed in a de- 

 pression scarcely j)CiTcj)tihli. 1 : the longitudinal suture is rather 

 more apparent : the >kin i- dark purple, speckled with very 

 small dots of a lighter colour, and covered with bloom ; the 

 flesh is greenish, melting, replete with juice, of a sweet and 

 rather rich Ihmmr ; the stone is six lines long, and of the same 

 breadth, it does not adhere at all to the flesh, but is smooth, 

 with the exception of two or three projecting lines towards the 

 ba-e. This fruit ripens about the middle of August. 



SKPTKMHEU DAMASK. IV CAT. 



Prunicr <lcs ]'acauccx. Prune, dc Vacancc. Duh. 

 Dumas de Kept umbr i'. Duh. Loud. Hurt. cut. 



This plum is almost globular; its breadth is rather greater 

 than its length, it being thirteen and a half lines long, and 

 fourteen in diameter ; the peduncle is only three or four lines 

 in length, and inserted in a preltv distinct cavity ; the skin is 

 dark purple, almost black, covered with bloom, which makes 

 it appear of a blucish colour; it is marked from the base to 

 the extremity of the fruit by a shallow suture ; the flesh is 

 greenish, at first rather firm and sourish, afterwards it becomes 

 soft and sweetish without much flavour, unless there is a warm 

 period at the time of its ripening, in which case it is rather, 

 more pleasant and more perfumed ; the stone is much swollen 

 and separates pretty readilv from the flesh. This fruit ripens 

 in the course of the month of September, and the tree is usually 

 \ery productive. 



YIOLKT DAMASK. IV < AT. 

 Dtnnas riolcf. Dull. Lond. Hurt. cat. 



Tin- tniit is thirteen i<> lourlem lines long, and two lino 

 le-- in it- -jreate-t di:ii;.n ( r : the peduncle is five lines in 

 liiejili. and in-ertcd ni a Alight e;ri!\ ; the suture is distin- 

 ;rui>lied onl\ b\ .1 line; the i\in i^ol a violet colour, covered 

 \\iiii bloom; ilie lie-h is yello\s i>h, melting, rej)lele witli juice. 

 .. iir!i i bland, sweet, and Muiieuhat njn^kx. it does not adhere 



