PLUMS. 229 



Abricotee Blanche. See Apricot. 



ABRICOTEE DE BRAUNAU. Fruit about medium size, 

 roundish, and marked with a deep suture. Skin green, 

 like the Green Gage, covered with a white bloom, and 

 becoming yellowish as it ripens, and sometimes with a 

 blush of red next the sun. Stalk an inch long, stout. 

 Flesh greenish-yellow, rather firm in texture, juicy and 

 rich, with a fine and remarkable piquancy, and separating 

 freely from the stone. The kernel is rather sweet. Shoots 

 smooth. 



A most excellent plum. Ripe in the beginning of 

 September. Its fine sprightly flavour is as remarkable 

 among dessert plums as that of the Mayduke is among 

 cherries. 



Abricotee de Tours. See Apricot. 



D'AGEN (Agcn Date ; Prune D'Ast ; Prune du ~Roi ; 

 Role de Sargent; St. Maurin). Fruit medium sized, 

 obovate, and somewhat flattened on one side. Skin deep 

 purple, almost approaching to black, and covered with 

 bl ue bloom. Stalk short. Flesh greenish-yellow, sweet 

 and well flavoured. Shoots smooth. 



An excellent drying and preserving plum. Uipe in 

 September. It is this which, in a dried state, forms the 

 celebrated pruneaux d' Agen. 



Agen Date. See D'Ayen. 



Alderton. See Sharp's Emperor. 



Amber Primordian. See White Primordian. 



American Damson. See Frost Gage. 



ANGELINA BURDETT. Fruit above medium size, round, 

 and marked with a suture, which is deepest towards the 

 stalk. Skin thick, dark purple, thickly covered with 

 brown dots and blue bloom. Stalk about an inch long. 

 Flesh yellowish, juicy, rich, and highly flavoured, sepa- 

 rating from the stone. Shoots smooth. 



An excellent dessert plum. Uipe in the beginning of 

 September, and if allowed to hang till it shrivels, it 

 forms a perfect sweetmeat. The tree is a good bearer 

 and hardy. 



Anglaise Noire. See Orleans, 



APRICOT (Abricotee Blanche ; Alricotee de Tours ; Old 

 Apricot; Yellow Apricot). Fruit larger than Green 



