PLUMS. 23 3 



Eale red, and marked with small greyish-white dots, 

 talk three quarters of an inch long, slender, and inserted 

 in a small cavity. Flesh yellow, sweet, juicy, and sub- 

 acid, adhering to the stone. Shoots smooth. 



More ornamental than useful in the dessert, but is good 

 when baked, or in tarts. Ripe in the beginning or middle 

 of August. 



CHESTON (Dennie ; Diapree Violette ; Friars). Fruit 

 medium sized, oval, and rather widest at the stalk ; suture 

 scarcely discernable. Skin purple, thickly covered with 

 blue bloom. Stalk half an inch long, slender, and not 

 depressed. Flesh deep yellow, firm, brisk, and with a 

 sweet, agreeable flavour, separating from the stone. 

 Shoots downy. 



A dessert or preserving plum. Ripe in the beginning 

 and middle of August. 



De Chypre. See Damas MtisquS. 



Coe's. See Coes Golden Drop. 



COE'S GOLDEN DROP (Bury Seedling; Coe's; Coe's 

 Imperial ; Fairs Golden Drop ; Golden Drop ; Golden* 

 Gage}. Fruit very large, oval, with a short neck at the 

 stalk, and marked with a deep suture, which extends the 

 whole length of the fruit. Skin pale yellow, marked 

 with a number of dark red spots. Stalk about an inch 

 long, stout, and not depressed. Flesh yellow, rich, 

 sugary, and delicious, adhering closely to the stone. 

 Shoots smooth. 



One of the finest plums, and adapted either for the 

 dessert or preserving. It ripens in the end of September. 

 It is much improved by being grown against a wall. 



Coe's Imperial. See Goes Golden Drop. 



COE'S LATE BED (St. Martin; St. Martin Rouge). 

 Fruit medium sized, round, marked on one side with a 

 deep suture. Skin bright purple, covered with a thin 

 blue bloom. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, not 

 depressed. Flesh yellowish, firm and juicy, with a sweet 

 and sprightly flavour, and separating from the stone. 

 Shoots downy. 



As a late plum, ripening in the end of October, and 

 hanging for a month or six weeks later, this is a valuable 

 variety. 



COLUMBIA (Columbia Gage). Fruit very large, almost 

 round. Skin deep reddish-purple, dotted with yel- 



