PLUMS. 235 



rather deep cavity. Flesh greenish, transparent, firm, 

 very sugary, and separating freely from the stone. Shoots 

 smooth. 



A dessert plum. Hipe in the end of August. 



Damas d'ltalie. See Italian Damaslc. 



DAMAS DE MANGERON (Mangeron). Fruit above 

 medium size, round, and inclining to oblate, without 

 any apparent suture. Skin adhering to the flesh, lively 

 purple, strewed vrith minute yellowish dots, and thickly 

 covered with blue bloom. Stalk half an inch long, 

 slender, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh greenish- 

 yellow, firm, not very juicy, but sugary, and separating 

 from the stone. Shoots smooth. 



A baking or preserving plum. Hipe in the beginning 

 and middle of September. 



DAMAS MUSQUE (De Chypre ; Prune de Malthe). 

 Fruit small, roundish, flattened at both ends, and marked 

 with a deep suture. Skin deep purple or nearly black, 

 thickly covered with blue bloom. Stalk half an inch 

 long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh yellow, firm, very 

 juicy, with a rich and musky flavour, and separating from 

 the stone. Shoots slightly downy. 



A dessert or preserving plum. Ripe in the end of 

 August and beginning of {September. 



DAMAS DE PROVENCE (Damas de Provence Hdtif). 

 Fruit above medium size, roundish, and marked on one 

 side with a deep suture. Skin reddish-purple, covered 

 with blue bloom. Stalk half an inch long, inserted in a 

 small cavity. Flesh yellowish-green, sweet and pleasantly 

 flavoured, separating from the stone. Shoots slightly 

 downy. 



A baking plum. Ripe in the end of July and begin- 

 ning of August. 



DAMAS DE SEPTEMBRE (Prune de Vacance). Fruit 

 small, oval, marked on one side with a distinct suture. 

 Skin brownish-purple, thickly covered with blue bloom. 

 Stalk half an inch long, slender, inserted in a narrow and 

 rather deep cavity. Flesh yellow, firm, rich, and agree- 

 ably flavoured when well ripened, and separating from 

 the stone. Shoots downy. 



A dessert or preserving plum. Hipe in the end of 

 September. 



Damas de Tours. See Prccoce de Tours. 



