236 PLUMS. 



Damas Vert. See Green Gage. 



Damaseen. See Prune Damson. 



Dame Aubert. See White Magnum Bonum. 



Dame Aubert Blanche. See White Magnum So num. 



Dame Aubert Violette. See Red Magnum Bonum. 



DAMSON (Common Damson; Round Damson}. Fruit 

 very small, roundish-ovate. Skin deep dark purple or 

 black, covered with thin bloom. Flesh greenish-yellow, 

 juicy, very acid, and rather austere till highly ripened, 

 and separating from the stone. Shoots downy. 



A well-known preserving plum. Eipe in the end of 

 September. 



Dauphine. See Green Gatje. 



La Delicieuse. See Cooper s Large. 



Dennie. See Cheston. 



DENNISTON'S SUPERB. Fruit above medium size, 

 round, and a little flattened, marked with a distinct 

 suture, which extends quite round the fruit. Skin pale 

 yellowish-green, marked with a few purple thin blotches 

 and dots, and covered with bloom. Stalk three quarters 

 of an inch long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh yellow, 

 firm, not very juicy, but rich, sugary, and vinous, sepa- 

 rating from the stone. Shoots downy. 



A first-rate dessert plum. Eipe in the middle of 

 August. 



DIAMOND. Fruit very large, oval, marked on one side 

 with a distinct suture, which is deepest towards the stalk. 

 Skin dark purple, approaching to black, and covered with 

 pale blue bloom. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, 

 inserted in a narrow and deep cavity. Flesh deep yel- 

 low, coarse in texture, juicy, and with a brisk agreeable 

 acid flavour ; it separates with difficulty from the stone. 

 Shoots downy. 



One of the best preserving or cooking plums. Eipe in 

 the middle of September. 



Diaper. See Diapree Rouge. 



DIAPREE EOUGE (Diaper ; Imperial Diadem ; Mimms ; 

 Red Diaper ; Roche Corbon}. Fruit large, obovate. 

 Skin pale red, thickly covered with brown dots, so much 

 so as to make it appear of a dull colour, and covered with 

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



