PLUMS. 237 



slight cavity. Flesh greenish-yellow, firm, and fine- 

 grained, separating, but not freely, from the stone, juicy, 

 and of a rich, sugary flavour. Shoots downy. 



A good plum for preserving, or the dessert. Bipe in 

 the middle of September. 



Diapree Violette. See Cheston. 



DOWNTON IMPERATRICE. Fruit medium sized, oval, 

 narrowing a little towards the stalk, and slightly marked 

 with a suture on one side. Skin thin and tender, pale 

 yellow. Flesh yellow, separating from the stone, juicy 

 and melting, with a sweet and agreeable subacid flavour. 

 Shoots smooth. 



An excellent preserving plum, but only second-rate for 

 the dessert, llipe in October. 



DEAP D'OB (Cloth of Gold; Miralelle Double; Mira- 

 belle Grosse ; Yellow Perdrigori). Fruit below medium 

 size, round, indented at the apex, and marked on one 

 side by_ a distinct but very shallow suture. Skin tender, 

 fine bright yellow, marked with numerous crimson spots, 

 and covered with thin white bloom. Stalk slender, half 

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

 melting, with a rich, sugary flavour, separating from the 

 stone. Shoots downy. 



A good dessert plum. Ripe in the middle of August. 



DUNMORE. Fruit medium sized, oval. Skin thick, 

 greenish-yellow, becoming of a bright golden yellow when 

 ripe. Stalk half an inch long, inserted in a small cavity. 

 Flesh yellow, tender, juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured, 

 separating from the stone. Shoots smooth. 



An excellent dessert plum. Ripe in the end of Sep- 

 tember and beginning of October. 



Early Damask. See Morocco. 



EARLY FAVORITE (Rivers' Early Favorite; Rivers' 

 .ZVo. 1). Fruit rather below medium size, roundish-oval, 

 and marked with a shallow suture. Skin deep dark 

 purple, almost black, marked with russet dots, and 

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

 sweet, and of excellent flavour, separating from the stone. 

 Shoots smooth. 



An excellent early plum, raised by Mr. Eivers, of 

 Pawbridgeworth, from Precoce de Tours. It ripens in 

 the end of July ; and is deserving of a wall, when it 

 will ripen in the middle of the month. 



