PLUMS. 243 



ITALIAN DAMASK (Damas d'ltalie). Fruit medium 

 sized, roundish, slightly flattened at the base, and marked 

 with a well-defined suture. Skin thick, membranous, 

 and rather bitter, of a pale purple colour, changing to 

 brownish as it ripens, and covered with fine blue bloom. 

 Stalk three quarters of an inch long, slender, inserted 

 in a deep cavity. Flesh yellowish-green, firm, rich, 

 sugary, and excellent, separating from the stone. Shoots 

 smooth. 



A dessert and preserving plum. Ripe in the beginning 

 of September. 



ITALIAN QUETSCHE (Altesse Doulle ; Fellemberg ; 

 Quetscke d' Italic; Prune d' Italic; Semiand). Fruit 

 large, oval, narrowing a little towards the stalk, and 

 marked with a shallow suture. Skin dark purplish-blue, 

 marked with yellow dots, and covered with thick blue 

 bloom. Stalk half an inch long, stout, and inserted in a 

 pretty deep cavity. Flesh greenish-yellow, firm, not very 

 juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured ; when highly ripened 

 separating from the stone. Shoots smooth. 



An excellent dessert or preserving plum. Ripe in the 

 beginning of September, and will hang till it shrivels, 

 when it is very rich and delicious. This, I believe, to be 

 the true Semiana. It well deserves a wall. 



Jaune de Catalogue. See Wldte Primordian. 

 Jaune Hative. See While Primordian. 



JEFFEKSON. Fruit large, oval, narrowing a little to- 

 wards the stalk, and marked with a very faint suture. 

 Skin greenish-yellow, becoming of a rich golden yellow, 

 flashed with red on the side next the sun, and dotted 

 with red dots. Stalk an inch long, thin, and inserted 

 in a shallow cavity. Flesh yellow, firm and juicy, rich, 

 sugary, and delicious, separating from the stone. Shoots 

 smooth. 



A richly-flavoured dessert plum. Bipe in the begin- 

 ning and middle of September. 



Jenkins' Imperial. See Nectarine. 



JULY GREEN GAGE (Heine Claude Hative). Fruit the 

 size and shape of the Green Gage. Skin thin, of a fine 

 deep yellow colour, flushed with bright crimson on the 

 side next the sun, and strewed with darker crimson dots ; 

 the whole covered with a delicate white bloom. Stalk 

 three quarters of an inch long, slightly depressed. Flesh 



