244 PLUMS. 



deep yellow, very tender and juicy, sugary, and richly 

 flavoured, separating from the stone. Shoots smooth. 



A first-rate and most delicious early plum, equal in 

 all respects to the Green Gage, and ripening in the end 

 of July. 



Keyser's Plum. See Hidings' Superb. 



KIRKE'S. Fruit above medium size, round, and marked 

 with a very faint suture. Skin dark purple, with a few- 

 yellow dots, and covered with a thick blue bloom. Stalk 

 three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a slight de- 

 pression. Flesh greenish-yellow, firm, juicy, sugary, 

 and very richly flavoured, separating from the stone. 

 Shoots smooth. 



A delicious dessert plum. Bipe in the beginning and 

 middle of September. 



Kirke's Stoneless. See Stoneless. 



Knevett's Late Orleans. See Nelsons Victory. 



KNIGHT'S GEEEN DRYING (Large Green Drying}. 

 Fruit large, round, and marked with a shallow suture. 

 Skin greenish-yellow, and covered with thin white bloom. 

 Flesh yellowish, firm, not very juicy, sugary, and richly 

 flavoured when highly ripened ; adhering to the stone. 

 Shoots smooth. 



A dessert plum. Ripe in the middle and end of Sep- 

 tember ; and succeeds best against a wall. 



Knight's No. 6. See IcJcwortJi Imperatrice. 

 Large Green Drying. See Knight's Green Drying. 



LATE GREEN GAGE (Reine Claude d' October; Reine 

 Claude Tardive). Fruit of the same shape but smaller 

 than the Green Gage. Skin greenish-yellow, covered 

 with thin white bloom. Stalk stout, three quarters of an 

 inch long. Flesh green, juicy, rich and sugary, separat- 

 ing from the stone. Shoots smooth. 



A dessert plum. Bipe in the end of September and 

 beginning of October. 



LATE ORLEANS (Monsieur Tardive; Black Orleans). 

 Fruit very similar in appearance to the Orleans, but 

 larger. The flesh is more richly flavoured and sugary. 

 Shoots smooth. 



A valuable late dessert plum. Bipe in the end of 

 September and beginning of October, and will hang till 

 November. 



