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October. The tree forms a handsome pyramid, and is an 

 excellent bearer. 



Mirabelle de Vienne. See Mlralelle Petite. 



Mirabelle Yert Double. See Green. Gage. 



Miser Plum. See Cherry. 



Miviam. See Royale Hdtive. 



Mogul Rouge. See Red Magnum Bonum. 



Monsieur. See Orleans. 



Monsieur a Fruits Jaune. See Yellow Orleans. 



Monsieur Hatif. See Early Orleans. 



Monsieur Hatif de Montmorency. See Early Orleans. 



Monsieur Ordinaire. See Orleans. 



Monsieur Tardive. See Late Orleans. 



Monsieur Tardive. See Sitisse. 



Monstrueuse de Bavay. See Heine Claude de Bavay. 



DE MONTFOET. Fruit medium sized, roundish, in- 

 clining to ovate, with a well-marked suture on one side. 

 Skin dark purple, covered with a thin pale blue bloom. 

 Stalk half an inch long, not deeply inserted. Flesh 

 greenish-yellow, tender and melting, with a thick syrupy 

 and honied juice, and when it hangs till it shrivels is 

 quite a sweetmeat; separates from the stone, which is 

 small. Shoots smooth. 



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

 It bears considerable resemblance to Eoyale Hative, but 

 is larger, and appears to be an improved form of that 

 Tariety. 



MOROCCO (Black DamasJc ; Black Morocco ; Early Da- 

 mask ; Early Morocco). Fruit medium sized, roundish, 

 flattened at the apex, and marked on one side with a 

 shallow suture. Skin very dark purple, almost black, 

 and covered with thin pale blue bloom. Stalk stout, 

 about half an inch long. Flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, 

 with a sweet, brisk flavour, and slightly adhering to the 

 stone. Shoots downy. 



An excellent early plum. Ripe in the beginning of 

 August. 



Myrobalan. See Cherry. 



NECTARINE (Howell's Large ; Jenkins' Imperial; 



