248 PLUMS. 



Peach; Prune Peehe). Fruit large, roundish, and hand' 

 somely formed. Skin purple, covered with fine azure 

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

 and shallow cavity. Flesh dull greenish-yellow, with a 

 sweet and brisk flavour, separating from the stone. Shoots 

 smooth. 



A good plum for preserving and other culinary pur- 

 poses. Eipe in the middle of August. This is quite 

 distinct from the Goliath, which is sometimes called by 

 the same name. 



NELSON'S VICTORY (Itnevett's Late Orleans). Fruit 

 medium sized, round, and marked with a shallow suture. 

 Skin deep purple, and covered with blue bloom. Stalk 

 half an inch long, set in a shallow cavity. Flesh firm, 

 rather coarse, sweet and briskly flavoured, adhering to 

 the stone. Shoots smooth. 



A culinary plum. Eipe in the middle of September. 

 The tree is a very abundant bearer. 



New Orleans. See Early Orleans. 

 Noire Hative. See Precoce de Tours. 

 (Euf Eouge. See Red Magnum Bonum. 

 Old Apricot. See Apricot. 



ORLEANS (Anglaise Noire ; Monsieur ; Monsieur Ordi- 

 naire ; Prune d' Orleans ; Red Damask). Fruit medium 

 sized, round, somewhat flattened at the ends, and marked 

 with a suture, which is generally higher on one side than 

 the other. Skin tender, dark red, becoming purple wlien 

 highly ripened, and covered with blue bloom. Stalk 

 three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a considerable 

 depression. Flesh yellowish, tender, sw^eet, and briskly 

 flavoured, separating from the stone. Shoots downy. 



A preserving and culinary plum. Eipe in the middle 

 and end of August. 



P&fker's Mammoth. See Washington. 

 Paterson's. See Gisborne's. 



PEACH. Fruit large, roundish, inclining to oblate, 

 marked with a shallow suture on one side. Skin bright 

 red, dotted with amber. Flesh tender, melting, juicy, 

 very sweet and luscious, separating freely from the stone. 

 Shoots smooth. 



An early dessert plum. Eipe in the beginning of August. 

 It is quite distinct from the Nectarine Plum, which is 



