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VIOLET DAMASK (Damas Violet). Fruit medium 

 sized, oval, narrowing towards the stalk, and slightly 

 flattened on one side. Skin reddish-purple, covered with 

 delicate blue bloom. Stalk half an inch long. Flesh 

 yellow, firm, sweet, and briskly flavoured, separating from 

 the stone. Shoots downy. 



A dessert or preserving plum. Ripe in the end of August. 



Violet Gage. See Purple Gage. 

 Violet Perdrigon. See Slue Perdrigon. 

 Violette de Tours. See Precocc de Tour?. 

 Virginian Cherry. See Cherry. 



WASHINGTON (Bolmar; Bolmars Washington; Frank- 

 lin; Irving' s Bolmar; Par Jeers Mammoth). Fruit 

 large, roundish-ovate, with a faint suture on one side. 

 Skin of a fine deep yellow, marked with crimson dots, 

 and covered with grey bloom. Stalk three quarters of 

 an inch long, inserted in a wide and shallow cavity. 

 Flesh yellow, firm, juicy, sweet, and pleasantly flavoured, 

 separating from the stone. Shoots downy. 



A handsome plum, suitable for the dessert, but better 

 adapted for preserving. Ripe in the middle of September. 



Wentworth. See White Magnum Bonum. 



WHITE BULLACE (Bullace). Fruit small, round. Skin 

 pale yellowish-white, mottled with red on the side next 

 the sun. Flesh firm, juicy, sweet, and subacid, adhering 

 to the stone. Shoots downy. 



A culinary plum. Ripe in October. 



WHITE DAMASK (Damas Blanc ; Damas Blanc Gros ; 

 Damas Blanc Hdtif Gros). Fruit rather below medium 

 size, roundish, inclining to oval, and swollen on one side 

 of the suture. Skin greenish-yellow, covered with white 

 bloom. Stalk half an inch long, stout. Flesh sweet, 

 pleasantly flavoured, and separating from the stone. 

 Shoots smooth. 



A culinary plum. Ripe in the beginning of September. 



WHITE DAMSON (Shailers White Damson). Fruit 

 small, oval. Skin pale yellow, covered with thin white 

 bloom. Stalk half an inch long, slender. Flesh yellow, 

 sweet, and agreeably acid, adhering to the stone. Shoots 

 downy. 



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

 tember. 



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