952 THE PLUM. 



WHITE APRICOT. 

 Abricote Blanc. Abricotae Blanche. 



Fruit medium, roundish, yellow. Flesh rather firm, slightly acid ; 

 separates from the stone. Good. Middle August. 



WHITE BULLACE. 



Branches downy. 



Fruit small, round. Skin yellowish white, mottled with red in the 

 sun. Flesh firm, juicy, sweet; adheres to the stone. Cooking. Early 

 October. 



WHITE DAMASK. 

 Damas Blanc. Damas Blanc Gros. Damas Blanc Hutif Gros. 



Branches smooth. 



Fruit below medium, roundish oval. Skin greenish yellow, with 

 white bloom. Flesh sweet, pleasant ; separates from the stone. Cook- 

 ing. Last of September. 



WHITE DAMSON. 



Late Yellow Damson. White Damascene. 



White Prune Damson. Late Cluster. 



Shailer's White Damson. Frost Plum. 



White Winter Damson. 



Branches smooth, and of thrifty growth, very productive. 



Fruit small, oval. Skin pale yellow, with a white bloom, and 

 sprinkled with reddish-brown spots at maturity. Flesh adheres closely 

 to the stone, is yellow, and when fully ripe of a rich, sprightly, subacid, 

 agreeable flavor. Good. Last of September. 



WHITE DIAPER. 

 Diapre Blanc. Diapre'e Blanche. 



Fruit small, round. Skin whitish green, covered with bloom- 

 Flesh rather firm, pale yellow, sweet. Good. Last of August. 



WHITE IMPERATRICE. 

 White Empress. Imperatrice Blanche. 



In the habit of ihe tree, appearance and flavor of the fruit, and sea- 

 son of maturity, it strongly resembles the St. Catherine, but is a free- 

 stone. It is not equal to the latter in flavor. Branches smooth. 



Fruit of medium size, obovate, a little flattened at the ends. Suture 

 rather obscure. Skin bright yellow, covered partially with a thin white 

 bloom, and spotted with a little red. Stalk a little more than half an 

 inch long, set in a narrow cavity. Flesh yellow, very juicy, crisp, sweet, 

 and quite transparent in texture; separates freely from the stone. 

 Good. Early in September. 



