346 A TREATISE OF 



The Italian damafk is a middie-fized 

 plum, of a roundifh fhape, and black co- 

 lour, but finely covered with a blue pow- 

 der ; its pulp, which is yellow, is full of a 

 rich juice, and parts from the flone; it 

 ripens in the beginning of Auguft ; but I 

 have not feen it bear on a ftandard. 



Drap d'or, is alfo called the cloth of gold 

 plum: it is of a yellow colour, and the 

 fide next the fun is fpotted with dark red ; 

 it is a fmall plum, fomewhat long in fhape, 

 but neither flat, nor pointed ; it has a re- 

 markable dimple on each end, and the 

 flalk is fliort ; the pulp is of a yellow co- 

 lour, and does not eafily part from the 

 ftone, but is extremely full of a vinous 

 juice 5 it ripens about the middle of Auguft, 

 and bears plentifully againft a wall, or on 

 an efpalier -, but I am not acquainted wdth 

 it in ftandards. 



La Royale, or the royal plum, is a large 

 round fruit, having but very little furrow 

 or cleft on the fide 5 it is of a dark red co- 

 lour on the fide next the fun, but pale on 

 the other, and much powdered ; it is full 

 of an extraordinary pleafant juice; the flefh 

 is firm, and of a pale yellow colour, and 



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