354 A TREATISE OF 

 of the green Gauge, but not fo ftrong, 

 being longer jointed, neither does it make 

 fo healthy a tree, yet it bears well againft 

 a wall, &c. but I don t think it proper for 

 a ftandard. 



The Roche-Corbon is a middle fized 

 plum, round in its make, and but little 

 furrowed j is of a dark red next the fun, 

 but the other fide is pale, covered with a 

 bluifli powder: the ftalk is long and fmall; 

 the pulp is of a fine yellov/, with plenty 

 of pleafant juice, melts in the mouth, and 

 parts from the flone which is long. It ripens 

 gradually from the middle of September to 

 the end, and bears plentifully againft a 

 wall, or in an efpalier ; but the fruit ge- 

 nerally wants thinning, for if too many 

 be fuffered to grow upon a branch, they 

 fpoil one another. 



The plum called the red Spanxfh damafk, 

 and fometimes the French damafk, is a 

 middle fized plum, of a round make, has a 

 red colour well powdered, the ftalk is fhort, 

 the flefh is yellow and firm, and if not 

 too full of fruit, has a very rich juice, and 

 parts freely from the ftone. It ripens 

 againft a wall in the latter end of Sep- 

 3 tember5 



