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tember; but I have not k^n it a ftan- 

 dard. 



The little green damafk plum is almoft 

 round, but little powdered, has a green 

 flefh when ripe, but does not freely quit 

 the ftone, and the juice is of a pleafant 

 flavour. It is, for its colour, curious in 

 fweet-meats ; and bears well upon a ftan- 

 dard, or otherwife, with proper cutting, &c. 

 It ripens in the latter end of September. 



The Mangeron is a middle-fized plum, 

 of a round make, with a blackifn colour 

 ftrongly covered with a blue powder 5 the 

 pulp is firm, and parts from the ftone 3 and 

 tho' it is not fo full of juice as fome others, 

 yet it has a very pleafant flavour. It ripens 

 towards the latter end of September, when 

 planted againfl: a wall -, but I have not k^n 

 it any other way. 



The red Imperial is a large plum, long 

 and flat, with a furrow on the fide -, is of 

 a pale red colour, covered with a white 

 powder 5 the pulp is white, parts from the 

 ftone, and is better to dry than eat raw. 

 It makes a very large healthy tree, and wiil 

 bear plentifully againft a north wall : I have 

 not obferved it planted any other way than 

 A a 2 againft 



