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The St. Catherine is a micldle-fized plum, 

 fomewhat long in its fliape, and imall to- 

 wards the fcalk, is of a yellow colour with 

 a thin covering of white pov/der, and the 

 fide next the fun is faintly marked with red; 

 the pulp is yellow, and full of a pieafant 

 juice, but adheres to the ftone. It ripens at 

 the latter end of September and beginning 

 of Oftober. It bears well againft a wail, 

 and in a fine feafon I have known them 

 •dry upon the tree^ but I caa't venture to 

 fay that it v/ill bear good fruit on a ftandard.' 



The St. Julian is a middle-fized plum, 

 fomewhat pointed at the ftalk, is of a dark 

 purple, or brown colour, and much pow- 

 dered; the pulp does not open from the 

 ftone, tho' it is extremely well tailed, and 

 dries well either by art or nature, if the fea- 

 fon is good, in October, which is the time 

 of its ripening. I have known it againll 

 a wall, but no other way; yet I think it 

 would do in an eipalier. 



The Imperatrlce, which in Englifh is 

 called the Emprefs plum, is of a roundidi 

 fliape, and a middle fize ; and of a dark 

 blue colour on the fide next the fun, much 

 covered with powder ; the flefli is yellow, 

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