PLUMS. 445 



Branches numerous, slender, downy. Fruit small, 

 oval, rather pointed at the apex, and compressed towards 

 the stalk; about one inch and three eighths long, and 

 an inch in diameter. Suture shallow, in some extend- 

 ing from the stalk to the apex. Stalk half an inch 

 long, slender, inserted in a small shallow cavity. Skin 

 purple, when fully ripe of a deep blue or violet colour, 

 and covered with a thin blue bloom. Flesh green, and 

 adheres to the stone. Juice sugary, with an agreeable 

 acid. 



Ripe the beginning of August. 



Ripened at Twickenham in 1729, on a west wall, 

 July 15. O. S., or July 26. N. S. Langley. 



An old Plum, cultivated by John Tradescant before 

 1629. It is a most excellent bearer, and ought to be 

 planted in the garden of every poor cottager throughout 

 the kingdom. It might then not unaptly be called the 

 Cottager's Plum. 



SECT. II. Green-fruited. 



10. GREEN GAGE. Langley, p. 94. t. 24. fig. 4. 

 Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 38. 



Dauphine. Duhamel, 25. t. 11. 



Grosse Reine Claude. Ib. 



Abricot Vert. Ib. 



Verte Bonne. Ib. 



Branches smooth. Fruit middle-sized, round, hav- 

 ing a narrow suture extending from the stalk to the 

 apex. Stalk half an inch long, a little bent, and in- 

 serted in a small funnel-shaped cavity. Skin yellowish 

 green, but when fully exposed to the sun of a purplish 

 colour, marbled with russetty muddy red. Flesh 

 yellowish green, very melting, and separates partly from 

 the stone, leaving part of the pulp behind. Juice 

 abundant, saccharine, of the richest and most exquisite 

 flavour. 



