448 PLUMS. 



14. CHESTON. Miller, No. 12. 

 Matchless. Langley, Pom. t. 23. f. 2. 

 Branches downy. Fruit small, a little more long 



than broad, somewhat oval, pointed. Stalk half an inch 

 long. Skin deep purple, covered with a blue bloom. 

 Flesh deep yellow, and separates from the stone. Juice 

 sweet, brisk, and agreeable. 



Ripe the middle of August. 



It ripened at Twickenham, in 1727, on a west wall, 

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



In 1811 this ripened on my south wall, July 31., but 

 in the following year it did not ripen till August 31. 



15. DIAPER. Miller, No. 15. 

 Red Diaper. Ib. 



Diapree Rouge. Duhamel, No. 37. t. 20. f. 12. 



Roche-Corbon. Ib. 



Branches smooth. Fruit above the middle size, oval, 

 about one inch and a half long, and an inch in diameter. 

 Stalk half an inch long, rather deeply inserted. Skin 

 pale red, mottled with amber j but when exposed to 

 the sun it is marbled with a deeper red, full of russetty 

 specks, and covered with a thin blue bloom. Flesh 

 greenish yellow, melting, and separates from the stone. 

 Juice plentiful, and of an excellent flavour. 



Ripe the middle and end of September, and will hang 

 some time upon the tree, like the Imperatrice. 



16. EARLY ORLEANS. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 181. 

 Hampton Court. Nursery Catalogues. \ 

 Branches downy, somewhat red at the extremities. 



Fruit about the size of the common Orleans, somewhat 

 globular ; in some specimens a little elongated, having 

 a shallow suture extending from the base to the apex. 

 Stalk three quarters of an inch long. Skin deep red, 

 or purple, marbled with darker and lighter shades, 

 sprinkled with pale dots, and covered with a pale blue 



