PLUMS. 449 



bloom. Flesh yellowish green, and separates clean from 

 the stone. 



Ripe the middle of August. 



17. EARLY RED PRIMORDIAN. Parkinson, No. 2. 

 Red Primordian. Ib. 



Branches slender, downy. Fruit small, in form 

 somewhat like the Jaune Hative, oval, compressed next 

 the stalk. Stalk half an inch long, oval. Skin deep 

 red, covered with a thick bloom. Flesh yellow, rather 

 dry, and adheres to the stone. Juice sweet, with a 

 slight bitter, but very pleasant. 



Ripe the end of July, after the Jaune Hative. 



18. FOTHERINGHAM. Miller, No. 6. Langley, 

 Pom. t. 20. f.6. 



Sheen. Ib. 



Branches smooth. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat 

 oblong, compressed next the stalk, and swelled a little 

 more on one side of the suture than on the other. Stalk 

 an inch long. Skin bright red on the shaded side, 

 covered with small specks, but of a deep red or purple 

 where exposed to the sun, and covered with a violet 

 bloom. Flesh pale greenish yellow, and separates from 

 the stone. Juice saccharine, with a little but agreeable 

 tartness. 



Ripe the middle of August. 



It ripened at Twickenham, in 17^9, on a south-east 

 wall, July 14. O. S., or July 25. N. S. Langley. 



This very useful and hardy Plum has been in England 

 many years, having been cultivated by Sir Wm. Temple, 

 at his seat at Sheen, near Richmond, in Surrey, before 

 1700, whence it was called the Sheen Plum. 



19. GERMAN PRUNE. Nursery Catalogues. 

 Quetsche. Knoop. Fruit, p. 61. t. 3. 

 Quetzen. Ib. 



Branches smooth. Fruit below the middle size, of 

 an oval figure, compressed next the stalk, which is half 



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