452 PLUMS. 



of brown specks. Flesh yellow, and separates from the 

 stone. Juice peculiarly rich and abundant. 



Ripe in October, about the same time with the Im- 

 peratrice. 



This very fine Plum was brought to this country from 

 New Jersey, about ten years ago, and first sold by Mr. 

 Kirke, of Brompton, by advertisement, at a guinea per 

 plant, in the autumn of 1825. 



25. LA ROYALE. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 47. 

 Royale. Duhamel, No. 24. 1. 10. Hitt, p, 349. 

 Branches downy, almost white. Fruit middle-sized, 



round, not deeply cleft, rather narrowed towards the 

 stalk, about one inch and a half in diameter. Stalk 

 three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a small round 

 cavity. Skin bright purplish red, full of brown specks, 

 and covered thickly with a pale blue bloom. Flesh firm, 

 dull yellow or amber colour, quite melting, and separates 

 from the stone. Juice plentiful, saccharine, and very 

 highly flavoured. Stone roundish-ovate, pointed at 

 both ends. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September, 

 succeeding the Green Gage. 



This is too tender to succeed in this country as an 

 open standard : it requires an east or south-east wall. 



26. MIMMS. Pom. Mag. t. 6. 



Mimms Plum. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 208. 



Branches smooth. Leaves with two small glands at 

 the base of each. Fruit oblong, with an oblique apek, 

 and broad shallow suture, of the largest size among 

 Plums, about two inches and a half deep, and the same 

 in diameter. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, 

 slender, pubescent. Skin of a light clear purple colour, 

 upon a greenish ground, marked with brownish specks, 

 and covered copiously with bloom, which is easily rubbed 

 off. Flesh pale, dull greenish yellow, tender, juicy, and 

 very agreeably flavoured, like an Orleans in perfection, 



