454 PLUMS. 



28.* NECTARINE PLUM. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 114. 

 Syn. Pom. Mag. t. 148. 



Caledonian. Of some Collections. 



Howell's Large. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 128. 



Prune Peche. Ib., No. 119. Syn., according to the 

 Pom. Mag. 



Branches glabrous, brownish violet when exposed to 

 the sun. Fruit very large, like a Nectarine in shape 

 and size. Stalk smooth, about half an inch long, and 

 of moderate thickness. Skin purple, covered with a 

 fine azure bloom. Flesh dull greenish yellow, some- 

 what adhering to the stone, but less so than in the Go- 

 liath, compared with which it is much finer and richer, 

 being decidedly the best Plum yet known of its size. 

 Stone middle-sized, oval, compressed. 



Ripe against a wall the end of July or the beginning 

 of August, considerably earlier than the Goliath. 



This is a very excellent Plum, and a good bearer 

 either on a wall or as a standard. 



The Nectarine Plum has been satisfactorily ascer- 

 tained, in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick, to be 

 wholly distinct from the Goliath, and its synonyms 

 settled in the Pom. Mag. above referred to. 



29. ORLEANS. Miller, No. 5. 



Red Damask. Langley, Pom. t. 20. f. 4. 



Branches downy. Fruit middle-sized, nearly glo- 

 bular, swelling a little more on one side of the suture 

 than on the other. Skin dark red, and when fully ei- 

 posed to the sun, of a purplish colour, covered with a 

 thin blue bloom. Flesh yellow, and separates clean 

 from the stone, like an Apricot. Juice a little sugary, 

 with a portion of astringency. 



^ No. 28. is inserted twice in consequence of the Nectarine 

 Plum, having been published in the Pom. Mag. after the nu- 

 merical arrangement had be.en completed. 



