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PLUMS. 457 



33. RED MAGNUM BONUM. Miller ', No. 10. 

 Imperiall. Parkinson, No. 9. 



Imperial. Langley, p. 92. t. 20. fig. 5. 



Imperiale Violette. Duhamel, No. 32. 1. 15 



Branches smooth. Fruit pretty large, oval, about 

 two inches and a quarter long, and one inch and three 

 quarters in diameter, swelled much more on one side of 

 the suture than on the other. Stalk one inch and a 

 quarter long, slender. Skin pale green on the shaded 

 side, but of a deep red colour, with numerous grey 

 specks, where fully exposed to the sun, and covered with 

 a very thin blue bloom. Flesh yellowish green, and 

 separates from the stone. Juice harsh, subacid. Stone 

 oval, sharp-pointed. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



It ripened at Twickenham in 1727* on a north-west 

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



An old Plum of our gardens, cultivated by John 

 Tradescant, previously to 1629. A very hardy bearer 

 as an open standard. 



34. RED PERDRIGON. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 10. 

 Perdrigon Rouge. Duhamel, No. 22. t. 20. f. 6* 

 Branches downy. Fruit middle-sized, of a roundish 



oval figure, about one inch and a quarter long, and 

 nearly the same in diameter. Stalk three quarters of 

 an inch long, inserted in a small round hollow. Skin 

 of a fine red inclining to violet, sprinkled with small 

 brownish yellow specks, and covered with a thick bloom. 

 Flesh bright yellow, or greenish yellow, firm, sweet, 

 and juicy, and separates from the stone. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



35. ROYAL DAUPHIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 238. 

 Branches smooth. Fruit large, oval, about six 



inches in circumference, some\vhat broader at the apex 

 than at the base. Stalk an inch long, stout. Skin of 

 a pale red on the shaded side, marked with green specks, 



