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more than on the other. Stalk short, slender, rather 

 deeply inserted. Skin thin, of a purplish red, covered 

 with a thick bloom. Flesh yellowish, firm, and separ- 

 ates from the stone. Juice saccharine, plentiful, of an 

 agreeable flavour. Stone narrow, with a long sharp 

 point. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of August. 



This is a fleshy firm Plum, very good in the dessert, 

 and excellent when dried as a Prune. 



39- VIOLET PERDRIGON. Miller, No. 8. 



Perdrigon Violet. Duhamel, No. 21. t. 9- 



Branches downy. Fruit middle-sized, a little more 

 long than broad, and enlarged a little at the apex, about 

 one inch and a half long, and nearly as much in diameter. 

 Stalk half an inch long, curved, slender. Skin of a dull 

 greenish brown, full of small brown specks, and covered 

 with a thick pale bloom. Flesh greenish yellow, pretty 

 firm, and adheres to the stone. Juice sweet, and of a 

 very excellent flavour. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



40. WHEAT PLUM. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 271. 



Wheaten. Ray, No. 17 



Whitton. Hort. Soc. Cat. 271. 



Nutmeg. Parkinson, No. 18. 



Branches numerous, slender, smooth. Fruit small, 

 somewhat oblong, about one inch and one eighth long, 

 and an inch in diameter, mostly growing in pairs, a little 

 swelled on one side of the suture more than on the 

 other, which is shallow. Stalk five eighths of an inch 

 long, inserted in a small narrow cavity. Skin pale 

 amber on the shaded side, but of a bright red, marbled 

 with a deeper colour, where exposed to the sun, and 

 covered with a thin white bloom. Flesh greenish 

 yellow, rather firm, and adheres to the stone. Juice 

 sugary, with a little subacid. 



Ripe the middle of August. 



