PLUMS. 463 



lengthened at the stalk end. Skin dull yellow, very 

 thin. Flesh yellow, soft, juicy, with a high flavoured 

 acidity. 



Ripe in October, and will keep a month. 



Raised by Mr. Knight, of Downton Castle, from a 

 seed of the White Magnum Bonum, the blossom of 

 which had been impregnated by the pollen of the Blue 

 Imperatrice. Its fruit was exhibited at the Horticul- 

 tural Society, December 1. 1823, 



The young wood has much the appearance of the 

 White Magnum Bonum, but grows much stronger, 

 more so indeed than any Plum I have ever seen, fre- 

 quently, on vigorous stocks, shooting from buds eight 

 feet the first year. 



47. DRAP D'On. Langley^ p. 94. t.24. f.5. Miller , 

 No. 20. 



Cloth of Gold. Ib. 



Mirabelle double. Duhamel, No. 30. 



Branches smooth, but downy at the ends. Fruit 

 rather small, of a roundish figure, somewhat like the 

 Little Queen Claude, with but very little suture, and 

 a small dimple at each end : about an inch deep, and 

 rather more in diameter. Stalk half an inch long, 

 slender. Skin bright yellow, spotted or marbled with 

 red on the sunny side. Flesh yellow, melting, and 

 separates clean from the stone. Juice sugary and ex- 

 cellent. 



Ripe the middle of August. 



It ripened at Twickenham in 17^7? n & west wall, 

 July 20th O. S. or July 31st N. S. Langley. 



48. EARLY AMBER. Nurs. Catalogues. 



Fruit small, somewhat oblong, and broadest at the 

 apex. Stalk three quarters of an inch long. Skin 

 pale greenish yellow, with a few small crimson specks 

 on the sunny side, and covered with a thin whitish 

 bloom. Flesh greenish yellow, and adheres to the 



