PLUMS. , 467 



Fruit of the largest size, of an oval figure, having a 

 deep suture extending from the base to the apex, about 

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

 quarters in diameter. Stalk three quarters of an inch 

 long, inserted in a rather deep cavity. Skin thick and 

 leathery, of a yellow colour, tinged with green on the 

 shaded side, and covered with a white bloom. Flesh 

 yellow, rather coarse, and separates from the stone. 

 Juice subacid, somewhat austere. 



Ripe in September. 



It ripened at Twickenham, in 17^7 n a south-east 

 wall, Aug. 20. O. S., or Aug. 31. N. S. Langley. 



This has a good deal the appearance of the White 

 Magnum Bonum, but is not so much pointed, of a 

 deeper colour, and, like that, fit only for preserving ; but 

 for this it is excellent. 



The Wentworth Plum is said, by Langley, to have 

 been so called from its having been first planted in the 

 gardens of the Right Honourable Thomas Wentworth 

 Earl of Strafford, at Twickenham. MILLER has 

 strangely confounded this with the Monsieur of 

 DUHAMEL, in which he has been followed by MARTYN 

 and FORSYTH ; but no two plums can be more distinct. 



55. WHITE BULLACE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 4. 



Branches slender, twiggy, downy. Fruit small, 

 round, mostly growing by pairs. Skin yellowish white, 

 and when fully ripe, a little mottled with red on the 

 sunny side. Flesh greenish white, firm, and closely 

 adheres to the stone. Juice acid, but so tempered by 

 sweetness and roughness as not to be unpleasant, espe- 

 cially after it is mellowed by frost. 



Ripe in October. 



Large quantities of the White Bullace are brought 

 into the market in Norwich, and elsewhere in the 

 county of Norfolk, where they are highly esteemed 



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