468 PLUMS. 



for tarts : they are by some preserved by boiling them 

 in sugar, and in this state they will keep twelve 

 months. 



56. WHITE DAMASK. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 71- 

 Petit Damas Blanc. Duhamel, No. 6. t. 3. 

 Fruit small, nearly globular, about an inch in 



diameter. Stalk half an inch long, very slender. Skin 

 greenish yellow, rather thick, covered with a thin white 

 bloom. Flesh yellow, melting, and separates from the 

 stone. Juice sugary, of an agreeable flavour. 

 Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



57. WHITE DAMSON. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 88. 

 White Prune Damson: Nursery Catalogues. 

 Brandies long, smooth. Fruit small, oval, about 



three inches and a half in its long circumference. Stalk 

 half an inch long, slender. Skin pale yellow, covered 

 with a thin white bloom. Flesh yellow, adhering to 

 the stone. Juice plentiful, a little sugary, mixed with 

 a small portion of acid. 



Ripe the middle and end of September. 



.58. WHITE IMPERATRECE. Pom. Mag. t. 38. 



Imperatrice Blanche. Duhamel, 40. 1. 18. f. 2. 



Die Weisse Kaiserpflaume. Pom. Aust. %. 33. 

 1. 181. f. 2., according to the Pom. Mag. 



Fruit middle-sized, oval, with an indistinct suture, 

 very blunt at each end ; about one inch and three 

 quarters long, and one inch and a half in diameter. 

 Stalk half an inch long, inserted in a narrow cavity. 

 Skin bright yellowish ochre colour, with a slight 

 evanescent bloom. Flesh firm, juicy, sweet, and rather 

 more transparent than that of most plums, separating 

 freely from the stone. 



It ripens on a west wall about the beginning of Sep- 

 tember. It will scarcely succeed as an open standard, 

 except in warm situations. 



