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DKAP D'OR {Cloth of Gold; Mirabelle Double; Mirabelle Grosse ; 

 Yellow Damask ; Yellow Perdrigon). — Fruit, below medium size ; 

 smaller, but much resembling the Green Gage in shape, being round, 

 indented at the apex, and marked on one side by a distinct but very 

 shallow suture. Skin, tender, fine bright yellow, and marked with 

 numerous crimson spots when exposed to the sun, covered with thin 

 white bloom. Stalk, slender, half an inch long, inserted in a small 

 cavity. Flesh, yellow, melting, with a rich, sugary, and delicious 

 flavour ; separating from the stone. 



An excellent little dessert plum ; ripe the middle of August. The 

 young shoots are downy. The tree is not a vigorous grower, but in 

 general a pretty good bearer ; succeeds well against a wall, and is 

 better suited for a dwarf than a standard. It is very subject to produce 

 numerous tufts of slender shoots, which ought to be removed, as they 

 tend much to the injury of the fruit. 



Drap d'Or Esperen. See Golden Esperen. 



DRY'S SEEDLING. ■ — Fruit, large, or above medium size ; 

 roundish oval, marked with a very sUght suture. Skin, reddish purple, 

 covered with thin bloom, clouded when fully ripe. Stalk, long and 

 stout. Flesh, dull greenish yellow, or orange ; firm, yet melting and 

 juicy, parting freely fi:om the stone. 



An early plum ; ripe in the beginning of August. Young shoots, 

 smooth. 



This was raised by Mr. Dry, at Hayes, in Middlesex, and when exhibited before 

 the Fruit Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, August 17th, 1869, was 

 awarded a first-class certificate. 



DUKE OF EDINBURGH. — Fruit, large ; roundish obovate, marked 

 with a shallow suture, and with a regular and even outline. Skin, 

 thin, Hght purple, covered with a dense Ught bluish bloom. Flesh, 

 reddish yellow, juicy, and richly flavoured, separating freely from the 

 stone. 



An excellent culinary plum; ripe in the middle of August. The 

 tree is a great bearer. Young shoots, downy. 



This was raised by Mr. Dry, of Hayes, in Middlesex, and was awarded a first* 

 class certificate by the Koyal Horticultural Society, at the meeting in August, 1870. 



DUNMOEE. — ^Fruit, medium sized; oval. Skin, thick, greenish 

 yellow, becoming of a bright golden yellow when ripe. Stalk, half an 

 inch long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, yellow, tender, juicy, 

 sweet, and richly flavoured, separating from the stone. 



An excellent dessert plum ; ripe in the end of September and be- 

 ginning of October. Shoots, smooth. 



Early Apricot. See Bivers' Early Apricot. 



EARLY BLUE (Azure Hdtive ; Blue Gage; Black Perdrigon; 

 Cooper's Blue Gage). — Fruit, medium sized, and quite round in its 

 shape. Skin, dark purple, covered with a blue bloom. Stalk, three- 



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