PLUMS. 549 



EAELY EIVER8 {Rivers' Early Prolific ; Rivers' No. 2).— Fruit, 

 medium sized ; roundish-oval. Skin, deep purple, covered -with thin 

 bloom. Stalk, half an inch long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish, juicy, sweet, with a pleasant brisk acidity, separating from 

 the stone. 



A valuable early plum, ripening in the end of July. The tree is a 

 great bearer, and very hardy, rarely ever missing a crop. Shoots, 

 smooth, with very light down. 



The origiual tree throws up suckers, which, when removed and 

 planted out, do not bloom for several years. But scions taken from 

 the original tree and grafted, bloom the second year. A curious fact 

 is that the grafted trees fruit abundantly, and the branches are so brittle 

 they break off ; in those raised from suckers the branches never break. 

 The grafted trees in spring are full of bloom, sparing of shoots, and 

 very few leaves ; the suckers are more vigorous in growth, have no 

 bloom, but an abundance of foliage, even when six years old. 



It was raised by Mr. Thomas Eivers, of Sawbridgeworth, from PrScoce de 

 Tours, about the year 1834, and with his permission 1 have suggested the nomen- 

 clature by which this variety will henceforth be known. 



Early Royal. See Royale Hative. 



Early Russian. See Quetsche. 



Early Scarlet. See Cherry. 



Early Transparent Gage. See Rivers' Early Apricot. 



Early Yellow. See White Primordian. 



EDOUARD SENECLAUZE.— Fruit, very small and obovate, being 

 narrow towards the stalk. Skin, a clear golden yellow. Flesh, very 

 tender, sweet, and very richly flavoured, separating freely from the 

 stone. 



A very early plum ; ripe in the last week of July. Shoots, downy. 



Egg Plum. See White Magnum Bonum. 



EMERALD DROP. — ^Fruit, medium sized ; oval, marked with a deep 

 suture, which is higher on one side than the other. Skin, pale 

 yellowish green. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted in a 

 very shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish yellow, juicy, sweet, and of good 

 flavour, separating from the stone. 



Ripe in the end of August and beginning of September. Shoots, 

 smooth. 



Empress. See Bliie Imperatrice. 



EUGENE FURST {Sweet Damson).— Frmi, small and obovate, like 

 a Prune Damson, both in size and shape. Skin, dark purple, covered 

 with a very dense bloom. Flesh, yellow, with red veins pervading it, 

 juicy and sweet, with the austerity of the Damson, subdued by luscious 

 sweetness, and separating from the stone. 



It ripens in the end of August, when it shrivels and becomes quite a 

 sweetmeat. Shoots, smooth. 



