PLUMS. 559 



LUGOMBE'S NONESUCH.— Fruit, above medium size; round, and 

 compressed on the side, where it is marked with a broad suture. Skin, 

 greenish yellow, streaked with orange and broad broken bands of dark 

 ohve, and covered with a greyish white bloom. Stalk, three-quarters 

 of an inch long, inserted in a rather wide cavity. Flesh, greenish 

 yellow, firm, juicy, rich, and sugary, with a pleasant briskness, and 

 adhering to the stone. 



A dessert and preserving plum, bearing considerable resemblance 

 to the Green Gage, but not so richly flavoured ; ripe in the end of 

 August. The tree is hardy, a vigorous grower, and an excellent bearer 

 as a standard. Young shoots, smooth. 

 It was raised b7 Mr. Lucombe, of the Exeter Nursery. 



McLaughlin. — Fruit, large; roundish oblate. Skin, thin and 

 tender, of a fine yellow colour, dotted and mottled with red, and 

 covered with thin grey bloom. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, 

 inserted in a small round cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, very juicy, sweet, 

 with a rich luscious flavour, and adhering to the stone. 



A large and delicious plum, of the Green Gage race ; ripening in the 

 end of August. The tree is a vigorous grower, hardy, and an excellent 

 bearer. Young shoots, smooth. 



This was raised bv Mr. James McLaughlin, of Bangor, in the State of Maine, 

 U.S.A. 



De la Madaleine. See Noire de Montreuil, 

 Maitre Claude. See White Perdngon. 



MAMELONNEE {Mamelon Sageret). — Fruit, medium sized; 

 roundish oval, tapering with a pear-shaped neck towards the stalk, and 

 frequently furnished with a nipple at the apex. Skin, yellowish green, 

 mottled with red next the sun, and covered with grey bloom. Stalk, 

 short, inserted without depression. Flesh, yellowish, firm, very juicy, 

 sugary, and richly flavoured, separating freely from the stone. 



An excellent dessert plum ; ripening about the middle of August. 

 Shoots, smooth. 



Mann's Brandy Gage. See Mann's Imperial. 



MANN'S IMPERIAL {Mann's Brandy Gage).— The fruit is a small 

 form of Coe's Golden Drop, of rich flavour, but very much earlier. It 

 differs from Coe's Golden Drop by having downy shoots. 



Matchless. See Diapree Houge. 

 Mimms. See Diapree Rouge. 

 Minette. See Guthrie's Late Green. 

 MirabeUe Blanche. See Mirabelle Petite. 

 Mirabelle Double. See Drap d'Or. 

 Mirabelle Grosse. See Drap d'Or, 



