PLUMS. 569 



juicy, melting, with a rich and delicious flavour, separating from the 

 stone. 



A dessert plum of the finest quality ; ripe the middle of August. 

 Young shoots, downy. Tree, a strong and vigorous grower ; a good, 

 but not an abundant bearer. It requires a south-east or west wall to 

 have the fruit in perfection, and when well ripened will shrivel and dry 

 on the tree. 



ROYALE HATIVE {Early Royal; Mmam). — Fruit, medium 

 sized; roundish, narrowing towards the apex. Skin, light purple, 

 strewed with fawn-coloured dots, and covered with blue bloom. Stalk, 

 half an inch long, stout, and inserted without depression. Flesh, 

 yellow, juicy, and melting, with an exceedingly rich and delicious 

 flavour, and separating from the stone. 



A first-rate dessert plum ; ripe in the end of July and beginning of 

 August. Shoots, downy. 



ROYALE DE TOURS.— Fruit, large; roundish, with a well defined 

 suture, which extends on one side the whole of its length. Skin, light 

 purple, strewed with small yellow dots next the sun, and of a pale red 

 colour in the shade, and thickly covered vrith blue bloom. Stalk, 

 about three-quarters of an inch long, stout, and inserted in a small 

 cavity. Flesh, greenish yellow, delicate, very juicy, and richly 

 flavoured ; adhering to the stone. 



An excellent plum either for the dessert or preserving ; ripe the 

 beginning and middle of August. The young shoots are downy. The 

 tree is very vigorous, and a good bearer. 



St. Barnabe. See White Primordian. 



ST. CATHERINE {Bricette; Mirabelh d'Octobre; Mirahelle Tar- 

 dive; Petite Bricette). — Fruit, medium sized; obovate, being widest 

 at the apex, and tapering towards the stalk, with a well marked suture 

 on one side, which is deepest towards the stalk, and terminating 

 at the apex in a small depression. Skin, pale yellow, and when 

 ripened dotted with red, thick, and adhering to the flesh, covered with 

 pale bloom. Stalk, slender, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted in 

 a narrow cavity. Flesh, yellow, delicate, and melting, with a rich sugary 

 and sprightly flavour ; adhering to the stone. 



A very excellent old French plum, which is highly esteemed either 

 for dessert use, for preserving, or drying ; ripe the middle of Septem- 

 ber. Young shoots, smooth. The tree is a vigorous grower, and an 

 excellent bearer, succeeds well as a standard, and when grown against 

 a wall the fruit will shrivel and dry, forming an excellent prune, and 

 be considerably larger than from a standard, where it is rather dry and 

 very apt to be shaken down by high winds before it is ripe. 



St. Claire. See Beine Claude de Bavay. 

 St. Cloud. See Goliath. 



ST. ETIENNE. — Fruit, medium sized; roundish oval, frequently 



