PLUMS. 571 



Shropshire Damson. See Damson. 

 Sir Charles Worsley's. See Boyale. 



SMALL WHITE DAMASK {Davias Blanc Petit).— Fruit, small ; 

 roundish, inclining to ovate, and wider at the apex, swollen on one side 

 of the suture. Skin, greenish yellow, covered with thin white bloom. 

 Stalk, half an inch long, slender, not depressed. Flesh, yeUow, juicy, 

 sugary, and well flavoured, separating from the stone. 



A culinary plum ; ripe in the middle of September. The young 

 shoots are smooth, and the appearance of the tree is similar to Large 

 White Damask, so much so, indeed, that they have been considered by 

 some identical, which they are not. 



SMITH'S OELEANS.— Fruit, large ; oval, or roundish oval, widest 

 towards the stalk, and marked with a deep suture. Skin, reddish 

 purple, strewed with yellow dots, and covered with thick blue bloom. 

 Stalk, half an inch long, slender. Flesh, deep yellow, firm, juicy, rich, 

 briskly flavoured and perfumed, adhering to the stone. 



A rather coarse plum ; ripe in the end of August. Shoots, smooth. 



STANDAED OF ENGLAND.— Fruit, above medium size ; obovate, 

 and marked with a shallow suture. Skin, pale red, strewed with yeUow 

 dots, and covered with thin bloom. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch 

 long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, rather firm, juicy, and briskly 

 flavoured, separating from the stone. 



A culinary plum ; ripe in the beginning of September. Shoots, 

 smooth. 



Steer's Emperor. See Goliath. 



STONELESS (Kirke's Stoneless ; Sans Noyau). — Fruit, small ; oval. 

 Skin, dark purple, or rather black, covered with blue bloom. Stalk, 

 half an inch long. Flesh, greenish yellow, at first harsh and acid, but 

 when highly ripened and beginning to shrivel it is more pleasant, and 

 has a mellow and pleasant flavour. 



A very singular little plum, being destitute of any stone wherewith to 

 envelope the kernel, which has only a thin membrane between it and 

 the pulp. It ripens in the beginning of September. The young 

 shoots are downy. The tree is a small and compact grower, and does 

 not bear well. 



This is an old variety, being mentioned by Merlet ; but, either on account of its 

 little value, or being little known, it is not noticed by any subsequent writer before 

 the time of Duhamel. It has been many years in this country, although Kirke, 

 the nurseryman at Brompton, gave it, like many other fruits, his own name. It 

 was for upwards of a century cultivated in the Brompton Park Nursery, where in 

 all probability it was introduced from the Continent by George London, who was 

 for some time under De la Quintinye in the Eoyal Gardens at Versailles. 



Sucrin Vert. See Green Gage. 



SUISSE (Altesse ; Monsieur Tardive; Switzer's Plum). — Fruit, 



