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PLUMS. 



EARLY TOURS. Pr. cat. 



Pricoce de Tours. Diih. Lond. Hort. cat. 



Prune de la Madeleine. Duh. syn. 

 Prune noire hative. 



This fruit is perfectly oval, and very round in its cir- 

 cumference ; It is thirteen to fourteen lines in length, and 

 about two lines less in diameter ; the suture, which runs pa- 

 rallel with the end of the stone, is scarcely apparent; the 

 peduncle is slender, six lines long, and inserted in a very 

 small cavity ; the skin is a very dark purple, covered with 

 bloom, rather tough, slightly bitter, and strongly adheres to 

 the flesh, which is pale green, approaching to yellow, mode- 

 rately melting, partially sweet, and of rather pleasant flavour, 

 and even somewhat perfumed when the tree is planted in a 

 dry and warm soil. The plum ripens the beginning of July, 

 and is one of the best early varieties. 



ROYAL TOURS. Pr. cat. 



Royal de Tours, Royale de Tours. Duh. 

 Royale de Tours. Lond. Hort. cat. 



This plum is nearly of the same colour, form, and size, as 

 the Early Monsieur; its diameter and length are the same, 

 it being eighteen lines in each direction ; the suture is very 

 conspicuous, although not deep; and the extremity of the 

 fruit is somewhat flattened, or even depressed; the skin is very 

 much covered with bloom, and of a rather pale purple colour 

 next the sun ; it is speckled with bright yellow dots, and rather 

 reddish than purple, on the shaded side ; the flesh is greenish 

 yellow, sweet, rich, more melting, and superior to that of the 

 Early Monsieur ; it adheres to the stone, which is very flat 

 and rough, ten lines long, and eight broad. This fruit attains 

 its maturity at the end of July ; the tree is very vigorous, and 

 generally yields abundant crops. 



WHITE PERDRIGON. Pr. cat. Mil. Lond. hort. cat. 

 Perdrigon hlanc. Duh. 

 This plum is fifteen and a half lines long, and fourteen and 

 a half in diameter, and is rather smaller at the base than at the 



