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PLUMS. 



clear red on the shaded side ; it has a partial bloom ; the flesh 

 is pale yellow, juicy, of good flavour, and separates freely 

 from the stone ; one side of the fruit is marked by a suture 

 which runs from the base to the extremity. The tree produces 

 abundantly, and the fruit ripens in August. Miller and other 

 writers consider this an indifferent fruit ; and it is in fact but 

 secondary in point of quality, its great merit being the abun- 

 dance of its crops. 



SMITH'S ORLEANS. Pr. cat. Pe. Hort. Lond. Hort. 



CAT. 



Smithes large Orleans. 



This is one of the most vigorous and flourishing trees that 

 is cultivated in our gardens. I once measured a shoot which 

 had grown ten feet the first seasOn from the graft, and growths 

 of seven and eight feet are very frequently met with. It is 

 much less subject to the attacks of the insect which causes 

 excrescences and knots to be formed on plum trees, than many 

 other varieties. The fruit is round, with a deep suture on 

 one side ; the skin is of a reddish purple colour ; the flesh is 

 sweet, with a partial acidity, of a pleasant sprightly flavour, 

 and separates freely from the stone. It ripens in the month 

 of September. 



WILMOT'S EARLY ORLEANS. Pr. cat. For. 

 LoND. Hort. traas. 



Wilmofs large Orleans. 



This plum is of medium size and round form, with a suture 

 running through one side ; the skin is of a dark purplish 

 hue on the sunny side, covered with a fine bloom ; the 

 flesh is greenish j^ellow, with a tinge of amber when fully 

 ripe ; it is more soft and juicy than the Old Orleans, and of 

 excellent flavour, it being sweet combined with a pleasant 

 degree of acidity ; it separates readily from the stone, which 

 is of small size. The fruit ripens two to three weeks before 

 the Old Orleans, and about as soon as the Morocco and Early 

 Tours plums. 



