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PLUMS. 



is an excellent fruit. There is another fine variety much cul- 

 tivated and esteemed, which is called Yellow Apricot Plum. 



RED APRICOT PLUM. Pr. cat. 



Abricote rouge. N. Duh. Lond. Hort. cat. 



This plum is eighteen to nineteen lines in length, and seven- 

 teen to eighteen in diameter ; the skin is red approaching to 

 violet, not deep coloured, but has a considerable bloom ; the 

 peduncle is six lines long, and inserted in a slight cavity ; the 

 suture is not very conspicuous; the flesh is yellowish, but 

 quite distinct from the colour of the apricot; neither does the 

 flavour particularly resemble that fruit, for it is rather flat than 

 sweet, and without any peculiar perfume ; the stone does not 

 adhere to the flesh, it is ten lines long and seven broad. This 

 fruit attains to maturity about the middle of August. 



ROYAL. Pr. cat. Mil For. 



French Royal. Pr. cat. 26 ed. 



Prmie Royale. Duh. | Royale. Lond. Hort. cat. 



This fruit is sixteen to seventeen lines long, and fifteen in 

 its greatest diameter; the peduncle, which is eight to ten lines 

 in length, is inserted in a slight cavity, and the suture is 

 marked by a single line; the skin is purple, covered with 

 bloom and marked with dots of a lighter hue, approaching to 

 a fawn colour ; the flesh is greenish, approaching to yellow, 

 rather firm, somewhat juicy, and of a sweet and pleasant fla- 

 vour ; it adheres a little to the stone, which is eight lines long 

 and near six broad. This plum may be ranked among the 

 choice varieties, and is at maturity the end of August. 



EARLY ROYAL. Pr. cat. 

 Royal hative. Bon. Jard. 



This fruit is of a beautiful appearance and of much excel- 

 lence ; the skin is of the same colour as the Purple Gage, and 

 the flesh also resembles that variety in quality and flavour. It 

 is at maturity early in the month of July. 



