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PLUMS. 



diameter ; the peduncle is six lines long, and placed in a de- 

 pression scarcely perceptible ; the longitudinal suture is rather 

 more apparent ; the skin is dark purple, speckled with very 

 small dots of a lighter colour, and covered with bloom ; the 

 flesh is greenish, melting, replete with juice, of a sweet and 

 rather rich flavour ; the stone is six lines long, and of the same 

 breadth, it does not adhere at all to the flesh, but is smooth, 

 with the exception of two or three projecting lines towards the 

 base. This fruit ripens about the middle of August. 



SEPTEMBER DAPiIASK. Pr. cat. 



Prunier des Yacances. Prune, de Vacance. Duh. 

 Damas de Septemhre. Duh. Lond. Hort. cat. 



This plum is almost globular ; its breadth is rather greater 

 than its length, it being thirteen and a half lines long, and 

 fourteen in diameter ; the peduncle is only three or four lines 

 in length, and inserted in a pretty distinct cavity ; the skin is 

 dark purple, almost black, covered with bloom, which makes 

 it appear of a blueish colour; it is marked from the base to 

 the extremity of the fruit by a shallow suture ; the flesh is 

 greenish, at first rather firm and sourish, afterwards it becomes 

 soft and sweetish without much flavour, unless there is a warm 

 period at the time of its ripening, in which case it is rather 

 more pleasant and more perfumed ; the stone is much swollen 

 and separates pretty readily from the flesh. This fruit ripens 

 in the course of the month of September, and the tree is usually 

 very productive. 



VIOLET DAMASK. Pr. cat. 



Damas violet. Duh. Lond. Hort. cat. 



This fruit is thirteen to fourteen lines long, and two lines 

 less in its greatest diameter ; the peduncle is five lines in 

 length, and inserted in a shght cavity ; the suture is distin- 

 guished only by a line ; the skin is of a violet colour, covered 

 with bloom ; the flesh is yellowish, melting, replete with juice, 

 which is bland, sweet, and somewhat musky, it does not adhere 



