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PLUMS. 



This plum is seldom at maturity before the 15th of September; 

 it is an excellent fruit, and also very beautiful, and is therefore 

 gratifying both to the eye and to the palate. The tree is 

 vigorous and very productive, and deserves to be widely dis- 

 seminated, and would fill the places advantageously of many 

 of the inferior kinds now in cultivation. 



LARGEST DAMASK OF TOURS. Pr. cat. 



Gros Damas de Tours. Duh. 



Damas de Tours gros. Lond. Hort. cat. 



This plum is of rather greater length than breadth, the for- 

 mer being fourteen and the latter thirteen lines ; the longitudi- 

 nal suture presents only a line, without any depression; the 

 flesh is whitish, firm, sweet, pretty rich, and of a very pleasant 

 flavour ; it is unfortunate that the skin, which is tough and 

 somewhat acid, imparts a bad taste to it ; the stone is rough, 

 and adheres to the flesh. This plum is of a dark purple co- 

 lour, covered with bloom ; it ripens towards the end of July 

 and is greatly cultivated in the neighbourhood of Tours, where 

 the inhabitants make excellent prunes of it. 



DAMAS DRONET. Pr. cat. Lond. hort. cat. 



This is a small fruit, of rather greater length than diameter, 

 the former measuring twelve and a half lines, and the latter 

 but eleven ; the peduncle is ten lines long, and inserted in a 

 very narrow and rather deep cavity; the skin has but little 

 bloom on it, and is at first pale green, but afterwards changes 

 to a yellowish hue when at perfect maturity ; the flesh is green- 

 ish, somewhat firm, sweet, of a pleasant taste, and does not 

 adhere any to the stone. This plum ripens during the latter 

 part of the month of August. 



DAMAS DE PROVENCE. N. Duh. Lond. hort. cat. 

 Damas de Provence hatif. 



Early Damask of Provence. Provence Damash. Auth. 



This is an oval fruit, of medium size, its length being nine- 

 teen and its diameter fourteen lines ; the peduncle is large, and 



