PLUMS. 



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MOUCHETE. N. Duh. 



MoucTieUe, N. Duh. 



This plum is of ovate form, an inch in length, and ten lines 

 in its greatest diameter ; the peduncle, which is long in pro- 

 portion to the size of the fruit, and measures seven lines, is 

 inserted nearly even with the surface ; the suture is distin- 

 guished only by a line ; the skin is greenish, with considerable 

 bloom, and marked with whitish and yellowish touches ; the 

 flesh is greenish rather than yellow, somewhat firm, and at 

 first devoid of flavour, but becomes rather sweet when well 

 ripened, and does not adhere to the stone. This fruit is at 

 maturity in September. In the New Duhamel, where it is 

 described, the author remarks that they had only met with it 

 in the Jardin des Plantes at Paris. 



FRENCH COPPER. Pk. cat. Coxe. Lond. hort. cat. 

 Copper. 



This fruit is not exactly round, but measures nearly the 

 same in each direction, being about an inch and three-eighths 

 in length, and the same in diameter ; the skin is blue, with a 

 tinge of copper colour ; the flesh is of pleasant flavour, and 

 separates from the stone. The tree is of thrifty growth, and 

 produces abundant crops of fruit, which ripens in the month 

 of July. 



TILLEMOND. Auth. 



Prunier de Tillemond, Belle Tillemond. N. Duh. 



This fruit is very large and oval, being twenty-six lines in 

 length, and twenty in diameter ; the peduncle is rather large, \ 

 eight lines long, or nearly that, and inserted in au^^ht cavity ; 

 the skin is dark purple on the side exposed to 'tSe sun, and 

 light purple on the other side ; the flesh is greenish, some- 

 what melting, its flavour not very pleasant, being sharp and 

 acid even when at full maturity. This plum is more pleasing 

 to the sight than to the taste, and is scarcely eatable in a raw 



