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PLUMS. 



doubly crenated, quite smooth on the upper surface ; petioles 

 strong, about an inch in length ; flowers middle-sized ; petals 

 roundish oblong, somewhat concave at the top ; fruit extremely 

 like a Green Gage plum in colour, but more streaked with 

 yellow, covered with a fine glaucous bloom, generally com- 

 pressed in the direction of its suture, which is the reverse of 

 the usual mode of compression in stone fruit ; stone adhering 

 firmly to the flesh, ovate, not very uneven ; flesh firm, juicy, of 

 the colour and consistence of a Green Gage plum ; flavour be- 

 tween that and an Orleans, better than the latter, but perhaps 

 not so good as the former, when in its highest perfection. 



ROGNON D'ANE. N. Duh, Calvel. 



This fruit is of very large size, and also of a very dark pur- 

 ple colour, almost black ; it greatly resembles the Yellow Egg 

 in point of form, and attains its maturity at the beginning of 

 September. 



DUANE'S PURPLE FRENCH. Pr. cat. Pr. Hokt. 



Duane^s large purple. Duane's large Orleans. 



This plum I received from my esteemed friend James Du- 

 ane, Esq. of Duanesburg, who obtained it originally from 

 France many years since. Its colour is a pale purple or 

 violet ; its flesh is juicy and fine flavoured, and it is of mon- 

 strous size ; indeed I never recollect seeing a larger purple 

 plum ; it ripens the beginning of August. The tree is of 

 exceedingly vigorous growth, and the bark of the young shoots 

 is downy and of a grayish colour. The fruit ripens in the 

 month of August. 



PRUNE D'AST. N. Dun. Calvel. 



This plum, M. Calvel remarks, is very little known in the 

 northern departments of France, but it is much cultivated and 

 in high estimation in the south of that country for making 

 prunes. It is preferred to the Agen Date, vt'hich it greatly re- 

 sembles ; it is however, of larger size and not equally good 



