TREES, SHRUBS, PLANTS, FLOWERS, and FRUITS. 147 
Little Black Damalk—a {mail, round- 
ilh, blackilh-blue Plum, very fweet;. 
the end of July and beginning of Au- 
g u fi' 
Orleans Plum—a middling or largiih, 
round fruit, of a dark-red colour, co¬ 
vered with a farinous bloom; the 
tree a great bearer; the middle of 
July. 
White Orleans Plum—a middiing-fize, 
round, whitifn-yellow fruit; the mid¬ 
dle of Augujl. 
Great Damalk Violet Plum of Tours— 
a fine, largilh, oblong-oval Plum, of 
a darkilh-blue, covered with a vio* 
let-bloom; the end of July and in Au- 
gufi. 
Small Early Tours—fmall, roundifh, 
dark-blue; the middle or end of July. 
Fotheringham Plum—a middling-large, 
oblong, dark-red, excellent fruit, 
deeply furrowed; the flelh firm and 
rich; the beginning and middle of Au- 
g«A 
Little Queen Claude Plum—a fmall, 
rou'nd, yellowifh-pearl-coloured fruit, 
rich ar.d lugary ; the end of July or 
beginning of Augujl. 
Green Gage Plum—a fmallilh, round, 
green fruit, fweet juice ; rife the be¬ 
ginning or middle of September. 
Great Queen Claude, or large Green 
Gage Plum—a fine middle-lize, round 
fruit, of a yellowiih-green, often ting¬ 
ed with purple; moiil, rich, and de¬ 
licious ; being the true or fuperior fort 
of Green Gage; the beginning and 
middle of September. 
Blue Perdrigon Plum—a fine middle- 
fize, oval fruit, of a blackifh-blue 
colour, covered with a farinous vio¬ 
let bloom, moft rich and excellently 
fine flavoured; the middle of Augujl. 
Violet Perdrigon Plum—a largilh, fine, 
roundifh-oval fruit, of a blueifh or 
violet-red colour, exquifitely rich fla¬ 
voured ; the tnidale and end of Augujl. 
White Perdrigon Plum—a middling- 
fize, ovate-oblong fruit, wljitilh-yel- 
low, rich and delicate; the end of Au- 
g'f' 
Maitre Claude Plum—a middle-fize, 
roundifh fruit, of a mixed red and 
yellow colour, rich and fine; the end 
of Augujl and in September. 
Roche Courbone or Red Diapre Plum 
—a large, fiucround, red fruit, pow¬ 
dered with a farinous bloom, richly 
flavoured; the end of Augujl, tAc. 
Chefton Plum—a fine, middle-fize, oval 
fruit, of a dark-blue, moft rich and 
good ; the middle of September. 
White Bonum Magnum, or Egg Plum 
—a moft large, ovate, or egg-fliape, 
yellow fruit, powdered with a fari- 
rous white bloom, efteemed princi¬ 
pally to preferve for fvveetmeats, alfo 
good to eat raw; the middle of Sep¬ 
tember. 
Red Imperial Plum, or Red Bonum 
Magnum-—a molt large, oval fruit, 
deep-red colour, finely powdered, 
valued for fweetmeats, and good for 
eating raw; the end of Augujl and in 
September. 
Apricot Plum—a large, round, yellow 
fruit, having a whitilh bloom; the 
flefh firm and rich; the middle or end 
of September. 
Myrobalan Plum—a middle-fize, round, 
dark, or purple-violet fruit, very 
rich and fweet; the end of Augujl, 
tAc. 
Drap d’or, or Cloth of Gold Plum— 
a ihiddle-fize, round, bright-yellow 
fruit, red fpotted, rich and juicy; 
the middle of September. 
Royal Plum—a fine, large, oval, light- 
red fruit, narrowing towards the 
ftalk, rich and fugary; the middle oj 
September. 
ha. Mirabelle—a fmallilh-reund, green- 
i(h-yellow fruit, moft rich and fweet; 
the end of Augujl and in September. 
St. Catharine Plum—a large, oval-ob¬ 
long, comprefied fruit, amber-co¬ 
loured, with a whitilh bloom, excel¬ 
lently rich and fweet; the middle or 
end of September. 
Brignole Plum—a large, oval fruit, 
yellowifh and red, fweet and rich fla¬ 
voured; the middle or end of Septem¬ 
ber. 
Wentworth, or Monfieur’s Plum—a 
moft large, oval, yellow fruit, of a 
lharp, acid flavour, good to preferve, 
or to eat raw, when fully ripe ; the 
end of September. 
Imperatrice, or Emprefs Plum — a 
large, fine, round fruit, of a violet- 
red colour, with a whitilh bloom; the 
beginning of October. 
White Pear Plum—a middle-fize, ob- 
iongifh, white fruit, of mi acid fla- 
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