more than on the other. Stalk short, slender, rather Skin thin, of a purplish red, covered Flesh yellowish, firm, and separJuice saccharine, plentiful, of an Stone narrow, with a long sharp

deeply inserted. with a thick bloom. ates from the stone. agreeable flavour. point.

Ripe the beginning and middle of August.

This is a fleshy firm Plum, very good in the dessert, and excellent when dried as a Prune.

39. VIOLET PERDRIGON.

Miller, No. 8.

Perdrigon Violet. Duhamel, No. 21. t. 9.
Branches downy.

Fruit middle-sized, a little more long than broad, and enlarged a little at the apex, about one inch and a half long, and nearly as much in diameter. Stalk half an inch long, curved, slender. Skin of a dull greenish brown, full of small brown specks, and covered with a thick pale bloom. Flesh greenish yellow, pretty firm, and adheres to the stone. Juice sweet, and of a

very excellent flavour.

Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.

40. WHEAT PLUM.

Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 271.

Wheaten. Ray, No. 17.

Whitton. Hort. Soc. Cat. 271.
Nutmeg. Parkinson, No. 18.

Branches numerous, slender, smooth. Fruit small, somewhat oblong, about one inch and one eighth long, and an inch in diameter, mostly growing in pairs, a little swelled on one side of the suture more than on the other, which is shallow. Stalk five eighths of an inch long, inserted in a small narrow cavity. Skin pale amber on the shaded side, but of a bright red, marbled with a deeper colour, where exposed to the sun, and covered with a thin white bloom. Flesh greenish yellow, rather firm, and adheres to the stone. sugary, with a little subacid.

Ripe the middle of August.

Juice

This is called Wheat Plum, in consequence of its being ripe about the time of the wheat harvest.

41. WILMOT'S EARLY ORLEANS.

Vol. iii. p. 392. t. 14.

Hort. Trans.

Wilmot's Orleans. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 274.
Wilmot's New Early Orleans. Ib.

Wilmot's Late Orleans. Ib. According to the Hort. Soc. Cat.

Branches downy, like the Common Orleans. Fruit above the middle size, round, rather deeply cleft, more compressed than the Old Orleans, especially at the apex. Stalk short. Skin pale red on the shaded side, but where exposed to the sun of a dark purple tint, and covered with a fine thin bloom. Flesh of a rich greenish yellow, inclining to amber when quite ripe, of a pleasant consistence, being much softer and more juicy than the Orleans, and separates clean from the stone. Juice plentiful, sweet, combined with acid, of excellent flavour. Stone round, rather small, in proportion to the size of the fruit.

Ripe the beginning of August, as carly as the Morocco, or the Precoce de Tours.

Raised in 1809 by Mr. John Wilmot, in his garden at Isleworth, near London.

42. WINESOUR. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 32. Rotherham. Of the Old Gardens.

Branches slender, downy. Fruit rather larger than a Damson, oblong. Stalk half an inch long. Skin dark bluish purple, covered with dark purple specks, particularly where exposed to the sun. Flesh greenish yellow, and adheres to the stone, near which there are some red streaks in the flesh. Juice subacid. Stone long, slender, and acute-pointed.

Ripe about the middle of September.

This Plum is said to have originated in the neighbourhood of Rotherham, in Yorkshire, many years ago.

The Winesour is the most valuable of all our Plums for preserving, and great quantities of it in this state are sent annually from Wakefield and Leeds to distant parts of England. As a preserve, they will keep one or two years, and are preferable to those imported from abroad.

Miller, No. 13.

43. APRICOT. Switzer, p. 105. Abricotée. Duhamel, No. 28. t. 13. Abricotée de Tours. Ib. t. 13.

Branches covered with a whitish down. Fruit pretty large, of a roundish figure, divided by a deep suture, about one inch and a half deep, and one inch and three quarters in diameter. Stalk short, scarcely more than a quarter of an inch long. Skin yellow, tinged with red on the sunny side, and covered with a white bloom. Flesh yellow, firm, but melting, and separates clean from the stone. Juice sweet, of a very excellent flavour. Ripe the beginning and middle of September.

This very fine Plum is considered by Duhamel as nearly equal to the Green Gage: as it is too tender for an open standard, it is better to plant it against an east or south-east wall.

Juice saccharine, of excellent flavour.

Ripe the middle and end of August.

This Plum is so named, from Brignole, a town of France, famous for its Prunes, of which this ranks among its best sorts.

45. COE'S PLUM. Pom. Mag. t. 57.

Coe's Imperial. Ib.

Bury Seedling.

Ib.

New Golden Drop. Ib.
Fair's Golden Drop.

cording to the Pom. Mag.

Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 103. ac

Branches smooth. Leaves with two globular glands at the base. Fruit oval, of the largest size among Plums, about two inches and a half long, and two inches in diameter, deeply marked by the suture, pitted at the point, abruptly tapering and hollowed out at the base for the reception of the stalk. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, slender. Skin greenish yellow, with numerous rich spots of bright violet red next the sun. Flesh greenish yellow, adhering firmly to the stone. Juice very sweet and delicious. Stone sharp-pointed. Ripe the end of September, and will hang some time upon the tree after it is matured.

This will keep for a considerable length of time, after it is gathered, either by suspending it by the stalk upon a string, withinside a window facing the sun, or by wrapping it in soft paper, and keeping it in a dry room. By this latter method, I have eaten it exceedingly good in October, twelve months after it had been gathered.

It was raised by the late Jervaise Coe, a market gardener at Bury St. Edmund's, in Suffolk, more than thirty years ago. He informed me it was from the stone of a Green Gage, the blossom of which, he supposed, had been fertilised by the White Magnum Bonum, the two trees of which grew nearly in contact with each other in his garden. It requires an east or a west wall; on the former the fruit attains its greatest perfection. 46. DOWNTON IMPERATRICE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v.

p. 383.

Branches long, smooth. Fruit shaped almost like the Blue Imperatrice, but larger, and not so much

lengthened at the stalk end. Skin dull yellow, very thin. Flesh yellow, soft, juicy, with a high flavoured acidity.

Ripe in October, and will keep a month.

Raised by Mr. Knight, of Downton Castle, from a seed of the White Magnum Bonum, the blossom of which had been impregnated by the pollen of the Blue Imperatrice. Its fruit was exhibited at the Horticultural Society, December 1. 1823.

The young wood has much the appearance of the White Magnum Bonum, but grows much stronger, more so indeed than any Plum I have ever seen, frequently, on vigorous stocks, shooting from buds eight feet the first year.

47. DRAP D'OR. Langley, p.94. t. 24. f.5. Miller, No. 20.

Mirabelle double. Duhamel, No. 30.

Branches smooth, but downy at the ends. Fruit rather small, of a roundish figure, somewhat like the Little Queen Claude, with but very little suture, and a small dimple at each end: about an inch deep, and rather more in diameter. Stalk half an inch long, slender. Skin bright yellow, spotted or marbled with red on the sunny side. Flesh yellow, melting, and separates clean from the stone. Juice Juice sugary and excellent.

Ripe the middle of August.

It ripened at Twickenham in 1727, on a west wall, July 20th O. S. or July 31st N. S. Langley.

48. EARLY AMBER. Nurs. Catalogues.

Fruit small, somewhat oblong, and broadest at the apex. Stalk three quarters of an inch long. Skin pale greenish yellow, with a few small crimson specks on the sunny side, and covered with a thin whitish bloom. Flesh greenish yellow, and adheres to the