TH E W H IT E IM PE R A T R IC E PLUM.
White Imperatrice. Forsyth’s Treatise, ed. 7. p . 27. Hort.
Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 135.
Imperatrice Blanche. Duhamel, Arhres Fruitiers, vol. ii.
p . 106. t. 18.ß g . 2.
Die Weisse Kaiserpflaume. Kra ft. Pom. aust. 2. 33. 1 .181.
/ .2 .
A handsome and useful Plum, b u t very different
from the common Imperatrice (fol. 33), to
the name of which it has little title. I t ripens
on a west wall, about the beginning of September,
but does not shrivel or keep well. On a standard
it will scarcely succeed, except in very warm
situations.
Leaves rather larger than those of the common
Imperatrice, and more shining.
Flowers somewhat smaller.
Fruit middle-sized, oval, with an indistinct
furrow on one side, very blunt a t each end. F ootstalk
short, in a narrow cavity. Skin bright
yellowish ochre colour, with a slight evanescent
bloom. Flesh firm, juicy, sweet, abundant, and
rather more transparent than th a t of most Plums.
S tone quits the flesh freely.
