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THE ISABELLA PLUM.
This Plum is stated by Mr. Miller, of Bristol
to be a variety of great excellence. It does not
require a wall to bring it to perfection, and it exceeds
all those kinds that stand in the scale next
below the Green Gage, Coe’s Golden Drop, and the
Washington. It is said to bear three crops a-year
In the specimens we examined there was fruit perfectly
ripe, and half grown.
S hoots vigorous, brownish, pubescent, like an
Orleans.
Leaves middle-sized, oval, crenated, slightly
pubescent above. P etioles o f medium length
and thickness.
F lowers midd le -s iz ed. P e ta l .s roundish,
obovate.
F ruit inches long, 1 | broad, oblong, and
tapering towards the stalk, with very little apparent
suture. S talk half an inch long, very sbghtly
downy. S k in deep, dull, brownish red, when nearly
ripe, where shaded a little inclining to yellow
copiously covered with deep-coloured dots. Flesh’
sweet, rich, and very agreeable; adhering to the
stone which is acute at each end, but tapering a
good deal towards the base; I f inch long.
The figure now given is smaller in all its parts
than the specimen described.