The Domestica Plums Described 



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Blue Imperatrice. — Fruit 

 heart-shaped ; size medium to 

 large ; cavity medium shallow, 

 rounded ; stem an inch or 

 more long, rather slender ; 

 suture shallow ; apex pointed ; 

 color dark blue ; dots several, 

 sharp, yellowish ; bloom blue ; 

 skin tough ; flesh yellow ; 

 stone medium size, oval, ob- 

 tuse-pointed, flattened, nearly 

 free; quality good to best; 

 season late, hanging on the 

 tree long after ripe. 



An old European variety 

 and an excellent late market 

 plum. Very productive. 



Boddaert ( Boddsert's 

 Green Gage). — Fruit nearly 



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BLUE IMPERATRICE 



spherical ; size, medium ; cav- 

 ity medium deep, rounded; 

 stem an inch long, pubes- 

 cent; suture faint; color 

 creamy yellow ; dots greenish 

 and pinkish ; bloom white ; 

 skin thin ; flesh yellow ; stone 

 round-oval, small, not flat- 

 tened, free ; quality good ; 

 season medium ; tree vigor- 

 ous, moderately upright. 



A variety brought over 

 from Europe and belonging 

 plainly with the Green Gage 

 type. " 



Bradshaw (Blue Imperial, 

 Niagara?). — Fruit obovate; 

 size medium to large, de- 

 pending on cultivation ; cav- 

 ity shallow, usually with a 

 ring about the stem ; stem 

 about an inch long; suture 

 shallow ; apex rounded ; 

 color dark purplish red; 



