THE PLUM. 



901 



BOULOUF. 



Fruit large, roundish, red or reddish violet, with spots. Flesh 

 yellow, fine, jviicj, slightly acid, perfumed. September. (S. V. M.) 



Brad SHAW. 



Black Imperial. 



Blue Imperial. 



Tree an upright, vigorous grower. Branches smooth, brownish. 



Fruit large, oval Obovate, sometimes with a slight neck. Suture 



half round,broad, shallow. Apex 

 a little sunk. Skin reddish pur- 

 ple, covered with a light blue 

 bloom. Stalk rather stout, curv- 

 ed, set in a small cavity. Flesh 

 yellowish, coarse, juicy, brisk, 

 i:»leasant ; adheres partially to the 

 stone. Good to very good. Au- 

 gust. 



Brahy's Green Gage. 



Heine Claude de Brahy. 



Tree vigorous, with stout, 

 smooth branches, brownish pur- 

 ple. 



Fruit large, roundish, inclin- 

 ing to oval. Suture half roimd, 

 large. Skin greenish yellow, 

 splashed with darker green, and 

 covered with a pretty thick 

 light bloom. Flesh greenish 

 yellow, sugary, rich ; adheres to 

 the stone. Very good.. Sep- 

 tember. 



Bradshaw. 



New York Purple. 

 Brevoort's Purple Bolmar, 



Brevoort's Purple. 



Brevoort's Purple Washington. 

 Washington Purple. 



Tree vigorous. Branches 



Raised by Henry Brevoort, New York, 

 long, smooth. 



Fruit lax-ge, oval. Skin reddish, covex-ed with a violet bloom. 

 Flesh yellowish, soft, juicy, not very sweet, but with considerable 

 vinous flavor ; adheres closely to the stone. Good. Ripe the first of 

 September. 



Petit Bricette. 



Bricet. 



Bricetta. 

 Mirabelle Tardive. 



Mirabelle d'Octobre. 



Tree moderately vigorous. Branches smooth. 



Fi-uit medium, roundish oval. Skin yellow, with spots of red. 

 Stalk of medium length, set in a small cavity. Flesh yellow, rather 



