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7W Magnwn l^^nuni (Florence, Imperial Purple Kgg, Red 

 Vnrple Maqmun ftonum, Imperial Viol ft}. An old and well-known 

 English variety with large egg-shaped fruit, which ripens a little after 

 mid-season. Skin pale to deep red, sprinkled with grey dots, and covered 

 with a slight bloom. Flesh yellowish-green, firm, not very juicv, briskly 

 flavoured, and .separates freely from the stone. Tree fairly vigorous and 

 <i good bearer. This is a good culinary Plum, and may be utilized for 

 canning or drying. 



Rt-ine Claud", de !>vy (Havatfs Gr<-en Gnye}. A useful dessert 

 variety of French origin with large roundish fruit of the Green Gage 

 class, which ripens late in the season. Skin greenish-yellow, with 

 splashes of dull gaeen, covered with a thin bloom. Flesh yellow, tender, 

 very juicy, sweet, highly rlavoured, and separates freely from the stone. 

 Tree vigorous and very productive. 



Reii'ia Victoria. An excellent late French variety that must not be 

 confounded with the English Victor .a, as they are quite distinct. Fruit 

 dark reddish-purple, above medium size, short oval. Flesh juicy, richly 

 flavoured, and separates freely from the stone. 



Rob* de Xargr.nt. This name is, by Hogg and other writers, said to be 

 a synonym for D'Ageii, but in America an excellent Prune Plum is grown 

 tinder the same name which is quite distinct in form and other respects. 

 The American Plum has a deep purple skin approaching to black, is oval 

 in shape, and medium-sized. Flesh greenish-yellow, sweet, and richly 

 flavoured, and adheres slightly to the stone. Tree upright and a prolific 

 bearer. A popular Plum in America for drying and preserving. 



Royal Dauphine. A useful culinary Plum which ripens medium early. 

 Fruit large, oval. Skin pale red, dotted and mottled with darker and 

 lighter shades, with a violet bloom. Flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, 

 sub-acid, and separates freely from the stone. 



Satsuma (Japan Blood, Plmn). A Japanese variety with large almost 

 globular fruit from two to two and a-half inches in diameter. Skin dark 

 brick red. Flesh dark red, juicy, with a brisk pleasant flavour. Stone 

 small and pointed. Tree hardy, vigorous, and very prolific. 



Silver Prune. A variety under this name is very popular in California 

 as a drying Plum, but there is but little, if any, difference between it and 

 Coe's Golden Drop, from which it is said to be a seedling. 



Simoni's Plum (Chinese Apricot 1*1 itm). This is a distinct Chinese 

 species (Prunus Simoni) whose fruit differs in many respects from the 

 other kinds. Fruit large, round, flattened, with a deep suture and very 

 .short stalk. Skin a dark cinnabar or brick red. Flesh firm, rich, sweet, 

 with a peculiar flavour which has been likened to a blending of the 

 Banana and Pine-Apple, stone small. Tree vigorous, hardy, well suited 

 for hot dry districts ; foliage a very light green. Fruit ripens early and 

 bears packing and carriage well. 



Standard of England A. useful English culinary variety with ovate 

 medium-sized fruit, which ripens a little after mid-season. Skin purplish- 

 red, with numerous yellow dots, and covered with a thick bloom. Flesh 

 yellowish-green, rather firm, juicy, moderately sweet, with a brisk flavour, 

 and separates freely from the stone. Tret- vigorous and prolific. 



