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THE FRUIT GROWER'S GUIDE. 



WHITE BULLACE. Fruit small, round ; skin yellowish 

 white, mottled with red on the exposed side ; flesh 

 firm, juicy, sub-acid, sweetish when well ripened; 

 ripe in October and November. 



The following seven varieties are Damsons. 



BLUE PROLIFIC. Fruit medium ; skin purple, with a 

 blue bloom ; flesh juicy, and agreeably flavoured, a 

 mixture of damson (most) and plum ; ripe in the 

 beginning of August, and lasts until the second 

 week in September ; tree a profuse bearer. 



BRADLEY' s KING. Fruit large ; skin deep purple, dense 

 blue bloom ; flesh juicy, brisk, and sweet ; ripe 

 in the end of September and beginning of October ; 

 tree productive. A favourite with market growers. 



CRITTENDEN, or FARLEIGH PROLIFIC. Fruit medium, 

 roundish oval ; skin black, covered with a fine 

 blue bloom ; flesh juicy, and full damson flavour ; 

 ripe in the middle of September ; tree free in growth, 

 and an enormous bearer ; fine for standards. 



FROGMORE. Mr. Bunyard describes this as a distinct 

 grower and a valuable fruit ; as sweet as a green- 

 gage, and a good cropper ; early. 



PRUNE (Cheshire, Shropshire). Fruit large, oval ; skin 

 black, with a blue bloom ; flesh greenish yellow, 

 juicy, and well flavoured ; ripe in the middle to the 

 end of September ; tree free and upright, a moderate 

 bearer until aged. The Herefordshire prune has 

 longer fruit, smaller foliage, and is slenderer in 

 growth, and the Worcester has oval fruit of excellent 

 quality. 



RIVERS' EARLY. A seedling from the St. Etienne plum ; 

 the raiser regards this as a valuable addition to 

 damsons because of its excellence in quality and 

 earliness, the fruit ripening in August. 



WHITE. Fruit large, roundish oval ; pale yellow, 

 covered with thin bloom, ; flesh juicy, with an 

 agreeable acidity ; ripe in October ; tree a great 

 bearer. 



THIRTY-SIX SELECT PLUMS NAMED IN THEIR ORDER OF RIPENING. 



End of July and beginning of 



August. 



Early Favourite. 

 Early Prolific. . 

 Czar. 



Middle to end of August. 

 Oullins Golden. 

 De Montfort. 

 Denniston's Superb. 

 Early Transparent Gage. 

 Gisborne's. 

 Orleans. 

 Sultan. 



Belle de Louvain. 

 Belgian Purple. 

 Mitchelson's. 

 Green Gage. 



September. 

 Victoria. 

 Jefferson. 

 Prince Engelbert. 

 Bryanston Gage. 

 Purple Gage. 

 Pond's Seedling. 

 Transparent Gage. 

 Angelina Burdett. 

 Winesour. 



White Magnum Bonum. 



Washington. 



Kirke's. 



Diamond. 



Autumn Compote. 



Coe's Golden Drop. 



Late Transparent. 



October and November. 

 Monarch. 



Reine Claude de Bavay. 

 Archduke. 



Ickworth Imperatrice. 

 Grand Duke. 

 Wyedale. 



Twelve for high quality. 

 *fDenniston's Superb. 

 Early Transparent Gage. 

 McLaughlin. 



* Green Gage. 

 Purple Gage. 



*f Jefferson. 



* Transparent Gage. 

 Lawson's Golden. 



* Kirke's. 



Late Transparent. 

 *fCoe's Golden Drop. 

 Reine Claude de Bavay. 



Twelve for dessert or culinary. 



*fCzar. 



* Belgian Purple. 

 Sultan. 



Prince of Wales. 

 Denbigh. 



*fVictoria. 



* Prince Engelbert. 

 Washington. 



*tMonarch. 

 Archduke. 

 Blue Imperatrice. 



* Grand Duke. 



Twelve for culinary. 



*fEarly Prolific. 

 Heron. 

 Orleans. 

 Belle de Louvain. 



* Qisborne's. 

 Mitchelson's. 



*fWinesour. 



Pond's Seedling. 



White Magnum Bonum. 

 *t Diamond. 



Autumn Compote. 



* Wyedale. 



