PLUMS. 685 



Askcw's Purple Egg. See Red Magnum Bonum. 



AUNT ANN (Guthries Aunt Ann). This is a large, round plum, 

 of a greenish yellow colour. The flesh of a rich, juicy flavour, and 

 separates freely from the stone. 



It ripens in the middle of September. The tree is very hardy and 

 productive. Shoots, smooth. 



Autumn Beauty. See Belle de Septembre. 



AUTUMN COMPOTE. Fruit, large, oval, marked with a shallow 

 suture. Skin, bright red. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, 

 inserted in a close, narrow cavity. Flesh, tender, juicy, and well- 

 flavoured. 



A valuable culinary plum, which makes a fine preserve ; ripe in the 

 end of September. When preserved the pulp is of an amber colour, 

 flavour rich, and possessing more acidity than the Green Gage does 

 when preserved. Shoots, smooth. 



It was raised by Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, from Cooper's Large. 



Autumn Gage. See Roe's Autumn. 



Avant Prune Blanche. See White Primordian. 



D'Avoine. See White Primordian. 



Azure Hative. See Early Blue. 



Battle Monument. See Blue Perdrigon. 



Becker's Scarlet. See Lombard. 



Beekman's Scarlet. See Lombard. 



BELGIAN PURPLE (Bleu de Beljique). Fruit, medium sized ; 

 roundish, marked with a shallow suture, one side of which is a little 

 swollen. Skin, deep purple, covered with blue bloom. Stalk, about 

 an inch long, inserted in a cavity. Flesh, greenish, rather coarse, 

 very juicy, sweet, and rich, slightly adherent to the stone. 



A valuable cooking plum ; ripe in the middle of August. Shoots, 

 smooth. 



BELLE DE LOU VAIN. Fruit, large, two inches and a quarter 

 long, and an inch and three-quarters wide ; long oval, marked with a 

 well- defined suture. Skin, reddish purple, covered with a delicate 

 bloom. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, stout, and inserted in 

 a considerable depression. Flesh, yellow, firm, adhering closely to the 

 stone, and with an agreeable flavour. 



A culinary plum, in use in the end of August. Shoots, smooth. 



BELLE DE SEPTEMBRE (Autumn Beauty ; Reina Nova; Gros 

 Rouge de Septembre). Fruit, large, roundish oval, marked with a 



