THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



shallow suture. Skin, thin, violet-red, thickly covered with yellow 

 dots, and a thin blue bloom. Stalk, half an inch long, slender, 

 inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, firm, juicy, 

 sweet, and aromatic, adhering rather to the stone. 



A first-rate plum for cooking or preserving ; it furnishes a fine 

 crimson juice or syrup. Ripe in the beginning and middle of October. 

 Shoots, downy. 



BELVOIR PLUM. Fruit, above medium size, the size of a Green 

 Gage, round, marked on one side with a faint suture, which is deepest 

 towards the stalk. Skin, thin, black when quite ripe, covered with 

 markings of russet and russet dots, and a fine bright blue bloom. 

 Stalk, half an inch long. Flesh, yellow, tender, richly flavoured and 

 sweet, separating from the stone. 



A first-rate late plum, which hangs till the middle of November in 

 perfect condition. Shoots, smooth. 



BINGHAM. Fruit, large and handsomely shaped ; oblong. Skin, 

 deep yellow, and somewhat spotted with bright red next the sun. 

 Stalk, slightly inserted. Flesh, yellow, juicy, rich, and delicious, 

 adhering to the stone. 



An excellent dessert plum ; ripe in the middle of September. It 

 is of American origin, and does not acquire its full richness of flavour 

 in this country when grown as a standard, but is much improved 

 against a south-east or south-west wall. The young shoots are downy, 

 and the tree is an excellent bearer. It originated in Pennsylvania. 



Black Damask. See Morocco. 

 Black Morocco. See Morocco. 

 Black Perdrigon. See Blue Gage. 

 Bleeker's Gage. See Bleeker's Yellow. 

 Bleeker's Scarlet. See Lombard. 



BLEEKER'S YELLOW (Bleeker's Yellow Gage; Bleeker's Gage; 

 German Gage). Fruit, medium sized ; roundish oval, suture obscure. 

 Skin, yellow, with numerous imbedded white specks, and covered with 

 thin white bloom. Stalk, downy, an inch and a quarter long, and 

 attached without depression. Flesh, yellow, rich, sweet and luscious, 

 separating from the stone. 



A delicious dessert plum ; ripe in the middle of September. The 

 young shoots are downy, and the tree is hardy, and an excellent 

 bearer. 



It was raised about the year 1805 by Mrs. Bleeker, of Albany, U.S., from a 

 stone of a German prune which had been imported from Germany. 



Bleeker's Yellow Gage. See Bleeker's Yellow. 

 Bleu de Belgique. See Belgian Purple. 



