688 THE FEUIT MANUAL. 



Bonum Magnum. See White Magnum Bonum. 



BONNET D'EVEQUE. Fruit, medium sized; oval, inclining to 

 obovate, marked with a faint suture. Skin, dark purple, covered with 

 blue bloom. Stalk, a quarter to half an inch long, not depressed at 

 the insertion. Flesh, yellowish, tender, not very juicy, remarkably 

 rich, adhering to the stone. 



A first-rate plum, which shrivels when fully ripe if suffered to hang 

 on the tree till the second week in October. Shoots, smooth. 



BOULOUF. Fruit, very large ; roundish oval. Skin, red, covered 

 with violet bloom, and dotted. Flesh, yellow, tender, juicy, with a 

 brisk and perfumed flavour. 



An excellent dessert plum ; ripe in the end of September. 



Bradford Gage. See Green Gage. 



BRAHY'S GEEEN GAGE (Eeine Claude de Braky). Fruit, very 

 large, being upwards of two inches wide and nearly two inches and a 

 half long ; roundish, marked with a distinct suture. Skin, yellowish 

 green, covered with a fine bloom. Stalk, about half an inch long, 

 stout, and rather deeply inserted. Flesh, rich yellow, tender, juicy, 

 and melting, and with a very rich flavour. 



This is a genuine Green Gage of large size, being over two inches 

 in diameter. In every respect it resembles the old Green Gage, except 

 that it is later, ripening about the end of September. Shoots, smooth. 

 It comes into use and is in season at the same time as Keine Claude 

 de Bavay, and is supposed to have been raised by M. Brahay Ecken- 

 holm, at Herstal, near Liege. 



Braunauer Konigs-pflaume. See Eoyale de Braunau. 

 Bricette. See St. Catherine. 

 Brignole. See White Perdrigon. 

 Brignole Yiolette. See Blue Perdrigon. 

 Brugnon Green Gage. See Green Gage. 



BRYANSTON GAGE. This is exactly like the Green Gage, but 

 very much larger, and about a fortnight later. It was raised at Bry- 

 anston Park, near Blandford, and is said to have been a cross between 

 the old Green Gage and Coe's Golden Drop. 



BULLACE. The Bullace is Prunus insititia of botanists, and is 

 found wild in many parts of Great Britain. It and the Damson 

 originate from the same source, and the difference between these two 

 fruits is little more than a name ; the round ones being called 

 Bullaces and the oval ones Damsons. These last will be found 



