PLUMS. 719 



vigorous grower and a great bearer, very suitable to plant in dry, light 

 soils. Young shoots, slightly downy. 



This is an American variety, and was raised at Messrs. Prince's Nursery, 

 Flushing, New York. 



Prince's Imperial Gage. See Prince's Imperial. 



Prolific Damson. See Damson. 



Prune d'Allemagne. See Quetsche. 



Prune d'Ast. See D'Agen. 



Prune Damson. See Damson. 



Prune de Gaillon. See Precoce de Tours. 



Prune d'ltalie. See Italian Prune. 



Prune de Lepine. See Norbert. 



Prune de Milan. See Imperial de Milan. 



Prune d' Orleans. See Orleans. 



Prune Peche. See Nectarine. 



Prune Peche. See Peach. 



Prune de Prince. See Norbert. 



Prune du Hoi. See D'Agen. 



Purple Egg. See Red Magnum Bonum. 



PURPLE GAGE (Reine Claude Violette ; Violet Gage). Fruit, 

 medium sized ; round, slightly flattened at the ends, and marked with a 

 shallow suture. Skin, fine light purple, dotted with yellow, and covered 

 with pale blue bloom. Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a small cavity. 

 Flesh, greenish yellow, firm, with a rich, sugary, and most delicious 

 flavour, and separating from the stone. 



A dessert plum of the greatest excellence, and particularly richly 

 flavoured if allowed to hang until it shrivels ; ripe in the beginning of 

 September. Shoots, smooth. Tree, hardy, and an excellent bearer ; 

 succeeds well either as a standard or against a wall. 



This variety has the property of being less liable to crack in wet 

 seasons than the Green Gage. 



Queen Claudia. See Green Gage. 



QUEEN MOTHER (Pigeon's Heart). Fruit, below medium size ; 

 round, and marked with a slight suture. Skin, dark red next the sun, 

 but paler towards the shaded side, where it is yellow, and covered all 

 over with reddish dots. Stalk, half an inch long, inserted in a small 

 depression. Flesh, yellow, rich, and sugary, separating from the 

 stone. 



