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thin bloom; dots numerous, small, grayish, obscure, clustered about the apex; stem 

 thick, short, pubescent, adhering well to the fruit; skin rather tough, separating readily; 

 flesh rich golden-yellow, juicy, slightly fibrous, tender, sweet, pleasant flavor; very good; 

 stone free, seven-eighths inch by five-eighths inch in size, oval, slightly necked, blunt 

 at the apex, with pitted surfaces ; ventral suture winged, deeply furrowed ; dorsal suture 

 widely and deeply grooved. 



BEJONNIERES 



Prunus insititia 



i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 898. 1869. 2. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 472. 1887. 3. Ibid. 453. 

 1906. 



Des B^jonnieres 2, 3. Prune des Bejonnitres i. 



This variety is so highly prized in France that it is here recommended 

 for trial even though the trees as they grow in this part of New York have 

 not been productive. It is too small for a dessert plum but might become 

 of value here if used as in France for tarts, spices, preserves and drying. 

 The plum originated about 1827 in the nursery of Andre" Leroy, Bejonnieres, 

 Angers, France. 



Tree medium in size and vigor, upright-spreading, unproductive ; leaf -scars swollen ; 

 leaves oval, medium in width and length; margin with small dark glands, finely serrate; 

 petiole with none or from one to six glands, usually on the stalk; flowers appearing after 

 the leaves, tinged creamy- white as they open; borne on lateral buds and spurs, in pairs 

 or in threes. 



Fruit late, season of medium length; one and three-eighths inches by one and 

 one-quarter inches in size, obovate, a little necked, yellow, blotched with red on the 

 exposed cheek, covered with thin bloom; stem long; apex strongly depressed; flesh 

 pale yellow, firm but tender, sweet, aromatic; very good; stone semi-clinging, three- 

 quarters inch by one-half inch in size, oval. 



BELGIAN PURPLE 



Prunus domestica 



i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 373. 1857. 2 - Hogg Fruit Man. 351. 1866. 3. Pom. France 

 7: No. 27. 1871. 4. MasLtf Verger6:io$. 1866-73. 5- Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 36. 1877. 6. Cat. Cong. 

 Pom. France 340. 1887. 7. Guide Prat. 153, 352. 1895. 



Bleue de Perk 4. Bleue de Bergues 3,7. Bleue de Belgique 1,7. Bleu de Perque i. Blaue von 

 Belgien 4, 7. Bleu de Bergues 6. Bleue de Peck 6. Belgian Purple 4, 6, 7. Bleue de Belgique 7. 

 Belgische Damascene 7. Bleue de Perck 7. Bleu de Belgique 6. Fertheringham 3 incor. Prune 

 Bleue de Belgique 3. 



Belgian Purple is a medium grade plum of little value for dessert 

 but rather highly esteemed for culinary purposes, especially in Europe. 

 It probably has but a small place in American pomology. Concerning 



