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slightly more conical, having the ventral swelling near the base, thus giving 

 it more of a shoulder. The flavor is sweeter and richer than that of the 

 Italian Prune. There appear to be practically no differences between the 

 trees, the foliage and the flowers of the two kinds. Wherever the Italian 

 is successfully grown it may be well worth while to try the Large English. 

 The relation the word English has to this prune is unknown. Oberdieck, 

 in 1 88 1, wrote that this variety resembled the Italian Prune in fruit, but 

 differed in that it had a noticeably broader leaf; he adds " it has been 

 incorrectly called the Swiss Prune and is much spread in Germany under 

 the name of Italian Prune." E. R. Lake, of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture, brought it to America, in 1901, from the Pomological Insti- 

 tute, Reutlingen, Wurtemburg, Germany. Lake's stock was tested at 

 this Station and the variety agrees with Oberdieck's description. 



Tree of average size, vigorous, upright-spreading, dense-topped, productive; 

 branchlets with long internodes; leaf-scars enlarged; leaves folded upward, oval or 

 obovate, nearly one and three-quarters inches wide, three and one-half inches long, 

 thick, rugose; margin crenate or almost serrate, eglandular or with small dark glands; 

 petiole pubescent, tinged red, with from two to four globose glands; blooming season 

 intermediate in time, short; flowers appearing after the leaves, one inch across; petals 

 long, narrow, white, in the buds tipped with yellow; borne singly or in pairs; stamens 

 tend to become petals. 



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

 one-half inches in size, long-ovate, purplish-black, with thick bloom; dots numerous, 

 conspicuous; flesh yellowish with a trace of red at full maturity at both skin and stone, 

 juicy, very sweet, aromatic, with a pleasant flavor; very good to best; stone free, the 

 cavity larger than the pit, often brownish-red, one inch by five-eighths inch in size, 

 irregular-oval, flattened, with an oblique apex; ventral suture prominent, usually with 

 a distinct wing; dorsal suture with a wide, deep groove. 



LATE MIRABELLE 



Prunus insititia 



I. Land. Hon. Soc. Cat. 150. 1831. 2. Barry Fr. Garden 339. 1851. 3. Downing Fr. Trees 

 Am. 388. 1857. 4. Hogg Fruit Man. 353. 1866. 5. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 901. 1869. 6. Pom. 

 France 7: No. 20. 1871. 7. Mas Le Verger 6:7. 1866-73. 8 - Cat. Cong. Pom. France 352. 1887. 

 9. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 442, 449. 1889. 10. Guide Prat. 162, 360. 1895. n. Baltet Cult. Fr. 

 493. 1908. 



Bricetta 9. Bricetta 5. Bricet 5, 9. Bricette 6, 8, 10. Brisette 6, 7, 10. Bricette 4. Die 

 Brisette 9. Kleine Brisette 9. La Bricette 9. Mirabelle Tardive i, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, n. Mirabelle 

 Tardive 4, 5, 6, 9. Mirabelle d'Octobre 2. Mirabelle d'Octobre 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10. October Mirabelle 9. 

 Petit Bricette 5, 9. Petite Bricette 4, 6, 10. Runde Brisette 9. Spate Mirabelle 6, 8, 9, 10. 



In France, where all of the Mirabelles are highly esteemed, the Late 

 Mirabelle is much grown because of its season. The variety is practically 



