174 FRUIT AND ITS CULTIVATION, 



Victoria. The most popular cooking and preserving 

 Plum in cultivation. Good also for dessert. Does well as 

 a standard or pyramid, also as a cordon o>r fan against 

 an east, west, or north wall. Fruit, large, oval. Colour, 

 ridh red. Flavour, juicy, pleasing. Season, early Sep- 

 tember. Self-fertile. 



Wyedale, A very hardy and prolific preserving Plum. 

 Fruit small, oval. Colour, dark purple, covered with a 

 blue bloom. Flavour, juicy, sweet. Season, October to 

 November. Self-fertile. 



Plums for the North. Following are suitable for Nor- 

 thern counties, including Scotland : Cooking Belle de 

 Louvain, Czar, Early Prolific, Belgian Purple, Gisborne's, 

 and Victoria. Dessert Denniston's Superb, Early Trans- 

 parent, Jefferson, Kirke's, Green Gage, and Reine Claude 

 de Baviay. Above are suitable for bush culture. 



Plums for Walls. North aspect : Angelina Burdett, 

 Early Transparent Gage, Jefferson, McLaughlin's Ga<:e 

 and Oullin's Golden Gage (dessert) ; Belgian Purple, Belle 

 de Louvain, Early Prolific (cooking). East aspect : same as 

 last. ** West aspect : Bryanston Gage, Kirke's, Purple 

 Gage, and Laxton's Utility (dessert) ; Belle de Septembre, 

 Victoria, Monarch, and Prince Englebert (cooking). 

 South aspect: Coe's Golden Drop, Denmiston's Superb, 

 Green Gage, Late Transparent Gage, Ickworth Impera- 

 trice, and Reine Claude de Bavay (dessert) ; Archduke, 

 Blue ImpeVatrice, and Wyedale (cooking). 



Plums for Cordons. Angelina Burdett, Coe's Golden 

 Drop, Denniston's Superb, Early Transparent Gage, Bry- 

 anston Gage, Early Green Gage, Jefferson, Kirke's, 

 Oullin's Golden Gage, McLaughlin's Gage, Reine Claude 

 de Bavay, and the Green Gage (dessert) ; Autumn Com- 

 pote, Belgian Purple, Early Prolific, Czar, Prince Engle- 

 bert, and Victoria (cooking). 



Plums for Standards. Early Prolific, Victoria, Czar, 

 Belgian Purple, Pond's Seedling, and Monarch (cooking); 

 Green Gage, Denniston's Superb, Early Transparent, Jef- 

 ferson, Late Transparent, and Bryanston Gage (dessert). 



