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rich sugary flavour, and adhering to the stone. Shoots 

 smooth. 



A first-rate plum either for the dessert or preserving. 

 .Ripe in October. The tree requires a wall, and the fruit 

 will hang long on the tree, when it becomes shrivelled 

 and very rich in flavour. 



BLUE PERDRIGON (Brignole Violette ; Battle Monu- 

 ment; Perdrigon Violette; Violet Perdrigon}. Fruit 

 medium sized, oval, widest at the apex, flattened on the 

 side marked with the suture, which is shallow. Skin 

 reddish-purple, marked with minute yellow dots, and 

 covered with thick greyish- white bloom. Slalk three 

 quarters of an inch long, inserted in a small and rather 

 deep cavity. Flesh greenish-yellow, firm, rich, and sugary. 

 Shoots do\vny. 



A good old plum, suitable either for the dessert or 

 preserving. The tree requires to be grown against an 

 east or a south-east wall ; the bloom is very tender and 

 susceptible of early spring frosts. 



Bolmar. See Washington. 



Bolmar's Washington. See Washington. 



Bonum Magnum. See White Magnum Bonum 



Bradford Gage. See Green Gage. 



Bricette. See Miralelle Tardive. 



Brignole. See White Perdrigon. 



Brignole Violette. See Blue Perdrigon. 



Brugnon Green Gage. See Green Gage. 



Bullace. See White Bullace. 



Bury Seedling. See Goes Golden Drop. 



Caledonian. See Goliath. 



De Catalogue. See White Primordian. 



Catalonian. See White Primordian. 



Cerisette Blanche. See White Primordian. 



Chapman's Prince of Wales. See Prince of Wales. 



CHERRY (Early Scarlet ; Miser Plum ; Myrolalan ; 

 Virginian Cherry}. Fruit medium sized, cordate, some- 

 what flattened at the stalk, and terminated at the apex 

 by a small nipple, which bears upon it the remnant of 

 the style like a small bristle. Skin very thick and acrid 



