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also known by tliis name ; and was introduced some years 

 ago by Mr. Elvers, of Sawbridgeworth, 



Peach. See Nectarine. 

 Perdrigon Blanc. See White Perdrigon 

 Perdrigon Rouge. See Red Perdrigon. 

 Perdrigon Violet. See Slue Perdrigon. 



PERDEIGON VIOLET HATIF. Fruit medium sized, 

 roundish-oval. Skin purple. Flesh rich, juicy, and 

 excellent, separating from the stone. Shoots downy. 



A first-rate dessert plum. Eipe in the middle of 

 August. The tree is very hardy, and an abundant 

 bearer. This is not the same as rerdrigon Hatif and 

 Moyeu de Bourgogne with which it is made synonymous 

 in the Horticultural Society's Catalogue, both of these 

 being yellow plums. 



Petite Bricette. See Miralelle Tardive. 

 Petite Damas Vert. See Yellow Gage. 

 Pickett's July. See White Primordian. 

 Pigeon's Heart. See Queen Mother. 

 Pond's Purple. See Pond's Seedling. 



POND'S SEEDLING (Fonthill ; Pond's Purple). Fruit 

 very large, oval, widest at the apex and narrowing to- 

 wards the stalk, marked with a wide suture. Skin fine 

 dark red, thickly strewed with grey dots, and covered 

 with thin bluish bloom. Stalk three quarters of an inch 

 long, inserted without depression. Flesh yellowish, 

 rayed with white, juicy, and briskly flavoured, adhering 

 to the stone. Shoots smooth. 



A valuable culinary plum. Eipe in the beginning and 

 middle of September. 



PRECOCE DE BERGTHOLD. This is a small, roundish- 

 oval plum of a yellow colour, similar in appearance to, 

 but of better flavour than, White Primordian. The flesh 

 is juicy and sweet, separating from the stone. Shoots 

 downy. It is very early, ripening before the White 

 Primordian in the latter end of July. 



PRECOCE DE TOURS (Damas de Tours; Noire Hdtive ; 

 Prune de Gaillon; Violette de Tours}. Fruit below 

 medium size, oval, sometimes inclining to obovate, and 

 marked with a shallow indistinct suture. Skin deep 



