280 SUPPLEMENT. 



prodigious bearer, the fruit being produced in clusters, 

 and it is invaluable as a market plum. 



OULLENS' GAGE (Heine Claude d'Oullens ; Heine Claude 

 Prfcoce). Fruit not so large as the Green Gage, but of 

 the same shape. When ripe the skin is of a rich yellow 

 colour, dotted with crimson on the side exposed to the 

 sun, and covered with a very delicate white bloom. Stalk 

 three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a rather wide 

 depression. Flesh yellow, very tender and juicy, rich, 

 sugary, and delicious, adhering slightly to the stone. 

 Shoots smooth. Ripe in the middle of August. 



This is a remarkably fine dessert plum, and valuable 

 for its earliness. The tree has a robust pyramidal growth. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



CULVEEWELL'S SANSPABEIL. Fruit long and tapering, 

 rarely assuming any other shape ; very much furrowed 

 and irregular on its surface. Seeds not deeply embedded. 

 Skin very dark red, becoming almost black when highly 

 ripened. Flesh very firm and solid, red throughout, and 

 very richly flavoured. 



FBOGMOEE LATE PINE. Fruit very large, conical, and 

 cockscomb-shaped, with a glossy neck like the old Pine 

 Seeds not deeply embedded. Skin glossy, bright red. 

 becoming dark red and almost black when ripe. Flesh 

 tender, and very juicy, red throughout, richly flavoured, 

 and a good deal of the Pine aroma when well ripened. 



This is a late variety, and an abundant bearer, coming 

 in with the Elton, but much less acid that that variety. 



HIGHLAND MAEY. Fruit above medium size, conical, 

 and inclining to cockscomb shape. Skin dark red. Seeds 

 small, not deeply embedded. Flesh white, rather hollow 

 at the core, briskly and agreeably flavoured. 



The plant is an abundant bearer. 



RICHAED THE SECOND. This is an improved variety of 

 Black Prince, to which it is similar in form and colour, 

 but of a larger size. It is above medium size, and almost 

 round; of a dark red colour, and almost black when 

 highly ripened. Flesh pale scarlet, firm, but hollow 

 round the core. 



