394 THE PLUM. 



Preserved, it is used in winter as a substitute for butter, by the 

 labouring peasantry ; and dried, it is a source of large profit in 

 commerce. In this country, it is yet but little known, but from 

 the great hardiness and productiveness of the tree, it may be 

 worth trial on a large scale. 



The AUSTRIAN QUETSIKE, Thomp. ( Quetsche de Breme, Bre- 

 men Prune?) is a sub-variety, much like the foregoing, purple, 

 a freestone, of rather better flavour, and ripening somewhat later. 



ST. JAMES' QUETSCHE, is another variety, with smooth branch- 

 es, and oblong fruit of medium size. Flesh purple, adheres to 

 the stone, of very good flavour. It yields good crops. September. 



QUEEN MOTHER. Thomp. Ray. Lind. 



Bed Queen Mother. Pigeon's Heart. 

 Damas Yiolet. 



A neat little reddish plum, long known in European gardens. 

 Branches smooth, rather feeble in growth. Fruit rather small, 

 round, about an inch in diameter. Skin dark, purplish-red in 

 the sun, pale reddish amber in the shade, with many reddish 

 dots. Stalk half an inch long. Flesh yellow, sweet and rich, 

 separating freely from the stone, which is quite small. Sep- 

 tember. 



RED MAGNUM BONUM. Lind. Thomp. Mill. 



Purple Egg. Imperiale Violette. 



Red Imperial. Impe'riale Rouge. 



Imperial. Dame Aubert Violette. I of the 



Purple Magnum Bonum. Imperiale. [French. 



Florence. Prune d'oeuf. 



Imperial Violet. 



A foreign variety of moderate growth, slender smooth shoots, 

 distinct from the American variety, which is a vigorous grower, 

 with downy shoots. 



Fruit large, oval, with a strong suture, on one side of which 

 the fruit is more swollen. Skin rather pale in the shade, but 

 deep red in the sun, sprinkled with many gray dots, and dusted 

 with but little pale bloom. Stalk an inch or more long, slender, 

 set in a narrow cavity. Flesh greenish, rather firm and coarse, 

 with a sub-acid flavour; separating from the stone, which is 

 oval and pointed. First of September. 



REINE CLAUDE ROUGE of September. 

 Riena Nova. 



Tree vigorous. Fruit very large, roundish-oval. Skin 

 smooth, reddish, shaded with purple on the sunny side, finely 

 pointed with russet. Stalk slender, set in a slight cavity. 

 Flesh firm, juicy, sugary, slightly acid, somewhat aromatic, very 



