THE PLUM. 393 



Fruit large, egg-shaped, witli a neck, deep-purple, shaded 

 with violet, suture deep, half-round. Flesh rather coarse, melt- 

 ing, pleasant. Freestone. Ripens end of August. (Al. Pom.) 



QUACKENBOSS. 



Introduced by Mr. Quackenboss, of Greenbush, N. Y. A 

 very rapid upright grower, and productive. 



Fruit large, oblong-oval. Skin deep purple, covered with a 

 whitish bloom. Suture scarcely apparent. Stalk short, crook- 

 ed, thin, and set in a slight depressed cavity. Flesh greenish- 

 yellow, sprightly, juicy, a little coarse-grained, sweet and excel- 

 lent. Adheres slightly to the stone. A valuable late market 

 plum, October. (X. Y. Hort. Rev.) 



QUETSCHE DE DoRELLE. 



Fruit medium, oval. Suture small. Skin reddish-purple, 

 with a thin bloom, and thickly covered with grey dots. Flesh 

 greenish, sweet, and pleasant. Adheres to the stone. Ripent 

 first of September. 



QuETSCHE, OR German Prune. Thomp. 



Common Quetsche. Zwetsche. 



True Large German Prune. Quetsche Grosse. 



Turkish Quetsche, Prune d'Allemagne. 1 ac. to 



Leipzic. Quetsche d'Allemagne Grosse. ' Thomp. 



Sweet Prune. Damas Gros. 



Damask. Covetche. 



Imperatrice Yiolette. ) 



Imperatrice Yiolette Grosse. > incorrectly, of some. 



Damas Yiolet Gros. ) 



So many plums are cultivated under the name of German 

 Prune, that it is difficult to fix this fickle title, a circumstance 

 owing to the fact that the prune frequently comes the same, or 

 nearly the same, from seed, and in prune-growing districts this 

 is a popular way of increasing them, while it, of course, gives 

 rise to many shades of character. It is a valuable class of 

 plums, of fair quality for the table, but most esteemed for dry- 

 ing and preserving — abundant bearers, and hanging long on the 

 tree. The common German Prune is described as follows : 



Branches smooth. Fruit long-oval, near two inches long, 

 peculiarly swollen on one side, and drawn out towards the stalk. 

 Suture distinctly marked. Skin purple, w^ith a thick blue 

 bloom. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, slender, slightly 

 inserted. Flesh firm, green, sweet and pleasant ; separates from 

 the stone, which is flat, very long, and a little curved. Ripens 

 about the 10th of September. 



This prune is, perhaps, the most universal and most valuable 

 fruit tree in Germany, Hungary, Saxony, and all central Europe. 



