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DAMSON, E. Cultivated 

 for cooking purposes. There 

 are several varieties of this 

 fruit all originating from 

 the native English plum. 

 Amongst the best is Critten- 

 den's Cluster, or Prolific. 

 Fruit larger than any of the 

 others, roundish oval, skin 

 black, and covered with a 

 thin bloom. Tree a heavy 

 bearer. Young shoots downy. 



PRUNE D'AGEN, Fig. 1 

 (syn. French Prune, Prune 

 d'Ente), L. Ripens end of 

 March. The most propa- 

 gated in the Valley of the 

 Lot in France and also in 

 California. Tree of moderate 

 growth. Young shoots dense, 

 smooth. Very productive. 

 Fruit medium size, oval, 

 slightly necked, suture small. 

 Skin violet purple, covered 

 with a thick bloom and 

 numerous small dots. Stalk 

 nearly an inch long, a little 

 curved, set in a small de- 

 pression. Flesh greenish- 

 yellow, juicy, sugary, rich 

 and delicious, slightly ad- 

 herent to the stone. Ripens 

 middle season. The best of 

 all prunes. When cured con- 

 tains 35 to 50 per cent, sugar. 

 When fresh 15 to 30 go to 

 the pound, and 45 to 75 to 

 the pound cured, with a 

 ratio between cured and fresh 

 fruit of 2-55 to 2-90. 



SPLENDOR (Fig. 2.) A 

 cross between the Prune 

 d'Agen, fertilised by Pond, 

 or Hungarian Plum. Tree 

 vigorous and uniform in 

 growth ; not so thick as the 

 Prune d'Agen, which it re- 

 sembles. Fruit freestone, 

 ripens two weeks earlier than 

 its parent, and much larger. 

 It is a clear, even red, and 



