P RUN US, PLUM TREE. 105 



This plum ripens at the beginning of September; it ripens earlier on espalier. 



XXXIX . PL UM TREE with medium-sized more elongated beautifully purple late fruit pointed 

 at both ends. 



Purple IMPERATRICE. (PL XVIII.) 



This plum tree somewhat resembles the Perdrigon plum tree. 



The shoots are of average strength. Their bark is reddish. 



The buds are big, pointed, not very far from one another and close to the branch. 

 Many of them are double or triple. Their stems are big & wide. 



The flowers are small & are fully open. Their petals are oval. 



The leaves are of average size, two inches ten lignes long and twenty lignes wide. 

 Their widest point is near the middle; the two ends terminate in a point. The denticulation 

 is large & deep. The stalk is six lignes long. The veins are covered with thick down. 



The fruit is medium-sized, long, and pointed at both ends. The contour is often 

 irregular along one side. The stalk is quite full, about six or seven lignes long, and is 

 inserted almost flush with the fruit. There's no discernible groove at all. The fruit is 

 eighteen lignes long & thirteen-&-a-half lignes in diameter. 



Its skin is a beautiful purple, covered with a lot of bloom, and somewhat hard. 



Its flesh is firm & delicate. It tends to be yellow on the side exposed to the sun & 

 green on the other side. 



The juice is quite sweet for a late plum. 



