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furrow ; sta.k slender, rather long, in large, shallow cavity ; skin yellowish, purpled in 

 the sun ; flesh clear yellow ; August-September. 



Reine Claude de Bavay.— Very fertile;/;^// large, rounded-oval, wide furrow; 

 stalk medium, in narrow and deep cavity; skin greenish yellow, shining, delicately 

 marked ; end of September. 



Reine Claude Diaphane (Reine Claude Transparente).— Fertile ; fruit large, 

 spherical, with faint furrow ; stalk thick, short, in narrow, deep cavity ; skin golden 

 yellow, rose carmine in the sun ; flesh greenish yellow ; beginning of September. 



Reine Claude Dor£e (Reine Claude Abricotine).— Very fertile ; fruit medium or 

 rather large, spherical, with wide deep furrow ; stalk short, thick, in broad, deep cavity ; 

 skin yellowish green, golden in the sun ; flesh yellowish green ; end of August. 



Reine Claude HAtive. — Fertile ; fruit medium size, spherical, with slight furrow ; 

 stalk short, in slight cavity, greenish yellow ; mid-July. 



Reine Claude Violette.— Fertile ; fruit medium or rather large, spherical ; skin 

 deep violet, spotted tawny yellow, plum blue ; fUsh greenish ; mid-September. 



Ste. Catherine.— Fertile ; fruit golden yellow ; flesh rather acid. Prune. Mid- 

 September. 



Classification according to Time of Ripening 



Second Fortnight offuly 



Bonne de Bry | Reine Claude Hitive 



First Fortnight of August 



Monsieur Hatif | De Montfort 



„ k Fruit Jaune 



Second Fortnight of August 



Kirke's 



M'irabelle Grosse de Nancy 

 „ Petite de Metz 



Reine Claude d'Althann 

 „ „ Doree 



f-'irst Fortnight of September 



D'Agen 

 Jefferson 



Reine Claude Diaphane 



„ „ Violette 



Noberte 



Second Fortnight of September 



Coe's Golden Drop I Quetsche d'ltalie 



Quetsche d'AUemagne | Reine Claude de Bavay 



The plum is generally grown as a standard ; other forms are not to be recommended. 

 Varieties for Market Culture 



Monsieur Hatif 



Mirabelle Petite, for jams and 



liqueurs 

 Coe's Golden Drop 



De Montfort 



Reine Claude Dorde 

 „ „ Violette 



„ „ de Bavay 



St. Catherine, d'Agen, Quetsche d'AUemagne (Prunes) 



The Noberte plum, for tarts, &c., is very much grown in Le Soissonnais. The tree is 

 moderately vigorous, and very fertile. Its medium-sized black fruit is much appreciated. 



