536 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Autumn Beauty. See Belle de Septembre. 



AUTUMN COMPOTE. — Fruit, very large, oval, marked with a 

 Bhallow suture. Skin, bright red. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch 

 long, inserted in a close, narrow cavity. Flesh, tender, juicy, and 

 well-flavoured. 



A valuable culinary plum, which makes a fine preserve ; ripe in the 

 end of September. When preserved the pulp is of an amber colour, 

 flavour rich, and possessing more acidity than the Green Gage does 

 when preserved. Shoots, smooth. 



It was raised by Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, from Cooper's Large. 



Autumn Gage. See Bo^s Autumn. 



Avant Prune Blanche. See White Primordian. 



D'Avoine. See White Primordian. 



Azure Hative. See Early Blue. 



Battle Monument. See Blue Perdrigon. 



Becker's Scarlet. See Lombard. 



Beekman's Scarlet. See Lombard. 



BELGIAN PUEPLE (Bleu, de B el gique).— Fruit, medium sized; 

 roundish, marked with a shallow suture, one side of which is a Httle 

 swollen. Skin, deep purple, covered with blue bloom. Stalk, about 

 an inch long, inserted in a cavity. Flesh, greenish, rather coarse, 

 very juicy, sweet, and rich, slightly adherent to the stone. 



A valuable cooking plum ; ripe in the middle of August. Shoots, 

 smooth. 



BELLE DE LOUVAIN. — ^Fruit, large, two inches and a quarter 

 long, and an inch and three-quarters wide ; long oval, marked with a 

 well defined suture. Skin, reddish purple, covered with a delicate 

 bloom. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, stout, and inserted in 

 a considerable depression. Flesh, yeUow, firm, adhering closely to the 

 stone, and with an agreeable flavour. 



A culinary plum, in use in the end of August. Shoots, smooth. 



BELLE DE SEPTEMBRE (Autumn Beauty ; Reina Nova ; Gros 

 Bouge de Septemh-e). — Fruit, large ; roundish oval, marked with a 

 shallow suture. Skin, thin, violet-red, thickly covered with yeUow 

 dots, and a thin blue bloom. Stalk, half an inch long, slender, 

 inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, firm, juicy, 

 sweet, and aromatic, adhering rather to the stone. 



A first-rate plum for cooking or preserving ; it furnishes a fine 

 crimson juice or syrup. Ripe in the beginning and middle of October. 

 Shoots, downy. 



BELVOIR PLUM. — Fruit, above medium size, the size of a Green 

 Gage, round^ marked on one side with a faint suture, which is deepest 



