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hang on the tree till it shrivels, which it will do, it is particularly rich 

 and sweet. The young shoots are smooth. The tree is an excellent 

 bearer, and should be grown against an east or south-east wall. It 

 will also keep a long time in the house, if in a dry place. 

 I doubt very much if this is the same as the Imp6ratrice of Cuhamel. 



BLUE PEKDKIGON (Brignole Violette; Battle Monument; Per- 

 drigon Violette ; Violet Perdrigon). — Fruit, medium sized ; oval, widest 

 at the apex, with a shallow suture or furrow on one side, which is 

 slightly flattened. Skin, reddish purple, marked with minute yellowish 

 dots, and covered with thick, greyish white bloom. Stalk, three-quarters 

 of an inch long, inserted in a small and rather deep cavity. Flesh, 

 greenish yellow, firm, rich, sugary, and perfumed, adhering to the 

 stone. 



An old and excellent plum, suitable either for the dessert or preserv- 

 ing ; ripe in the end of August. The young shoots are downy. The 

 tree is a very vigorous grower, but an indiiferent bearer, and requires 

 to be grown against an east or south-east wall. The bloom is very 

 tender and susceptible to early frosts. The fruit will hang till it 

 shrivels. 



This variety and the White Perdrigon when dried form the Pruneaux de Brignole, 

 a small town in Provence. The Perdrigons are reproduced from the stone. Some 

 of the French writers say there are two varieties of Blue Perdrigon, one in which 

 the flesh separates from the stone, and in the other which does not. Hitt describes 

 it as separating from the stone. 



BODDAERT'S GREEN GAGE (Reine Claude Boddaert).— This in 

 every respect resembles the Green Gage, only it is very much larger. 

 The Green Gage is one of those varieties of the plum which reproduces 

 itself from seed with sUght variations, these being either in size or the 

 seasons of ripening. The variety here referred to possesses all the 

 richness of flavour of its parent, is very much larger, and ripens in 

 the end of August. 



The young shoots are smooth. 



Bolmar. See Washington. 



Bolmar's Washington. See Washington. 



Bonum Magnum. See White Magnum Bonum. 



BONNET 33'E'vE<5UE.— Fruit, medium sized; obovate. Skin, 

 dark purple. Flesh, remarkably rich, separating from the stone. 



A first-rate plum, which shrivels when fully ripe, if sufi'ered to hang 

 on the tree till the second week in October. Shoots, smooth. 



BOULOUF. — Fruit, very large ; roundish oval. Skin, red, covered 

 with violet bloom, and dotted. Flesh, yellow, tender, juicy, with a 

 brisk and perfumed flavour. 



An excellent cooking plum ; ripe in the end of August. 



Bradford Gage. See Oreen Oage. 



