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BEAHY'S GREEN GAGE {Reine Claude de Bm/ii/).— This is a 

 genuine Green Gage of enormous size, being not less than two inches 

 in diameter. In every respect it resembles the old Green Gage, and it 

 is therefore unnecessary to describe it further than to say that it is a 

 little earher, ripening about the third week in August. 



Bricette. See St. Catherine. 

 Brignole. See While Perdrigon. 

 Brignole Violette. See Blue Perdrigon. 

 Brugnon Green Gage. See Oreen Gage. 



BEYANSTON GAGE.— This is exactly like the Green Gage, but 

 very much larger, and about a fortnight later. 



BULLACE. — The BuUace is the Prunus insititia of botanists, and is 

 found wild in many parts of Great Britain. It and the Damson 

 originate from the same source, and the difference between these two 

 fruits is little more than a name ; the round ones being called 

 BuUaces and the oval ones Damsons. These last wiQ be found 

 described under Damson. There are several varieties of Bullace, of 

 which the following are the best known : — 



Black Bullace. — Fruit, small, round, and marked with a faint 

 suture. Skin, quite black, covered with a thin bloom. Flesh, austere 

 till ripened by early frosts. This is found in hedges and woods in 

 Britain. 



Essex Bullace [New Large Bullace). — Fruit, larger than the com- 

 mon White Bullace, being about an inch or a little more in diameter ; 

 round. Skin, green, becoming yellowish as it ripens. Flesh, juicy, 

 and not so acid as the common Bullace. 



It ripens in the end of October and beginning of November ; and 

 the tree, which forms handsome pyramids, is an enormous bearer. 



EoYAL Bullace. — ^Fruit, large, about an inch and a quarter in 

 diameter ; round, marked with a faint suture. Skin, bright grass- 

 green, mottled with red on the side next the sun, and becoming yel- 

 lowish green as it ripens, with a thin grey bloom on the surface. 

 Stalk, a quarter of an inch long, very slender, inserted in a wide and 

 rather deep cavity. Flesh, green, separating from the stone, briskly 

 flavoured, and with a sufficient admixture of sweetness to make it an 

 agreeable late fruit. 



It ripens in the beginning of October, and continues to hang during 

 the month. The tree is an immense bearer. Young shoots, downy. 



White Bullace (Bullace). — Fruit, small ; round. Skin, pale yel- 

 lowish white, mottled with red next the sun. Flesh, firm, juicy, 

 subacid, adhering to the stone, becoming sweetish when quite ripe in 

 the end of October and beginning of November. 



The tree is an immense bearer. Young shoots, dovray. 



