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flavoured if allowed to hang till it shrivels ; ripe in the beginning of 

 September. Shoots, smooth. Tree, hardy, and an excellent bearer ; 

 succeeds well either as a standard or against a wall. 



This variety has the property of being less liable to crack in wet 

 seasons than the Green Gage. 



Queen Claudia. See Green Gage. 



QUEEN MOTHER (Pigeon's Heart).— Frmi, below medium size ; 

 round, and marked with a slight suture. Skin, dark red next the sun, 

 but paler towards the shaded side, where it is yellow, and covered all 

 over with reddish dots. Stalk, half an inch long, inserted in a small 

 depression. Flesh, yellow, rich, and sugary, separating from the 

 stone. 



An excellent dessert plum ; ripe in September. The young shoots 

 are smooth. The tree is a good bearer. 



The Queen Mother of Parkinson and Ray is made synonymous with the Cherry 

 Plum, which the figure of Parkinson decidedly confirms, being cordate. That of 

 Eea is, I think, most likely to be the variety above described, as he says it is a fine- 

 tasted round red plum. Langley is the first whose description and figure identify 

 the variety now under notice. Hitt says there are two sorts of Queen Mother, the 

 one pale red and the other bright yellow, and both thinly powdered. 



QUETSCHE {Early Russian; German Prune; German Quetsche; 

 Leipzig ; Prune d'Allemagne ; Sweet Prune ; Turkish Quetsche ; 

 Zwetsche). — ^Fruit, medium sized ; oval, narrowing towards the stalk, 

 flattened on one side, where it is marked with a distinct suture. Skin, 

 dark purple, dotted with grey dots and veins of russet, and covered 

 with blue bloom. Stalk, an inch long. Flesh, firm, juicy, sweet, and 

 brisk, separating from the stone. 



A cuhnary plum ; ripe in the end of September. Shoots, smooth. 



Quetsche d'ltaUe. See Italian Prune. 



Red Damask. See Orleans. 



Red Diaper. See Diapree Bouge. 



Red Fotheringham. See Fotheringham. 



Red Imperial. See Bed Magnum Bonum. 



RED MAGNUM BONUM {Askew's Purple Egg; Dame Aubert 

 Violette ; Florence ; Imperiale ; ImpSfiale Bmige ; Imperiale ViolMe ; 

 Mogul Bouge ; (Euf Bouge ; Purple Egg ; Bed Egg ; Bed Imperial). — 

 Fruit, large ; oval, and narrowing a little towards the stalk ; marked 

 with a distinct sutm-e, one side of which is frequently higher than the 

 other. Skin, deep red where exposed to the sun, but paler in the 

 shade, strewed with grey dots, and covered with blue bloom. Stalk, 

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

 coarse, not very juicy, briskly flavoured, and separating from the 

 stone. 



A culinary plum ; ripe in the beginning and middle of September. 



