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The young shoots are smooth. The tree is very vigorous and hardy, 

 and an excellent bearer as a standard. 



This plum has been cultivated in this country since the time of Parkinson, being 

 mentioned by him and all subsequent English authors under the name of Imperial 

 .or Bed Imperial, and is first called Red Magnum Bonum by Langley. 



BED PEKDRIGON {Perdngon Eouge).—Fmit, small; roundish 

 oval. Skin, fine deep red, marked with fawn-coloured dots, and thickly 

 covered with pale blue bloom. Stalk, an inch long, stout, inserted in 

 a round cavity. Flesh, clear yellow, firm, rich, juicy, and sugary, and 

 separating from the stone. 



A dessert plum ; ripe in the middle and end of September. Shoots, 

 downy. 



Reina Nova. See Belle de Septembre. 

 Eeine Claude. See Green Oage. 



EEINE CLAUDE DE BAVAY (Monstnceme de Bavay ; St. Claire). 

 — Fruit, large ; roundish, and flattened at both ends. Skin, greenish 

 yellow, mottled and streaked with green, and covered with a delicate 

 white bloom. Stalk, half an inch long, inserted in a small cavity. 

 Flesh, yellow, tender, melting, and very juicy, with a rich, sugary 

 flavour, and separating from the stone. 



A first-rate dessert plum of exquisite flavour ; ripe in the end of 

 September and beginning of October. Shoots, smooth. 



Reine Claude de Berger. See Peach. 



Reine Claude Boddaert. See Boddaerfs Oreen Gage. 



Reine Claude Braunau. See Ahricotee de Braunau. 



Eeine Claude de Brahy. See Brahy's Green Gage. 



Reine Claude Diaphane. See Transparent Gage. 



Eeine Claude Grosse. See Green Gage, 



Reine Claude de Bavay Hative. See July Green Gage. 



Reine Claude de Jodoigne. See Jodoigne Green Gage. 



Reine Claude d'Octobre. See Late Green Gage. 



Reine Claude d'Oullins. See Oullins Golden. 



Eeine Claude Petite. See Yellow Gage. 



Eeine Claude Precoce. See Oullins Golden. 



Eeine Claude Eouge. See Van Mom' Red. 



Reine Claude Tardive. See Late Green Gage. 



Eeine Claude Violette. See Purple Gage. 



REINE VICTORIA. — This is a French variety, and quite distinct 

 from the Victoria. It is of short-oval shape, much like Kirke's, but 

 not quite so round. Skin, dark reddish purple. Flesh, very juicy, 

 rich, and agreeable, and separating from the stone. 



It is from two to three weeks later than Kirke's. Shoots, downy. 



Rensselaer Green Gage. See Green Gage. 



