PLUMS. 573 



TEANSPAEENT GAGE {Rdne Claude Diop/tajie).— Fruit, larger 

 than the Green Gage ; round, and very much flattened, marked with a 

 shallow suture. Skin, thin, and so transparent as to show the texture 

 of the flesh, and also the stone, when the fruit is held up between the 

 eye and the light ; greenish yellow, dotted and marbled with red. 

 Stalk, half an inch long, thin, and inserted in a rather deep cavity. 

 Flesh, greenish yellow, rather firm and transparent, very juicy, and 

 with a rich honied sweetness, separating from the stone. 



A most delicious dessert plum ; ripe in the beginning of September. 

 Young shoots, smooth. 



Trompe Gar^on. See Green Gage. 

 Trompe Valet. See Green Gage. 

 Turkish Quetsche. See Quetsche. 



VAN MONS' EED {Reine Claude Rouge Van Mo?i«).— Fruit, very 

 large ; roundish oval. Skin, reddish purple, dotted with yellow russet 

 dots, and covered with very thick bluish white bloom. Stalk, thick, 

 about an inch long, inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh, firm and crisp, 

 juicy, sugary, and deliciously flavoured, and separating from the 

 stone. 



One of the finest dessert plums ; ripe in the end of August and be- 

 ginning of September. Shoots, downy. 



Verdacia. See Green Gage. 

 Verdochio. See Green Gage. 

 Verte Bonne. See Green Gage. 

 Verte Tiquetee. See Green Gage. 



VICTOEIA [Alderton; Denye)-'s Victoria; Sharp's Emperor). — 

 Fruit, large ; roundish oval, marked with a shallow suture. Skin, 

 bright red on the side next the sun, but pale red on the shaded side, 

 and covered with thin bloom. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, 

 stout. Flesh, yellow, very juicy, sweet, and pleasantly flavoured, 

 separating from the stone. 



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

 The tree is an immense bearer, and ought to find a place in every gar- 

 den, however small. Young shoots, downy. 



This is a Sussex plum, and was discovered in a garden at Alderton in that 

 countv. It became known as Sharp's Emperor, and was ultimately sold by a 

 nurseryman named Denyer, at Brixton, near London, at a high price as a new 

 variety under the name of Denyer's Victoria, in the year 1844. 



VIOLET DAMASK (Darnas Violet). — Fruit, medium sized; oval, 

 without any apparent suture, but slightly flattened on one side ; nar- 

 rowing towards the stalk, and slightly flattened on one side. Skin, 

 reddish purple, covered with delicate blue bloom. Stalk, half an inch 

 long, pretty stout and downy, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, 

 yellow, firm, sweet, and briskly flavoured, separating from the stone. 



