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the gardener to Comte Michael Joseph d' 

 Althan, introduced into England about 

 1869. Self-sterile. D. mid-Sept. 



Purple Gage. — The Reine Claude Vio- 

 lette of the French, probably raised by 

 M. Galopin of Liege, Belgium. D. early 

 Sept. 



Coe's Golden Drop. — Raised about 1809 

 by Jervaise Coe, a market gardener, at 

 Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, it grew from 

 a greengage stone, probably fertilised by 

 a White Magnum Bonum, which grew 

 aside it. T. A. Knight sent a tree of this 

 variety to America in 1823. Flowers late. 

 D. end Sept. Self-sterile. 



Denniston's Superb Gage. — Grown by 

 Isaac Denniston, Albany, New York, 

 about 1835 or 1840. Very self-fertile. 

 Flowers mid-season. D. early Aug. 



Jefferson Gage — Raised by Judge Buel, 

 Albany, New York, U.S.A., about 1825, 

 named in honour of President Jefferson. 

 Self-sterile. Flowers early. D. early Sept. 



Washington Gage — Appears to have 

 been raised about 1790 from a greengage 

 stone in the nursery of William Prince, 

 at Flushing, Long Island, U.S.A., and 

 named after the famous president. Is self- 

 sterile. D. early Sept. 



Prune Plums. 



Prune d'Agen Plum. — The great prune- 

 making plum of France and America, 

 tradition says that on the return of the 

 Benedictine . monks from the Crusades, 

 this plum was brought from Turkey or 

 Persia, where it was known as the Date 

 Plum, it was planted in the Abbey garden, 

 near Bordeaux. It is extensively grown 

 in the Agen region of France, where it is 

 dried. Self-sterile. D. end Sept. 



The Giant Prune. — Raised by Luther 

 Burbank, Santa Rosa, California, from 

 seed of Agen, fertilised by Pond, the Hun- 

 garian prune of the Pacific Coast. 

 Slightly self-fertile. C. early Sept. 



Italian Prune. — Originated in Italy, at 

 least a century ago, has long been com- 

 mon in Northern Italy, especially around 

 Milan. Beginning Sept. 



Ickworth Imperatrice. — Raised by 

 Thomas Andrew Knight, from Imperatrice 

 fertilised by Golden Drop, named after 

 Ickworth Park, near Bury St. Albans. 

 Knight aimed in raising this and other 

 plums to produce a fruit containing suffi- 



cient sugar to keep well and not shrivel. 

 In Ickworth he succeeded to a high 

 degree. Self-sterile. Ripe in Oct. 



German Prune or Guetsche. — One of the 

 oldest plums in cultivation; superseded 

 by better varieties. C. end of Sept. 



Damsons (Oval). 



The common damson, the damson of the 

 ancients, is adapted to various climates 

 and soils. It takes its name from Dama.s- 

 cus, in Syria, it was brought to Italy at 

 least a century before the Christian era. 



Farleigh, Crittenden, or Cluster Dam- 

 son. — Raised by James Crittenden, of 

 East Farleigh, in Kent, about 1800. 

 Can be raised from suckers. Flowers 

 late mid-season. Slightly self-fertile. 

 Ripe mid-Sept. 



Merryweather Damson. — Originated by 

 H. Merryweather and Sons, Southwell, 

 Notts., England. Exhibited in 1907. C. 

 ripe very late. 



Rivers' Early Damson. — From seed of 

 St. Etienne Plum. Ripens beginning of 

 August. 



The Shropshire or Prune Damson, 

 known since 17th century, the favourite 

 of the West of England and Pershore 

 district, blossoms late. Ripe mid-Sept. 



BuLLACE (Round). 



Black Bullace — the wild buUace found 

 occasionally in woods. . Ripened by the 

 early frosts. 



White Bullace — an old variety, men- 

 tioned by Parkinson, in 1529. An im- 

 mense bearer. Self-fertile. Ripe end 

 Oct. and beginning of Nov. 



Langley's Black Bullace — raised by 

 Messrs. Veitch, from Farleigh Damson 

 X Early Orleans, introduced in 1902. 

 Ripe Nov. 



Othee Plums. 



Victoria. — Discovered in a garden at 

 Alderton, in Sussex, and later sold as 

 Denyer's Victoria, by Denyer, a nursery- 

 man, at Brixton, near London, in 1844. 

 Very self-fertile. Delicate to frost. 

 Flowers mid-season. Ripe early Sept. 



Pershore Egg Plum. — The Worcester- 

 shire plum, long grown at Pershore. 

 Excellent green for cooking and preserv- 

 ing, yellow when ripe, then woolly. 

 Comes from sucker. Is a good stock for 



