368 THE PLUM. 
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Prune p’Acen. Nois. 
D’Agen. Agen Datte. 
Prune d’Ast.. Thomp. St. Maurin. 
Robe de Sergent. Prune de Brignole, (of some.) 
A foreign variety of excellent quality. Tree of moderate 
growth ; branches smooth, very productive. Fruit medium 
size, oval, slightly necked, suture small. Skin violet purple, 
covered with a thick bloom and numerous small dots. Stalk 
nearly an inch long, a little curved, set in a small depression 
Flesh greenish yellow, juicy, sugary, rich, and delicious, 
slightly adherent to the stone. Ripens middle and last of 
September. 
Purrrze Gaez. Lind. Pom. Mag. 
Khine Claude Violette. Thomp. Nois. 
Die Violette Koning Claudie. Sickler. 
Violet Queen Claude. 
The Purple Gage holds the 
first place for high flavour 
among purple plums abroad. 
Although it is well known in 
France under the title of the 
Reine Claude Violette, as in Eng- 
land under that of the Purple 
Gage, yet its native country is 
not precisely determined. 
Branches smooth, much like 
those of the Green Gage. Fruit 
medium sized, shaped like the 
Green Gage, roundish, a little 
flattened. Suture shallow, but 
distinct. Stalk an inch long, Purple Gage. 
rather thick, set in a narrow cavity. Skin a little thick, violets 
‘dotted with pale yellow, and covered with ‘light blue bloom: 
Flesh greenish-yellow, rather firm, rich, sugary, and very high 
flavoured. Separates from the stone, which is oval and com- 
pressed. Ripens rather late, and will hang on the tree—shri- 
polling a little, but not cracking—all the month of Siptem — 
er. 
Purpie Favourite, 
This delicious fruit received its name from us some years 
ago. The tree from which the stock now in this country was 
derived, stood for many years (until it died of old age,) in the 
centre of the principal garden here, and was planted hy the. 
