394 THE PLUM. 
Preserved, it-is used in winter as a substitute for butter, by ihe 
labouring peasantry ; and dried, it is a source of large profit in 
commerce. In this country, it is yet but little known, but from 
the great bardiness and productiveness of the tree, it may bo 
worth trial on a large scale. : 
The Austrian Querscus, Thomp. (Quetsche de Bréme, Bre- 
men Prune.) is a sub-variety, much like the foregoing, purple, 
a freestone, of rather better flavour, and ripening somewhat later 
Sr. Jams’ Querscue, is another variety, with smooth branch- 
es, and oblong fruit of medium size. Flesh purple, adkteres to 
the stone, of very goodflavour. It yields good crops. September. 
QurEen Moruer. Thomp. Ray. Lind. 
Red Queen Mother.. Pigeon’s Heart. 
Damas Violet. 
A neat little reddish plum, long known in European gardens. 
Branches smooth, rather feeble in growth, Fruit rather small, 
round, about an inch in diameter. Skin dark, purplish-red in 
the sun, pale reddish amber in the shade, with many reddish 
dots. Stalk half an inch long. Flesh yellow, sweet and rich, 
separating freely from the stone, which is quite small. Sep- 
tember. : 
Rup Macnum Bonum. Lind. Thomp. Mill. 
Purple Egg. Inipériale Violette, gt: 
Red Imperial. Impériale Rouge. | 
Imperial]. Dame Aubert Violette. | of the 
Purple Magnum Bonum. Impériale. French. 
Florence. Prune d’ceuf. 
Imperial Violet. 
A foreign variety of moderate growth, slender smooth shoots, 
distinct from the American variety, which is a vigorous grower, 
with downy shoots. “2 
Fruit large, oval, with a strong suture, on one side of which 
the fruit is more swollen, Skin rather pale in the shade, but 
deep red in the sun, sprinkled with many gray dots, and dusted 
with but little pale bloom. Stalk an inch or more long, slender, 
set in a narrow cavity. Flesh greenish, rather firm and coarse, 
with a sub-acid flavour; separating from the stone, which is 
oval and pointed. First of September. 
G 
Rune Ciaupe Rover of September. 
| Riena Nova. 
Tree vigorous. Fruit very large roundish-oval. Skin 
smooth, reddish, shaded with purple on the sunny side, finely. 
Boek with russet, Stalk slender, set in a slight cavifj 
lesh firm, juicy, sugary, slightly acid, somewhat aromatic, 
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