PLUM 



HABDY FBUIT GARDEN 



PLUM 1073 



The tree is a vigorous and hardy 

 grower, and a heavy cropper. It is suit- 

 able for orchards or market gardens, and 

 may be grown as a pyramid, standard, or 

 cordon. 



Green Gag;e. — One of the most popular 

 and highly flavoured Plums, ripe from 

 the middle of August. Fruit medium, 

 roundish, yellowish - green, becoming 

 deeper yellow tinged with green when 

 ripe, dotted with crimson, and coated 

 with a greyish bloom. 



The tree is a vigorous, hardy grower, 

 and bears abundantly. The fruits, although 

 not so large as when grown on an espaUer 

 or against a wall, aremorerichlyflavoured 

 from standards. 



Guthrie's Late Green. — An excellent 

 dessert Plum, ripe about the end of 

 September. Fruit rather large, roundish, 

 greenish-yellow, covered with a thin 

 bloom. 



The tree is hardy and a good bearer. 



Ickv7orth Imp^ratrice. — A very iine 

 dessert Plum, ripe in October, but becom- 

 ing enriched in flavour if not picked 

 until it begins to shrivel. Fruit large, 

 obovoid, purple, streaked vrith yellow. 



The tree forms a fine pyramid and 

 bears well. 



Imperiale de Milan. — An excellent 

 dessert or cooking Plum, ripe about the 

 beginning of October. Fruit large, oval, 

 dark purple, streaked and dotted with 

 vellow, and covered with a thick bluish 

 oloom. 



Jefferson. — A sweet and highly 

 flavoured dessert Plum, of American 

 origin, ripe early in September. Fruit 

 large, oval, greenish-yellow, becoming 

 deeper yellow with maturity, flushed and 

 dotted with red on the sunny side. 



The tree grows vigorously and bears 

 abundantly. It is good as a pyramid or 

 cordon. 



ICirke's. — One of the finest and most 

 deliciously flavoured of dessert Plums, 

 ripe about the middle of September. 

 Fruit rather large, round, deep purple, 

 with a few yellow dots, and covered with 

 a dense bright blue bloom. The tree is 

 hardy and vigorous and bears well. It 

 is smtable for a standard or cordon. 



* Orleans. — An excellent cooking and 

 preserving Plum, ripe from the middle of 

 August. Fruit medium, roimdish, deep 

 red, becoming purple when fully ripe, and 

 covered with a bluish bloom. 



The tree is hardy and vigorous and 



bears well, especially in light warm and 

 rather sandy soils. The flavour of the 

 fruit is also improved by wall cultivation. 



Oullins Golden. — An excellent tender 

 and deliciously flavoured dessert Plum, 

 ripe about the middle of August. Fruit 

 large, bluntly oval, rich yellow, dotted 

 with crimson on the sunny side and 

 covered with a delicate whitish bloom. 



The tree makes a fine pyramid, and 

 bears very heavily. It may also be grown 

 as standards, bushes, or cordons. 



* Pond's Seedlingf. — A fine cooking 

 Plum, ripe from the beginning to the 

 end of September. Fruit very large, 

 oval, narrowing towards the stalk, fine 

 deep red, dotted with grey, and coated 

 with a delicate bluish bloom. 



The tree is a vigorous grower, and 

 makes a good bush, pyramid, or standard. 



Prince Englebert. — A fine richly 

 flavoured Plum ripe in September, suit- 

 able for cooking purposes, and also for 

 dessert when fully ripe. Fruit very large, 

 oval, deep purple, covered with tiny 

 russety dots, and covered with a greyish 

 bloom. 



The tree bears very heavily, especially 

 when grovm as a cordon or pyramid. 



* Prince of Wales. — A good and use- 

 ful cooking Plum, ripe in the middle of 

 September. Fruit rather large, roundish 

 oval, bright reddish-purple, dotted with 

 yellow, and covered vnth a dense blue 

 bloom. 



The tree is a heavy cropper. In warm 

 places it may be grown as a bush, pyramid, 

 or standard, but against walls in cold 

 districts. 



Purple Gage (Heine Claude Vio- 

 lette). — An excellent dessert Plum, 

 ripe early in September, and improving 

 its dehoious flavour if allowed to hang on 

 the tree late, until it shrivels. Fruit 

 medium, round, light purple, dotted with 

 yellow, and covered vrith a bluish bloom. 



The tree is hardy and bears abun- 

 dantly, either as a bush, pyramid, or 

 standard, or against a wall as a cordon, 



Reine Claude de Bavay. — An exquis- 

 itely flavoured Plum ripe at the end of 

 September and beginning of October. 

 Fruit large, roundish, greenish-yellow, 

 mottled and streaked with green, dotted 

 with red on the sunny side, and covered 

 with a faint white bloom. 



* Rivers' Early Prolific. — A grand and 

 highly flavoured cooking Plum ripe at the 

 end of July and early in August. Fruit 



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