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medium, roundish, purple. The tree has 

 a spreading drooping habit, and is a great 

 bearer. 



It succeeds best as a half standard. 



* Rivers' Monarch. — A splendid cook- 

 ing Plum ripe at the end of September and 

 early October. Fruit large, roundish oval, 

 deep bluish or almost blackish-purple. 



The tree is a vigorous grower and a 

 heavy cropper. It succeeds vcell as a 

 bush, pyramid, standard, or cordon. 



Transparent Gage. — A deliciously 

 sv?eet and juicy dessert Plum, ripe early 

 in September. Fruit large, round, pale, 

 almost translucent, greenish-yellow, dotted 

 and marbled with red. 



The tree grows well and bears freely, 

 especially when grown as a cordon. 



* Victoria. — This is one of the best 

 known and most prolific of cooking Plums, 

 ripe in September. Fruit large, roundish 

 oval, bright red on the sunny side, paler 

 red on the shaded side, and coated with 

 a delicate bloom. 



The tree is a medium grower of spread- 

 ing habit but bears enormous crops 

 of fruit, and for this reason is highly 

 prized by market gardeners and others. 

 It may be grown as a bush, standard, or 

 pyramid. 



* Washington. — An excellent cooking 

 Plum ripe in September ; also suitable for 

 dessert when fully ripe. Fruit large, 

 roundish ovoid, dull yellow, mottled and 

 tinged with green, becoming deep yellow 

 when fully ripe, dotted with crimson, and 

 covered with a pale greyish bloom. 



The tree is hardy, vigorous in growth, 

 and a heavy cropper. It succeeds well 

 either as a pyramid or standard, and also 

 against a wall. 



* White Magnum Bonum. — An excel- 

 lent cooking or preserving Plum, ripe 

 during September. Fruit very large, oval, 

 thick-skiuned, deep amber-yellow, covered 

 with a thin white bloom. 



The tree is hardy and vigorous and a 

 good bearer. It succeeds as a standard, 

 pyramid, or bush, but the size and flavour 

 of the fruit are enhanced if grown against 

 a south wall. 



Select list of Dessert Plums arranged 

 in the order of ripening. Those marked 

 with an asterisk (*) are suitable for small 

 gardens. 



August. — 'Belgian Purple, Bryanston 

 Gage, Denniston's Superb, * Early Trans- 

 parent Gage, Green Gage, OuUins 

 Golden. 



September. — Brahy's Greengage, 



* Bryanston Gage, Guthrie's Late Queen, 

 Prince Englebert, 'Jefferson, Kirke's, 

 Purple Gage, Transparent Gage, *Coe's 

 Golden Drop. 



October. — Blue Impdratrice, *Ick- 

 worth Imperatrice, Imp^riale de Milan, 



* Beine Claude de Bavay. 



Select list of Cooking and Preserving 

 Plums arranged in order of ripening. 

 Those marked with an asterisk (*) are 

 suitable for small gardens. 



August. — * Rivers' Early ProHfic, 



* Czar, Gisborne's, Orleans. 



September. — Prince of Wales, 



* Victoria, * Pond's Seedling, Diamond, 

 Autumn Comp6te, * Archduke, White 

 Magnum Bonum, Washington, *Bivers' 

 Monarch, * Cox's Emperor. 



October. — Grand Duke. 



THEBULLACE(Pbdnusinsititia). 

 The Bullace, like the wild Plum, is found 

 wild in parts of Britain in hedges, copses, 

 banks &c. The fruit is larger than the 

 Damson or Sloe, and is usually round in 

 shape, and is less acrid and more agree- 

 able in taste than the fruits of those trees. 



Prom a gardening point of view the 

 Bullace is usually treated as a variety of 

 the Plum, and its cultivation is similar. 

 The fruit is excellent for pies or tarts, 

 and is improved in flavour after being 

 mellowed a little by frost. 



The following are the kinds of Bullaces 

 best known: — 



Black Bullace. — This is foimd vsdld in 

 hedges and woods. It has small romad 

 black fruits covered with a thin bloom. 



Culture d-c. as for Plums, p. 1069. 



Essex Bullace. — The round fruits of 

 this are 1 in. or more in diameter, green, 

 becoming yellow when ripe, with a juicy 

 flavour. "The tree forms a fine pyramid, 

 and bears very heavily, the fruit being 

 ripe at the end of October and beginning 

 of November. 



Culture dc. as for Plums, p. 1069. 



Royal Bullace. — The fruits of this 

 variety are about 1| in. in diameter, 

 roundish, bright grass-green, mottled with 

 red on the sunny side and becoming 

 yellowish-green when ripe, with a delicate 

 grey bloom. It has a brisk agreeable 

 flavour, and ripens early in October. The 

 tree is a very heavy cropper. 



Culture dc. as for Plums, p. 1069. 



White Bullace. — The fruit is small, 

 roundish, pale yellowish-white, mottled 



