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size, near to each other and have large projecting shoulders. 

 It is well calculated to form dwarfs or espaliers. There are 

 some fine seminal varieties of this plum, one of which has 

 oval fruit, and I have recently received a new late variety from 

 the South of France. 



DOUBLE FLOWERING GAGE. Pr. cat. 



Semi-douhle flowering Heine Claude. Pr. cat. 26 ed. 

 Prunier d fleur semi'douhle. Duh. 

 Prune semi-douhle. 



Reine Claude djleur semi-douhle. Lond. Hort. cat. 

 Prune a fleur s semi-doubles. 



This is a variety of the Green Gage with double flowers, 

 which render it highly ornamental when in bloom ; the blos- 

 soms are numerous and produced in clusters ; the fruit is of 

 the same shape and nearly as large as the Green Gage, but 

 much inferior in quality ; its form is almost round, its pedun- 

 cle at most about six lines in length, and the skin, which is at 

 first of a greenish hue, becomes yellow as it approaches matu- 

 rity ; the flesh, which adheres strongly to the stone, is yellow- 

 ish, quite pleasant but not very rich, and is deficient in flavour. 

 This plum ripens during the last two weeks of the month of 

 August : the tree is more appreciated for the beauty of its 

 flowers than for its fruit, and it is therefore better suited for 

 pleasure grounds than for orchards. I have noticed that the 

 trees, so far as they have met my observation, are remarkable 

 for the roughness of their bark. 



SMALL REINE CLAUDE. Pr. cat. 



Small Queen Claude. Pr. cat. 26th ed. 



Petite Reine Claude. Duh. Mil. 



Reine Claude blanche petite espece. Lend. Hort. cat. 



Small Green Gage. Auth. 



Little Queen Claudia. Little Reine Claude, 



This plum is of the same size and form as the White Apri- 

 cot plum ; it differs principally from that in having its skin 

 speckled over with reddish dots, more especially on the side 

 exposed to the sun ; the flesh is also sweet and more perfumed, 

 but is nevertheless far from being equal to the delicious flavour 



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