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in a good situation ; but if the spot be not favourable, it 

 should have an east or south-east wall. It is rather an 

 old variety, being mentioned by Duhamel, 1768, and it 

 is also known as Abricotee, and Abricotee de Tours. 



The Jefferson is an American yellow September 

 plum, which many consider equal to the Grreengage in 

 flavour, if not superior to it, and it bears well as a 

 standard. 



The German Prune, Quetsche or Quetzen, is 

 cultivated throughout Germany, Thuringia, Saxony, 

 Silesia, Moravia, Bohemia, and Hungary, to dry as the 

 prunes of commerce. The fruit is small, oblong, com- 

 pressed at the stalk end, deep red or purple in colour, 

 sweet, and slightly acid, and astringent in flavour. The 

 stalk is of medium length, and slender, and the flesh 

 yellow, adhering to the stone. It ripens the middle or 

 end of September. The branches of the tree are 

 smooth. Quetche de Breme is another name for it. 

 The St. Martin's Quetche is a richer plum : a valuable 

 yellow sort which hangs long on the tree, and comes 

 into use the end of October. The Violet Diaper is 

 another plum which is excellent when dried as a prune. 

 It is a purple, oval-shaped plum, with a short slender 

 stalk, rather deeply inserted ; it is sweet, juicy, and 

 pleasant in flavour, with a narrow, sharp-pointed stone. 

 It is a fleshy, firm little plum, and ripens before the end 

 of August. The branches are downy. In French it is 

 the Diapree Violette. The Brignole, Brignole Jaune, or 

 Prune de Brignole, is a popular sort in France for drying 

 as prunes. It takes its name from the town of Brignole, 

 famous for its prunes, and there it is said to rank as one 

 of the best kinds. It is a yellow plum, tinged with red 

 on the sunny side, rather large and oval. The flesh is 

 pale yellow and rather dry, but very sweet and good in 

 flavour. It ripens by the end of August. 



A Damson tree is well worth growing where there is 

 room to spare for it, as it gives no trouble, and its 

 abundant crops of agreeably flavoured fruit come in very 

 conveniently in a family. There are several sorts oi 

 \)lack Damsons. The Prune Damson, with small, oblong 



