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JOUENAL OF THE EOYAL HOimCULTURAL SOCIETY. 



7. Belle de Lonvain (Lane). — Fruit very large, long oval, bluish- 

 purple, covered with a thick bloom ; stalk 1 inch long and set in a deep 

 cavity ; suture shallow ; heavy crop ; clingstone ; foliage very large, with 

 two very large glands ; habit erect, compact, and very vigorous ; shoots 

 smooth. A very fine cooking variety. Ready August 19. 



8, Belle de Septembre (Lane). — Fruit over medium size, deep round 

 inclining to oval, dark red and dotted with darker spots ; shallow suture ; 

 stalk 4 inch long, inserted in a shallow cavity ; clingstone ; good crop ; 

 foliage large, long, and distinct ; glands very variable in size and mostly 

 on the petiole ; habit erect and vigorous ; shoots smooth. A good late 

 cooking variety. Ready September 19. 



9. Bittern (Fraser). — Fruit over medium size, oval, deep purple ; very 

 shallow suture ; stalk 1 inch long, set in a shallow cavity ; freestone ; extra- 

 ordinarily heavy crop ; foliage large, Avith glands sometimes on leaves and 

 occasionally on the petiole, and some leaves have no glands ; habit bushy, 

 compact, and vigorous ; shoots smooth. An excellent early free-bearing 

 cooking variety, raised by the late Mr. Francis Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth. 

 Ready August 2. 



10, 11. l^lue Imperatrice (Rivers, Bunyard). — Fruit small, oval, purple, 

 covered with a deep bloom ; shallow suture ; stalk 1 inch long, set in a 

 small cavity ; sliglitly clingstone ; heavy crop ; foliage small ; glands 

 variable in size and mostly on the petiole ; habit bushy, compact, and 

 vigorous ; slioots smooth. A good late cooking variety. Ready Septem- 

 ber 20. 



12. Blue Prolific (Rivers). — Fruit below medium size, oval, dark 

 purple or blue ; scarcely any suture ; stalk 1 inch long, set in a very small 

 cavity; clingstone; Aery heavy crop; foliage and glands large; habit 

 compact, bushy, and vigorous ; shoots smooth. A free-bearing cooking 

 variety, but the fruit is too small in its season for it to become popular ; 

 raised by the late I\Ir. Francis Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth. Ready 

 x\ugust 20. 



13. Bouloft' (Rivers). — Fruit over medium size, round, red, covered 

 with a purple bloom and minute brown dots ; shallow suture ; stalk 

 J inch long, set in a small cavity ; clingstone ; light crop ; foliage large ; 

 glands of medium size, usually on the petiole ; habit erect, compact, and 

 A'igorous ; shoots smooth. A delicious dessert variety, but the tree is a 

 poor cropper generally. Ready August 29. 



14. Bonne Bouche Gage, F.C.C. September 17, 1867 (Bunyard).— Fruit 

 below medium size, round, yellowish green, covered with a white bloom ; 

 shallow suture ; stalk J inch long, set in a small cavity ; clingstone ; light 

 crop ; foliage and glands large, the glands being usually on the petiole ; 

 habit erect and vigorous ; shoots slightly downy. This Plum is of ex- 

 quisite flavour, but the tree is a shy bearer. Ready September 13. 



15. Bradshaw (Lane). — Fruit very large, oval, reddish purple covered 

 with darker dots ; deep suture ; stalk 1 inch long, deeply inserted ; 

 slightly clingstone ; very heavy crop ; foliage and glands large ; habit 

 -erect, compact, and vigorous ; shoots smooth. A cooking variety, re- 

 sembling Belle de Louvain, but the fruit is thicker and more freely 

 produced. Ready August 20. 



16. Bryanston Gage (Rivers). — Fruit of medium size, round, greenish- 



