REPORT ON PLUMS AT CHISWICK, 1901. 



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77. Red Magnum Bonnm (Lane). — Fruit very large, long oval, 

 reddish purple ; wide shallow suture ; stalk J inch long, inserted in a small 

 cavity ; freestone ; good crop ; foliage and glands of medium size, the 

 glands sometimes at the base of the leaf, and sometimes on the petiole ; 

 habit erect, compact, and vigorous ; shoots smooth. A good cooking variety, 

 but the tree is not a very productive one in the open. Ready August 16. 



78. Reine Claude de Bavay (Rivers). — Fruit rather large, round, green, 

 covered with minute pale dots and a thin bloom ; shallow suture ; stalk 

 I inch long and deeply inserted ; freestone ; light crop ; foliage large ; 

 glands small ; habit erect, and very vigorous ; shoots smooth. A richly- 

 flavoured dessert variety. Ready September 14. 



79. Reine Claude Comte d'Althann (Lane). — Fruit medium to large, 

 round, pale greyish green, deeply flushed and dotted with red, and 

 covered with a beautiful white bloom ; shallow suture ; stalk ^ inch 

 long and deeply inserted ; freestone ; very heavy crop ; foliage of 

 medium size, glands large and usually on the petiole of the leaf ; 

 habit bushy, compact, and vigorous ; shoots slightly downy. This is 

 a remarkably good dessert Plum, succeeding equally well as a wall tree, 

 bush, or standard, and wonderfully prolific. Raised by the late Herr 

 Prochasta, of Swoyschitz, Bohemia. Ready August 22. 



80. 81. Rivers' Early Prolific, F.C.C. August 13, 1895 (Fraser, Lane).— 

 Fruit rather small, deep round, dark purple, almost blue ; stalk very short 

 and inserted in a small cavity ; nearly freestone ; very heavy crop ; 

 foliage small, with large glands ; habit bushy, compact, and moderately 

 vigorous ; shoots slightly downy. A very early and valuable cooking 

 Plum, of fair quality for dessert, and it is a great and constant 

 bearer. Raised by the late Mr. Francis Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth. Ready 

 .July 23. 



82, 83. Sultan, F.C.C. August 20, 1878 (Lane, Fraser).— Fruit over 

 medium size, round, reddish purple ; wide shallow suture ; stalk ^ inch 

 long, inserted in a small cavity ; slightly clingstone ; good crop ; foliage 

 large, glands small ; habit diffuse and vigorous ; shoots slightly downy. 

 This is a very free-bearing cooking variety, succeeding very well in the 

 open. Raised by the late Mr. Francis Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth. Ready 

 August 23. 



84. Early Windsor (Thomas). — Synonymous with Golden Esperen. 



85, 86. The Czar (Fraser, Lane).— Fruit of medium size, roundish 

 oval, purple ; rather deep suture ; stalk ^ inch long, inserted in a small 

 cavity ; slightly clingstone ; very heavy crop ; foliage and glands large, 

 some leaves glandless ; habit erect, compact, and ^ igorous ; shoots downy. 

 An excellent and very productive cooking variety. Raised by ^Ir. Francis 

 Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth. Ready August 2. 



87. Transparent Gage (Lane). — Fruit rathei' large, round, pale yellow, 

 deeply suffused with purplish red on the exposed side and covered with 

 a delicate bloom ; shallow suture ; stalk I inch long and deeply inserted ; 

 slightly clingstone ; only a few fruits have been produced during the 

 past six years ; foliage large, glands small, and usually on the petiole of 

 the leaf ; habit bushy, compact, and vigorous ; shoots slightly downy. 

 A rich dessert variety, but a very poor bearer in the open. Ready 

 September 13. 



