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February ; Belle Dubois — November to February ; D'Eve — 
Septeruber to March ; Reinette musquee — November to February ; 
Reinette de Willy — November to February; Drap d'or — 
November to February ; Reinette luisante — November to March ; 
Reinette plate de Champagne— November to March ; Rambour 
d'hiver — November to March ; Pigeon — November to March ; 
Francatu — December to May ; Wagener — January to March ; 
Reinette de Damason — February to March ; Wellington (Dume- 
low's Seedling)— end of winter ; Reinette Thouin— January to 
June; Amelie — February to June. 
XIII. Plums. 
1. Fresh Fmit.— 3 s^une hative— middle of July ; Damas rouge 
de Biondeck — middle of July ; Favorite hative de Rivers — middle 
of July ; Mirabelle pr^coce — second fortnight in July ; Pre- 
coce de Tours — end of July ; Des Bejonnieres — beginning of 
August; Monsieur hatif — middle of August; Monsieur jaune — 
middle of August ; Reine Claude — August ; Petite Mirabelle — 
all through August ; Grosse Mirabelle — second fortnight in 
August ; Damas violet — second fortnight in August ; Reine Vic- 
toria — August and September ; Reine Claude diaphane — August 
and September ; De Kirke — end of August and beginning of Sep- 
tember ; Reine Claude d' Althan — end of August and beginning of 
September ; Reine Claude violette ; Reine Claude de Wazon — 
middle of September ; Tardive musquee — middle of August to 
end of September ; Jaune tardive — end of September ; Goutte 
d'or de Coe, or Coe's Golden Drop — end of September ; Coe 
a fruit violet ; Mirabelle tardive — end of September and October. 
2. Fruits for Drying, — Quetsche hative — August ; Per- 
drigon — August ; D'Agen — end of August and September ; 
Sainte-Catherine — September ; Quetsche d'Allemagne — Septem- 
ber ; Quetsche d'ltalie — middle of July ; Reine Claude de 
Bavay — end of September. 
XIV. Desseet Gbapes. 
Gamay de juillet— end of July in the South and August in 
the Centre ; Precoce Malingre — middle of August ; Morillon 
hatif —August ; Precoce de Courtiller— middle of August ; 
Madeleine royale — end of August ; Madeleine angevine— end of 
August ; Lignan blanc— end of August, beginning of Septem* 
