CLIBRANS’ LIST OF FRUITS, 1909-10. 
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Plums and Damsons — continued. 
Standards and Half-Standards, 1/6, 2/6 and 3/6 each ; 12/-, 18/-, 24/-, 30/- and 
36/- per doz. 
Pyramids, 12/-, 18/-, 24/-, 30/- and 42/- per doz. 
Yearlings or Maidens, 9d. each ; 7/6 per doz. 
Dwarf Fan-trained Trees, 2/6, 3/6 and 5/- each. 
The figures in brackets after the name, give the month or months 
during which the variety is in season. 
No. 
716 Archduke, T.k. (10), purple, large oval fruit, good for dessert, kitchen 
or exhibition : hardy and prolific ; a valuable late variety. 
723 Belgian Purple, T.k. (8), dark purplish-red, with a fine bloom, juicy, 
sweet and rich, compact grower, free bearer, valuable for cooking, 
and a first-rate table fruit. 
722 Belle de Louvain, k, (9), very large, fine fruit, flesh firm, juicy, of rich 
flavour ; strong grower and free bearer. 
724 Coe’s Golden Drop, t.k. (9-10), yellow with dark red spots, juicy, rich 
and delicious ; hangs late and keeps well ; slender grower. 
725 Cox’s Emperor or Denbigh Seedling, t.k. (9), bright dark red with yellow 
flesh ; a good bearer and strong grower. 
727 Cheshire Damson, (syn. The Prune , Shropshire), k, (9), roundish oval, 
a fine bearer and a good healthy grower. 
728 Denniston’s Superb Gage, T. (8), large, round, yellowisli-green juicy and 
rich with a strong “ Gage ” flavour; a delicious Plum of accom- 
modating habits ; free and a constant bearer. 
730 Diamond, k. (9), large, oval, purplish-black ; flesh firm, with a 
brisk agreeable flavour ; one of the best Plums for cooking and 
preserving. 
738 Early Rivers, T.K. (7), prodigious bearer, oval, purple, medium size : the 
earliest market Plum; perhaps the best flavoured of all Plums 
when cooked. 
739 Early Transparent Gage, t.k. (8), medium, round, streaked red ; one of 
the richest and most delicious ; the finest early dessert Plum. 
Strong but close grower. 
750 Fairleigh Prolific Damson, (syn. Kent Cluster or Crittenden), k. (9), 
roundish oval, very prolific ; true Damson flavour. 
756 Gage, Green, T. (9), one of the best for dessert ; rich and luscious. 
755 Gage, Transparent, T. (9), larger than a Green Gage; greenish-yellow 
marbled red ; skin almost transparent ; flesh firm, very juicy, with 
luscious, honied sweetness. 
757 Guthrie’s late Green, T. (10), large, yellow clouded green; flesh firm, 
not very juicy but rich and sugary, a delicious dessert Plum, hardy 
and prolific. 
759 Golden Transparent Gage, T. ( 10), fruit large, bright golden yellow when 
ripe, a delicious late plum, ripening in October. Should not be 
pruned for the first 3 or 4 years. 
762 Grand Duke, T.k. (10), very large, oval, purplish-black, rich flavour; 
best late Plum for cooking. 
