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THE PLUM. 
Preserved, it is used in winter as a substitute for butter, by the 
labouring peasantry ; and dried, it is a source of large profit in 
commerce. In this country, it is yet but little known, but from 
the great hardiness and productiveness of the tree, it may bo 
worth trial on a large scale. 
The Austrian Quetsche, Thomp. ( Quetsche de Breme , Bre- 
men Prune ,) is a sub-variety, much like the foregoing, purple, 
a freestone, of rather better flavour, and ripening somewhat latei 
St. James’ Quetsche, is another variety, with smooth branch- 
es, and oblong fruit of medium size. Flesh purple, adheres to 
the stone, of very good flavour. It yields good crops. September. 
Queen Mother. Thomp. Ray. Lind. 
Red Queen Mother. Pigeon’s Heart. 
Damas Yiolet. 
A neat little reddish plum, long known in European gardens. 
Branches smooth, rather feeble in growth. Fruit rather small, 
round, about an inch in diameter. Skin dark, purplish-red in 
the sun, pale reddish amber in the shade, with many reddish 
dots. Stalk half an inch long. Flesh yellow, sweet and rich, 
separating freely from the stone, which is quite small. Sep- 
tember. 
Red Magnum Bonum. Lind. Thomp. Mill. 
Purple Egg. 
Red Imperial. 
Imperial. 
Purple Magnum Bonum. 
Elorence. 
Imperial Violet. 
Imperiale Violette. 
Imperiale Rouge. I 
Dame Aubert Violette. of the 
Imperiale. ’ French . 
Prune d’ceuf. 
A foreign variety of moderate growth, slender smooth shoots, 
distinct from the American variety, which is a vigorous grower, 
with downy shoots. 
Fruit large, oval, with a strong suture, on one side of which 
the fruit is more swollen. Skin rather pale in the shade, but 
deep red in the sun, sprinkled with many gray dots, and dusted 
with but little pale bloom. Stalk an inch or more long, slender, 
set in a narrow cavity. Flesh greenish, rather firm and coarse, 
with a sub-acid flavour; separating from the stone, which is 
oval and pointed. First of September. 
Reine Claude Rouge of September. 
Riena Nova. 
Tree vigorous. Fruit very large, roundish-oval. Skin 
smooth, reddish, shaded with purple on the sunny side, finely 
pointed with russet. Stalk slender, set in a slight cavity. 
Flesh firm, juicy, sugary, slightly acid, somewhat aromatic, very 
