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tember; young wood downy; tree very 
hardy, and occasionally a great bearer. 
The French have many varieties, but 
little difference is observable among 
them. 
Damson, White. Resembles the last, 
except in colour, being deep yellow; 
the flesh adheres to the stone, and has 
scarcely so good a flavour. Syn. 
Shader’s White Damson. 
Denyer’s Victoria. Fruit large, oval, 
deep red next the sun, paler in the 
shade, covered with delicate bloom ; 
flesh free, rich, and juicy; ripe in 
September; young shoots downy; tree 
hardy, and a most abundant bearer. 
Diapree Rouge. Yery large and hand¬ 
some, obovate, pale reddish-purple, with 
blue bloom; flesh free, rich, and juicy; 
ripe in September, but will hang long 
afterwards; young shoots smooth; tree 
a good bearer. Syn. Imperial Diadem, 
Mimms, Roche Corbon. 
Drap d’Or. Rather below the medium 
size, round, slightly depressed at both 
ends, bright yellow: flesh free and very 
rich, resembling the Green Gage, 
which it precedes by a week; young 
wood downy; tree a good bearer. 
Syn. Mirabelle Double, Mirabelle 
Grosse, Yellow Perdrigon. 
Dunmore. Of medium size, oval, bright 
yellow; flesh free, rich, and juicy; ripe 
in September; young wood smooth; 
tree hardy, but not an excellent bearer. 
Fonthill. Large, roundish, obovate, 
pale red, deepening towards the sun; 
flesh free, rich, and very juicy; ripe 
in August; young wood smooth; tree 
hardy, and a good bearer. 
Fotheringham. Of medium size, obovate, 
purple; flesh free, rich, and juicy; 
* ripens about the middle of August; 
young wood smooth ; tree hardy, and 
a good bearer. Syn. Grove House 
Purple, Sheen, 
Gisborne’s. Of medium size, oblong, 
yellow; flesh free, coarse, and acid; 
ripe in August; young shoots downy ; 
tree hardy, and a most abundant 
bearer, on which account it is much 
grown for kitchen purposes. Syn. 
Gisborne’s Early, Paterson’s. 
Goliath. Yery large, oblong, deep pur¬ 
ple ; flesh clingstone, juicy, but not 
of good flavour; ripe in August; 
young wood downy ; tree a moderate 
bearer. Only a kitchen variety. Syn. 
Caledonian, St. Cloud, Steer’sEmperor, 
Wilmot’s Late Orleans. 
Green Gage. Of medium size, round, 
pale yellow, which the pale blue 
bloom changes to ash-green; flesh 
free, and very luscious; ripe about 
the middle of August; young wood 
smooth; tree hardy, and a good bearer. 
Universally esteemed. Syn. Abricot 
Yert, Brugnon Green Gage, Damas 
Yert, Dauphine, Grosse Reine, Grosse 
Reine Claude, Isleworth Green Gage, 
Reine Claude, Sucrin Yerte, Yerte 
Bonne, Wilmot’s Green Gage, Wil¬ 
mot’s New Green Gage, Wilmot’s 
Late Green Gage. 
Imperatrice, Blue. Medium, obovate, 
deep purple, with bright blue bloom ; 
flesh adhering, firm, and exceedingly 
rich; ripe in October, but should 
hang till it shrivels, when it will dry 
well; young wood smooth; tree 
does best against a west wall. Syn. 
Imperatrice, Imp. Yiolette, Veritable 
Imperatrice, Yiolette. 
Imperatrice, Dowqton. Of medium size, 
oval, yellow ; flesh free, very rich and 
delicious; ripe in October; young 
wood smooth; tree requires a wall. 
Imperatrice, Ickworth. Fruit large, 
obovate, purple, irregularly marked 
with yellow; flesh adhering to the 
stone, rich, and juicy; ripe in October; 
young wood smooth ; tree requires 
a wall which it highly deserves. 
The fruit may be dried, when it will 
keep a long time. Syn. Knight’s 
No. 6. 
Jaune Hative. Medium size, oval, yel¬ 
low ; flesh free, sweet, but mealy; by 
no means a first-rate kind, though its 
earliness recommends it; ripe by the 
end of July; young wood downy; 
tree hardy, and a good bearer. Syn. 
Amber Primordian, Catalonian, De 
Catalogne, d’Avoine, Jaune de Cata¬ 
logue, St. Barnabe, White Primor¬ 
dian. 
Jefferson. Large, oval, deep yellow in 
the shade, reddish-purple near the 
