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sun, with -white bloom ; flesh free, and 
luscious; ripe about the end of 
August ; young branches downy. An 
excellent variety, which should have 
a wall. 
Kirke’s. Large, roundish, dark purple, 
covered with bright-blue bloom; flesh 
free, firm, and juicy; ripe in Septem¬ 
ber ; young wood smooth; tree hardy. 
A very good variety. 
Large Green Drying. Very large, round, 
greenish-yellow; flesh clingstone, very 
rich, and high flavoured when fully 
ripe, which against a wall occurs 
about the end of September; young 
wood smooth; tree vigorous, but 
does not succeed as a standard, in 
consequence of the shade offered the 
fruit by the very large foliage. Syn. 
Knight’s Green Drying. 
Late Green Gage. An excellent 
variety, equal to the Green Gage, 
which it resembles in every respect, 
and is about a month later in ripening. 
Magnum Bonum, Bed. Yery large, 
oval, red, tinged with purple next 
the sun; flesh free, but mealy; ripe 
in September; young wood smooth; 
tree vigorous, and a good bearer, 
which renders it esteemed for culinary 
purposes. Syn. Dame Aubert Y io- 
lette, Florence Imperiale, Imperiale 
Bouge, Bed Imperiale. 
Magnum Bonum, White. Yery large, 
oval, yellow, covered with white bloom; 
flesh adhering, juicy, but not rich ; 
ripe in September; young wood 
smooth; tree hardy, and a good bearer. 
It is only a second-rate kind, but the 
number of its large, handsome fruit 
is an inducement to grow it. Syn. 
Dame Aubert, Dame Aubert Jaune, 
Egg Plum, Grosse Luisante, Imperial, 
Blanche, YYentworth, White Holland, 
White Mogul, Yellow MagnuuiBonum. 
Mirabelle. Small, roundish, yellow; 
flesh free, juicy, of a rich apricot 
colour ; ripe in August; young shoots 
downy; tree hardy, and a good 
bearer; much esteemed for pre¬ 
serving. Syn. Mirabelle Jaune, Mi¬ 
rabelle Petite. 
Nectarine. Large, roundish, purple, 
with azure bloom; flesh adhering, 
rich subacid flavour ; ripe about the 
beginning of August. Is sometimes 
confounded with the Goliath, from 
which it may readily be distinguished 
bv its smooth wood; the tree is hardv, 
and a good bearer. Syn. Caledonian, 
HQweh’s Large, Jenkins’s Imperial, 
Peach. 
Orleans. Of medium size, round, dark 
red, with a purple bloom ; flesh free, 
juicy, and subacid ; ripe in August; 
young wood downy ; tree hardy, and 
and a great bearer. A generally 
esteemed kitchen variety. Syn. Mon¬ 
sieur, Monsieur Ordinaire, Bed Da¬ 
mask. The Early and Late Orleans 
have the same qualities as this, and 
are only distinguished the first by 
being a fortnight earlier, and the 
other near a month later. 
Perdrigon, Blue. Of medium size, oval, 
deep purple; flesh adhering, very 
rich,, and juicy; ripe about the end 
of August; young wood downy ; 
tree requires a wall. Syn. Brignole 
Yiolette, Perdrigon Yiolette. 
Perdrigon Hatif. Medium in size, 
roundish, oval, purple; flesh free, and 
high flavoured; ripe in August; young 
wood downy; requires a wall. Syn. 
Moyen de Bourgogne, Perdrigon 
Yiolette Ilatif. 
Perdrigon, White. Of middle size, oval, 
yellowish; flesh clingstone, of first- 
rate quality; ripe about the end of 
August; young wood downy; tree 
does best against a west wall. Syn. 
Brignole, Maitre Claude, Perdrigon 
Blanc, Prune Peche. This and the 
Blue Perdrigon dry well, and are the 
Brignole Prunes, 
Quetsche, Saint Martin’s. Of medium 
size, cordate, yellow, covered with * 
white bloom; flesh free, and of first- 
rate quality; ripe about the end of 
October, but will hang even longer; 
young wood smooth; tree very hardy, 
and bears well as a standard. An ex¬ 
cellent late dessert fruit. There are 
several other Quetsches of inferior 
quality, but generally good bearers. 
The common Quetsche, or Damask 
plum, furnishes the German prunes of. 
the shops. 
