Ripens in the beginning of September.
W o o d very like that of the Red Magnum
Bonum.
FiowERs resembling those of the Reine Claude
Violette, which, however, this is not.
Lea ves like those of a Green Gage.
F r uit large, roundish-oval, rather broadest at
the b a se; suture slightly depressed.
S talk three quarters o f an inch long, very little
sunk at its point o f inser tion; apex not depressed.
S k in covered with a close, firm, copious, azure
bloom through which appear a few golden sp e c k s :
this bloom IS extremely remarkable, and does not
readily rub off. F lesh greenish-yellow, firm, juicy
and rich. S tone mid d le -sized , irregularly and
broadly oval, flattened, with a groove or channel
along one face.
The accompanying figure was taken from a
specimen grown on a wall.
There is another Plum in cultivation about Loncalleda
'wK-i rke s, but it is ^ of very inferior qualaitlyso
Purchasers will do well to bear this in mind
