Fruit mid-season, ripening period short; one and seven-eighths inches by one and three-quarters inches in size, oval, slightly necked, swollen on the ventral side, compressed; cavity very narrow and abrupt; suture shallow, often a line; apex roundish or pointed; color deep reddish-purple changing to dark purplish-black at full maturity, with thick bloom; dots numerous, small, russet, inconspicuous; stem slender, one inch long, finely pubescent, adhering well to the fruit; skin thin, rather sour, separating readily; flesh pale or golden-yellow, sometimes with a faint red tinge next the skin, not juicy, coarse, firm but rather tender, mild subacid to nearly sweet, not high in flavor; of fair quality; stone with a trace of red, semi-clinging, one and one-eighth inches by five-eighths inch in size, long-oval, necked at the base, abruptly sharp-pointed at the apex, with pitted surfaces; ventral suture rather broad, lightly furrowed; dorsal suture widely grooved. DOUBLE FLOWERING GAGE _Prunus domestica_ =1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:92. 1768. =2.= Knoop _Fructologie_ 57. 1771. =3.= Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:32, Tab. 179 fig. 2. 1796. =4.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:49. 1832. =5.= _Mag. Hort._ =9=:165. 1843. =6.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 316. 1845. =7.= Poiteau _Pom. Franc._ =1=:1846. =8.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:47. 1873. =9.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 363. 1895. Die grosse Königin Klaudia Pflaume mit halbgefullter Bluthe 3. _Dauphin à Fleurs semi-doubles_ 5. _Dauphin à Fleurs doubles_ 5. _Dauphin à fleurs semi-doubles_ 5. _Double-blossomed_ 5. Double-blossomed Plum 6. _Gelbe Reneclode Mit Gefullter Bluthe_ 8. _Prune à Fleurs Doubles_ 8. Prunier à fleurs semi-double 8. Prunier à fleur semi-double 1, 7. Prune à Fleurs Doubles 2. _Prunier à fleur semi-double_ 4. _Prune Semi-double_ 4. _Prune à fleurs semi-double_ 4. _Reine-Claude Semi-Double_ 8. _Reine-Claude à fleur semi-double_ 4. _Reine-Claude à Fleurs Semi-double_ 5, 9. _Reine-Claude mit Halbgefullter Bluthe_ 9. _Semi-double flowering Reine Claude_ 4. This is an ornamental variety of the Reine Claude type first noted by Duhamel in 1768. It was probably well known in Europe at this time for a little later it was mentioned by Knoop of Holland and Kraft of Austria. Duhamel described two varieties; one with small fruit which was insipid when over-ripe, and the other large and of good flavor. In 1846, Poiteau thought the latter was probably identical with a variety growing at Luxembourg but he did not think the former was extant. In the third edition of the London Horticultural Society’s catalog, yellow and purple forms were mentioned, showing that the variety has been represented by more than one type. It is worthy of note that the double blossoms, except in strong soils, are apt to degenerate and become single. The following description is compiled.