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The perdrigon, occasionally spelt "perdigon", is an old variety of culinary
European Prunus Database like the British
pommiers.com, accessed 20-09-12 Hogg noted that the perdrigon's blossom was very tender and susceptible to spring frosts, requiring the tree to be grown against a south-east wall.Hogg, R. ''The Fruit Manual'', 1860, p.232 The fruit is small and oval, with relatively rich, sweet green flesh and a purple, heavily bloomed skin that is often too tough for eating with the fruit.Prince, w. ''The pomological manual: or, a treatise on fruits'', 1831, p.66 A red, white and yellow perdrigon are recorded along with the more commonly described violet form (''perdrigon violet''). The perdrigon is a long-established variety: Richard Bradley mentions it in 1726 as "a fine Plum, either raw, or in Sweetmeat", and distinguishes four types.Bradley, R. ''A general treatise of husbandry & gardening'', 1726, p.100 It was particularly associated with the town of
The perdrigon, occasionally spelt "perdigon", is an old variety of culinary plum
A plum is a fruit of some species in ''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus'.'' Dried plums are called prunes.
History
Plums may have been one of the first fruits domesticated by humans. Three of the most abundantly cultivated species are not found i ...
originating in the south of France
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. It is sometimes classified as a variety of ''Prunus domestica'' subsp. ''insititia'',PerdrigonEuropean Prunus Database like the British
damson
The damson () or damson plum (''Prunus domestica'' subsp. ''insititia'', or sometimes ''Prunus insititia''),M. H. Porche"Sorting ''Prunus'' names" in "Multilingual multiscript plant names database, University of Melbourne. Plantnames.unimelb.ed ...
and German ''krieche'', though it has significant differences from both. It was once classed as ''Prunus pertigona'' or ''Prunus domestica pertigona''.Chazelles, Laurent-Marie, ''Dictionnaire des jardiniers'', Guillot, 1785, p.135
The tree flowers in late March, bearing in late August or early September.Perdrigon Violetpommiers.com, accessed 20-09-12 Hogg noted that the perdrigon's blossom was very tender and susceptible to spring frosts, requiring the tree to be grown against a south-east wall.Hogg, R. ''The Fruit Manual'', 1860, p.232 The fruit is small and oval, with relatively rich, sweet green flesh and a purple, heavily bloomed skin that is often too tough for eating with the fruit.Prince, w. ''The pomological manual: or, a treatise on fruits'', 1831, p.66 A red, white and yellow perdrigon are recorded along with the more commonly described violet form (''perdrigon violet''). The perdrigon is a long-established variety: Richard Bradley mentions it in 1726 as "a fine Plum, either raw, or in Sweetmeat", and distinguishes four types.Bradley, R. ''A general treatise of husbandry & gardening'', 1726, p.100 It was particularly associated with the town of
Brignoles
Brignoles (; oc, Brinhòla) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. Alongside Draguignan, it is one of two subprefectures in Var.
It was the summer residence of the counts of Proven ...
in France, where it is still grown for drying. The flat, golden dried fruits are known as ''pistoles'' from their resemblance to the pistole
Pistole is the French name given to a Spanish gold coin in use from 1537; it was a doubloon or double escudo, the gold unit. The name was also given to the Louis d'Or of Louis XIII of France, and to other European gold coins of about the value ...
, a historic coin. The fruits are also used to make fruit preserves
Fruit preserves are preparations of fruits whose main preserving agent is sugar and sometimes acid, often stored in glass jars and used as a condiment or spread.
There are many varieties of fruit preserves globally, distinguished by the method ...
.
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