A chance seedling grown by M. Luizet, at Ecully-les-Lyon, France; first
fruited in 1866. Tree vigorous, very productive; fruit large, roundish;
suture deep; halves unequal; cavity deep and rather wide; stem medium in
length; skin yellow, slightly tinged with red; flesh yellowish, fine,
rather firm, juicy, sweet, Reine Claude aroma; good; stone nearly free;
mid-season.
=Eddie.= Species? Letter from J. W. Kerr.
Originated by Theodore Williams of Benson, Nebraska.
=Edith.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:269. 1900.
A seedling of Iowa Beauty grown by E. L. Hayden, Oakville, Iowa, about
1895. Tree upright, vigorous; fruit medium in size, globular; suture
indistinct; dark red; dots numerous; bloom thick; good; stone of medium
size; mid-season.
=Edle Early.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 411. 1881.
=2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 428. 1889.
Edle Frühpflaume 1, 2. _Noble Précoce_ 2.
Found in a garden in Brunswick, Germany. Tree large, productive; fruit
small, oval; suture a line; brownish-red, with gold-colored dots; flesh
golden-yellow, tender, juicy, sweet; freestone; early.
=Edouard Seneclauze.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 361. 1866.
Fruit very small, obovate, golden-yellow; flesh sweet, richly flavored;
freestone; early.
=Eggles.= Triflora × Hortulana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =14=:271. 1901.
Sent out by A. L. Bruce, Texas. Fruit large, round; suture indistinct;
bright red; dots many, minute, yellow; flesh yellow; stone oval,
compressed, clinging; poor.
=Eldora.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 333. 1894. =2.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 148. 1901.
A seedling raised by Judge Samuel Miller of Missouri. Tree rapid in
growth; fruit medium to large.
=Eldorado.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:269. 1900. =2.= _Ill.
Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 135. 1903. =3.= _Ibid._ 426. 1905.
A seedling grown by H. A. Terry of Crescent, Iowa, who introduced it in
1899. Fruit small, round; suture lacking; yellow overlaid with red; dots
small, grayish; bloom thin; skin thick; flesh firm, yellow, subacid;
clingstone; late.
=Eldridge.= Americana. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 42. 1883.
A variety from Wisconsin listed for eight years by the American
Pomological Society.
=Elfrey.= Domestica. =1.= Coxe _Cult. Fr. Trees_ 234. 1817. =2.= Prince
_Pom. Man._ =2=:98. 1832. =3.= _Horticulturist_ =7=:403. 1852. =4.=
Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 429. 1889.
_Elfrey’s Prune_ 2. _Elfreth’s Prune_ 2. _Elfry’s Plum_ 4.
Of unknown origin; quite widely disseminated and highly recommended in
the South about fifty years ago. Tree vigorous; fruit medium in size,
oval, blue; flesh greenish, firm, rich, slightly dry; mid-season.
=Elisabeth Pflaume.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 429.
1889.
_Elisabeth d’Elsner._ _Elsner’s Elisabeth Pflaume._
=Ella.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2d Ser. =3=:52. 1900.
A seedling of the Peach plum grown at the British Columbia Experimental
Station; not introduced; closely resembles the parent.
=Ellis.= Munsoniana × Hortulana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:79. 1892.
=2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 231. 1901.
Ellis is said to be a cross between Wild Goose and Golden Beauty, and
to have originated in northern Texas; introduced by T. L. Ellis. Fruit
large, round; skin very thin, red; good; semi-clinging.
=Ellwood.= Domestica. =1.= _Col., O., Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 31. 1892. =2.=
_Ohio Sta. Bul._ =162=:254, 255. 1905.
Elwood 1.
Introduced by Augustine and Company, Normal, Illinois; very similar to
Lombard if not identical with it.
=Elmore.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. & For._ =7=:243. 1894.
An early variety from Shasta, Sacramento County, California.
=Elsner Grüne Zwetsche.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 429.
1889.
_Elsner’s Von Gronow Grüne Zwetsche._ _Prune Celeste._
=Elton.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 147. 1831.
Grown on the grounds of the London Horticultural Society.
=Emerald.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Hort._ =12=:265. 1889. =2.= _Am. Pom.
Soc. Rpt._ 101. 1891. =3.= Smith _Cat._ 35. 1898. =4.= _Can. Hort._
=22=:340. 1899.
Early Green 1, 2, 4.
Originated with Warren Holton, Hamilton, Ontario; supposedly a seedling
of Reine Claude. It was first called Early Green but was introduced by
E. D. Smith of Winona, Ontario, under the name Emerald. Tree hardy and
productive; fruit large, roundish; stem slender; suture medium deep;
yellowish-green; very good; stone free, smooth; very early.
=Emerald.= Triflora × Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:270. 1900.
=2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 209. 1901. =3.= Budd-Hansen _Am. Hort. Man._ 296.
1903. =4.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =114=:133. 1910.
_Burwood_ 4.
Emerald came from a cross between Brittlewood and Burbank made by
Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska, in 1895. Tree resembles an Early
Richmond cherry, hardy, productive; buds conspicuous; fruit large,
roundish, yellow marbled with coppery-red; flesh yellowish, tender,
fibrous, juicy, mild subacid; good.
=Emerald Drop.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 275. 1845. =2.=
_Ibid._ 913. 1869. =3.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:125. 1866-73.
Goutte Emeraude 3.
Emerald Drop is a seedling of Washington grown sometime previous to
1845 by A. J. Downing, Newburgh, New York. Tree moderately vigorous,
productive; fruit of medium size, oval; cavity small; suture distinct,
sides unequal; yellowish-green; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy; good;
clingstone; mid-season.
=Emerson.= Angustifolia varians. =1.= _Kan. Sta. Bul._ =101=:131. 1901.
=2.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:63. 1892. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 195. 1901.
_Emerson’s Early_ 3.
Found wild in northern Texas; introduced by A. L. Bruce. Fruit small,
round to oval, bright red, with many white dots; flesh yellow, soft;
stone rough, clinging; early.
=Emerson.= Americana. =1.= _Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 127. 1890.
Originated near Dubuque, Iowa. Tree productive; fruit large, roundish,
red, thickly dotted with small gray spots; flesh firm; valuable for
preserving.
=Emerson Yellow.= Angustifolia varians. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 20. 1897. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 195. 1901.
A seedling of the Emerson from Texas. Fruit of medium size, round,
yellow; inferior.
=Emigrant.= Domestica. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 126. 1889. =2.= _Am.
Pom. Soc. Cat._ 25. 1897.
A seedling of Lombard. Fruit large, oval, purple; quality fair;
mid-season.
=Emily May.= Domestica. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:269. 1900.
A large attractive plum of the Pond type grown by Lillian A. Trotter,
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. Fruit large, oval; suture well marked; clear
light yellow; bloom thin; flesh firm, juicy, delicate; good; stone small,
rough, free.
=Emma.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:269. 1900. =2.= Terry _Cat._
1900.
Grown by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa, in 1896. Fruit medium in size,
almost round; skin thin, reddish color; good; stone large, clinging.
=Engle.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich Sta. Bul._ =129=:32, 33. 1896. =2.=
_Ibid._ =187=:77, 78. 1901. =3.= Budd-Hansen _Am. Hort. Man._ 311. 1903.
Fruit below medium size, roundish-oval; suture obscure; skin yellow;
flesh firm, yellow, flavor rich; very good; very early.
=Empereur.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:63. 1866-73. =2.= Mathieu
_Nom. Pom._ 429. 1889.
_Empereur de Mas_ 2.
Grown by M. Mas, France, from a seed of Golden Drop sown in 1850;
reported in 1861 under the name Empereur. Fruit large, obovate; suture
indistinct; skin tender, purple, streaked with deeper purple; flesh clear
yellow, melting, juicy, sweet; stone small, clinging; early.
=Emperor of Japan.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 429. 1889.
_Empereur du Japan_ 1. _Emperor of Japan_ 1. _Kaiser Von Japan_ 1.
Mathieu found reference to it in _Pomologische Monatshefte_ 134. 1882 and
_Obst-Garten_ 322. 1882.
=Esjum Erik.= Domestica. =1.= _U. S. Dept. Agr. Pom. Bul._ =10=:21. 1901.
Esjum Erik is an Old World variety imported by the United States
Department of Agriculture in 1900. As tested at this Station it appears
to be of little value for New York growers. Tree vigorous, unproductive;
fruit small, obovate, necked; cavity nearly lacking; suture a line;
purplish-black; bloom thick; dots inconspicuous; flesh greenish-yellow,
juicy, firm, sweetish, mild; quality not high; stone small, oval, dark
colored, clinging; mid-season.
=Essex Bullace.= Insititia. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 144. 1831. =2.=
Hogg _Fruit Man._ 689. 1884. =3.= Rivers _Cat._ 37. 1909.
New Large Bullace 1, 3. _New Large Bullace_ 2.
Tree vigorous, very productive; fruit large, roundish, greenish-yellow;
flesh juicy; late.
=Esslinger Fruhzwetsche.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 429.
1889. =2.= Lucas _Vollst. Hand. Obst._ 473. 1894. _Quetsche Précoce
d’Esslingen_ 1.
Tree vigorous; an early and abundant bearer; fruit of medium size,
bluish-black; bloom light; valuable for dessert and drying.
=Esther.= Hortulana mineri. =1.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 287. 1887. =2.=
_Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:79. 1892. =3.= Terry _Cat._ 1900. =4.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 173. 1901.
A seedling of Miner, grown by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; first fruited
in 1885. Fruit medium in size, round-oval; suture a line; dark red; dots
numerous; bloom thin; flesh yellow; good; stone oval, clinging; late.
=Etopa.= _Prunus besseyi_ × Triflora. _Cir. S. Dak. Exp. Sta._ 1910.
Introduced in 1908 by the originator, N. E. Hansen of the South Dakota
Experiment Station. It is a cross of Occident with _Prunus besseyi_ in
which the dark purplish flesh of the male parent is conspicuous.
=Etta.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1900. =2.= Terry _Cat._ 1900. =3.=
_Wis. Sta. Bul._ =85=:13. 1901.
A seedling first fruited in 1895 by H. A. Terry, Iowa. Fruit large,
nearly round; suture distinct; skin yellow, striped and splashed with
red; flesh sweet, rich; good; stone oval, free; mid-season.
=Eureka.= Nigra. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:270. 1900.
Grown in 1896 by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska, from seed of
Cheney. Tree upright, vigorous, unproductive; fruit large; roundish,
yellowish-red to purple; flesh firm, juicy; good; clingstone; very early.
=Eureka.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Am. Jour. Hort._ =5=:148. 1869.
Similar to Wild Goose.
=Eva.= Nigra. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 426. 1900.
From Manitoba; tested at the Indian Head Experimental Farm, Northwest
Territory, Canada. Fruit small, red; excellent; mid-season.
=Evelyn.= Domestica. =1.= _Ont. Fr. Gr. Assoc. Rpt._ 73. 1894. =2.= _Can.
Exp. Farms Rpt._ 137. 1894.
A seedling grown in the neighborhood of Owen’s Sound, Canada; of local
reputation.
=Excelsior Damson.= Insititia. =1.= _Green River Cat._ 1899.
A freestone introduced in 1892 by the Green River Nursery Company and
described in their catalog as being a particularly fine strain of the
Damson.
=Fairchild.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:271. 1900. =2.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 148. 1901.
A seedling of De Soto supposed to have been fertilized by a wild plum;
grown by J. H. Fairchild, Iowa, in 1894 and offered for sale in 1899 by
Snyder and Son, Center Point, Iowa. Fruit above medium, roundish-oval,
yellowish-red with whitish dots; flesh yellow, firm, juicy; quality fair;
mid-season.
=Fancy.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:271. 1900.
From a sprout of Wild Goose, originating with John Brown, Oakville,
Louisa County, Iowa, in 1885. Tree vigorous, very prolific; fruit large,
oblong, yellow with shading of red; bloom thin; flesh sweet, juicy; good;
stone small, clinging; mid-season.
=Fanning.= Munsoniana. =1.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 185. 1901.
A chance seedling found in the yard of a Mr. Fanning, Rockdale, Texas.
Fruit medium in size, round-oval, bright red; dots numerous; flesh
yellow; quality fair; stone oval, clinging; mid-season.
=Fawn.= Munsoniana. =1.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 231. 1901.
A variety first grown by David Miller of Camp Hill, Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania. Fruit of medium size, roundish; suture a line; bright red;
dots numerous, large, yellow, giving a dappled or fawn color; bloom very
thin; flesh yellow; quality fair; stone oval, clinging.
=Femmonzi.= Species? =1.= Coates _Cat._ 1910-11.
A variety first grown by Frank Femmons of Ahwahnee, California, and
introduced by the Leonard Coates Nursery Company, Morganhill, California,
in the fall of 1910. Said to be large and handsome.
=Field Marshall.= Domestica. =1.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 257. 1832. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 293. 1845. =3.= Elliott _Fr. Book_ 426. 1854.
Corse’s Field Marshall 1, 2. _Corse’s Field Marshal_ 3.
A seedling raised by Henry Corse of Montreal, Canada. Fruit large, oval,
bright purplish-red; cavity shallow; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy,
subacid; stone long, pointed, clinging.
=Figue Grosse Rouge.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 147. 1831.
_Wilmots Early_ 1.
Fruit large, obovate; purple; freestone; quality medium; mid-season.
=Fin de Siecle.= Nigra. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 426. 1900.
A seedling raised at Indian Head Experimental Farm, Northwest Territory,
Canada. Tree productive; fruit large; red; flavor fair; early.
=Fine Bonte.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 913. 1869. =2.= Mas
_Le Verger_ =6=:35. 1866-73. =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 429. 1889.
Feine und Gute 3. _Fine Bonte_ 3.
Originated in the nurseries of Simon Louis, Moselle, France. Fruit small,
irregularly ovate; suture indistinct; purple; bloom thin; stem very
short, thick; flesh greenish yellow; very good; stone small, free; very
early.
=Fine Early Plum.= Domestica. Mentioned in Forsyth _Treat Fr. Trees_ 21.
1803.
=Firba Konigspflaume.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 429.
1889.
=Firbas Frühe Schuttenhoferin.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 429.
1889.
Mathieu found mention of it in _Wiener Garten-Zeitung_ 287. 1884.
=First.= Species? =1.= Burbank _Cat._ 1899. =2.= _Ibid._ 1901. =3.= _Ga.
Sta. Bul._ =68=:36. 1905.
No. 31,288 1.
According to the originator, Luther Burbank, this variety is one of the
second generation of a combination cross of Hawkeye, Hammer, Milton,
Wyant, Wayland and Burbank. It was introduced in 1899 under the breeding
number 31,288, but grafting wood was not offered for sale until 1900.
This is probably one of the earliest plums, ripening in California about
three weeks before Red June. Fruit medium in size, roundish; stem short,
slender; yellow with faint blush; flesh yellow, sweet, juicy; earliest.
=First Best.= Species? =1.= Childs _Cat._ 136. 1910.
First Best was grown by R. D. Hoyt of Clearwater, Florida, in 1894 from
seed marked “Hill Plum” received from W. Gollen of Saharanfur, India.
The tree first fruited in 1904 and was introduced in the spring of 1910
by John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, New York, who states that it is an
unusually early, yellow variety.
=First Sweet.= Nigra? =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 426. 1900.
A seedling raised at the Experimental Farm, Northwest Territory, Canada.
Tree productive; fruit of medium size; skin red, thin; flavor excellent;
early.
=Fitzroy.= Americana. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 119. 1904.
A seedling of Rollingstone grown at the Central Experimental Farm,
Canada. Fruit above medium, roundish, slightly heart-shaped; suture a
line; skin yellow washed with red; dots many; bloom moderate; flesh pale
yellow, juicy, sweet; good; stone nearly free; cracks when ripe.
=Flora Plena.= Americana =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894-97.
J. W. Kerr, the introducer, found this plum in the yard of a friend in
York County, Pennsylvania, it having been brought from Iowa. Tree dwarf;
blooms profusely with beautiful pure white, very double flowers; no fruit.
=Flushing Bulleis.= Domestica. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 576. 1629.
Noted by Parkinson as a variety producing fruit in clusters like a bunch
of grapes.
=Foote.= Insititia. =1.= _Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul._ =35=:21. 1906.
Fruit small, roundish-oblong; skin black; flesh rather dry,
greenish-yellow; stone small, oval, clinging; mid-season.
=Foote.= Domestica. =1.= _Horticulturist_ =20=:324. 1865. =2.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 913. 1869. =3.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:77. 1873.
_Foote’s Early Orleans_ 3. Foote’s Early Orleans 1, 2, 3. Monsieur Hâtif
de Foote 3.
A seedling of Wilmot’s Early Orleans raised in 1852 by Asahel Foote of
Williamstown, Massachusetts. Tree large and vigorous; fruit of medium
size, roundish-oval; suture absent; very black; flesh greenish, juicy;
good; stone oval, flattened, clinging; very early.
=Foote Golden Gage.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 914. 1869.
Raised by Asahel Foote, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Tree very vigorous;
shoots slightly downy; fruit large, nearly round; suture shallow; stalk
slender; cavity small; skin golden-yellow, obscurely splashed with green
and tinged with red; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet, slightly vinous; very
good; stone slightly adherent; mid-season.
=Forest Rose Improved.= Hortulana mineri. =1.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._
=113=:154. 1899.
An improved strain of Forest Rose somewhat larger than the original.
=Forewattamie.= Hortulana mineri × Munsoniana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. Bul._
=67=:11. 1898. =2.= Kerr _Cat._ 1900.
A cross between Forest Garden and Pottawattamie grown by Theodore
Williams, Benson, Nebraska. J. W. Kerr, after testing it, states that it
disclosed no special merits; fruit below medium, oval, dull red; flesh
watery; poor.
=Formosa.= Triflora ×? =1.= _Fancher Creek Nur. Cat._ 7. 1907-8. =2.=
_Fancher Creek Nur. Cat., Burbank’s Late Introductions._ fig. 1909.
_Wickson Challenge_ 1.
Grown by Luther Burbank, who states that it is of mixed parentage,
including probably from fifteen to eighteen varieties. Tree very vigorous
and productive; fruit large, oval to slightly cordate; suture very
prominent; cavity medium; rich yellow with light bloom turning to clear
red at maturity; flesh pale yellow, firm, sweet, rich, apricot flavor;
good; stone semi-clinging; mid-season.
=Forward Damask.= Domestica. Mentioned in Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 70. 1699.
=Frankfort Peach.= Domestica. =1.= Koch _Deut. Obst._ 572. 1876. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 3rd App. 180. 1881. =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 430.
1889.
_Francfort Peach_ 3. Frankfurter Pfirschen Zwetsche 3. _Kuchen Pflaume_
3. _Quetsche de Francfort_ 3. _Quetsche-Pêche de Francfort_ 3.
Tree spreading, productive; fruit of medium size, oval, compressed;
suture shallow; cavity small; black; bloom thick; flesh yellow, coarse,
juicy, sweet, good; stone oval, thin, free; mid-season.
=Franklin.= Triflora ×? =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =12=:223. 1899. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 210, 211 fig. 1901.
Originated with A. L. Bruce, Texas, from Abundance crossed with an
unknown variety. Fruit of medium size, oblate; suture a line; bright
crimson over yellow; dots numerous; bloom thin; flesh yellow; good;
clingstone.
=Fraser.= Domestica. =1.= _Am. Gard._ =22=:606. 1901. =2.= _Gard. Chron._
=30=:120. 1901.
Fraser’s Early Yellow 1.
Raised in the nursery of John Fraser, Woodford, England, about 1895. Tree
small; fruit very small, oval; skin bright yellow; flesh soft; flavor
poor; freestone; valuable because of its earliness.
=Freeman.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 276. 1893. =2.= _Wis.
Sta. Bul._ =87=:13. 1901.
Freeman’s Favorite 1.
Originated in 1885 with H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa, from seed of
Wild Goose. Tree vigorous, fairly productive; fruit above medium,
roundish-oblong; suture distinct; bright crimson, numerous dots on the
lower half; flesh very tender, sprightly; good; clingstone; early.
=Freestone.= Species? =1.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 424. 1905.
An inferior native variety; fruit small; clingstone; mid-season.
=Freestone.= Americana. =1.= Terry _Cat._ 1900.
A seedling grown by H. A. Terry from seed of Harrison. Fruit large, pale
yellow becoming light red at full maturity; good; stone semi-clinging.
=Freestone Goose.= Munsoniana. =1.= Stark _Cat._ 29. 1910.
Originated by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska, and introduced by
Stark Brothers, Louisiana, Missouri, in 1910. The fruit is said to be
larger and darker colored than the Wild Goose.
=Freestone Quetsche.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._ =152=:209. 1898.
Imported by the Department of Agriculture and noted as vigorous.
=Friedheim Damascene.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 430.
1889.
_Friedheim’s Rote Früh Damascene._ _Damas Rouge de Friedheim._
=Fritze Herrnpflaume.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 430.
1889.
=Frostproof.= Cerasifera. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =13=:369. 1900. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 231. 1901.
Grown and introduced by J. H. G. Jenkins, Spring Garden, Missouri, about
1896. Fruit small, spherical; suture a fine line; dark crimson; dots
minute; bloom thin; flesh yellow; good; clingstone; very early; blossoms
resistant to frosts.
=Frühe Englische Zwetsche.= Domestica. Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 430.
1889.
=Frühe Gelbe Reine Claude.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
430. 1889.
_Frühe Gelbe Kaiser Pflaume._
=Frühe Grüne Zwetsche.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._
445. 1881. 2. Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 430. 1889.
_Bischtin Erik_ 2. _Herr Pflaume_ 2.
A German variety said to be suitable for moist soils.
=Frühe Leipziger Damascene.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 430. 1889.
_Damas de Leipsick_ 1. _Fondante Noire_ 1.
Mathieu suggests that this may possibly be identical with Précoce de
Tours.
=Fuller.= Species? =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:37. 1897.
Fuller’s Egg 1.
Reported by B. A. Matthews, Knoxville, Iowa, as a large, oval plum.
=Fulton.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 382. 1857. =2.=
_Cultivator_ =5=:373. 1857.
A variety of uncertain origin found at Johnstown, Fulton County, New
York. Tree vigorous and productive; fruit of medium size, oval; suture
distinct; bright yellow; juicy; good; late and hangs to the tree well.
=Funk.= Triflora ×? =1.= Munson _Cat._ 8. 1902. 2. _Tex. Dept. Agr. Rpt._
=12=:102. 1910.
Funk’s Early 2.
An accidental cross of Abundance raised by J. M. Funk, Grayson County,
Texas. Tree vigorous, upright, prolific; fruit medium, heart-shaped,
bright red; clingstone; very early.
=Fürst Damson.= Insititia. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 361. 1866. =2.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 913. 1869. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 127, 129. 1901. =4.=
_Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2d Ser. =3=:51. 1900.
Eugene Fürst 1, 2. Eugen Fürst 3. Fürst’s Damson 4. _Quetsche Précoce de
Fürst_ 2. _Sweet Damson_ 1, 2.
This plum is frequently confused with the Furst. The origin of the name
and variety is unknown. According to Waugh, it is a German variety
introduced in America about sixty years ago. Foliage Damson-like; fruit
small, pear-shaped, with a neck; cavity shallow, abrupt; stem slender;
suture obsolete; apex slightly pointed; skin tough, purplish-black; flesh
greenish-yellow, juicy, slightly acid; quality fair to good; stone nearly
free.
=Gabriel Combes.= Domestica. =1.= _Rev. Hort._ 332, Pl. 1895.
Prune Reine-Claude Gabriel Combes 1.
Of French origin, probably a seedling of the Reine Claude; first
mentioned in 1895. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit spheroidal-ovoid,
large, purple; cavity very small; suture slight; apex pointed; flesh
amber-yellow, fine, juicy, sweet, aromatic, excellent; stone small, free;
ripens after Reine Claude.
=Galbraith.= Domestica. =1.= _Horticulturist_ =8=:536. 1853. =2.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 382. 1857.
Said to have originated with a Mr. Galbraith near Boalsburg,
Pennsylvania. Tree straggling; fruit of medium size, oval, purple; flesh
tender, juicy; good; clingstone; early.
=Gale.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1897-1900. =2.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._
=63=:37. 1897. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 149. 1901.
Gale Seedling 2. _Gale Seedling_ 3. _Gale’s No. 3_ 1.
Introduced about 1890 by I. Gale & Son, Waukesha, Wisconsin. Tree
overbears; fruit below medium, roundish, compressed; suture distinct;
apex slightly truncate; dull red; skin thin; flesh yellow, soft; quality
fair; stone thick, rounded, nearly free; very early.
=Galena.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:37. 1897. 2. Waugh _Plum
Cult._ 149. 1901.
Introduced by Charles Luedloff, Cologne, Minnesota. Fruit large, oval;
yellow ground covered with red.
=Galopin.= Domestica. =1.= _Guide Prat._ 160, 367. 1895. =2.= Waugh _Plum
Cult._ 102. 1901.
_Violette de Galopin_ 2. Violette Galopin 1.
A European variety. Tree poor; fruit of medium size, roundish; cavity
shallow; stem short, thick; suture shallow; blue; many conspicuous dots;
flesh yellow; quality medium; stone of medium size, oval, slightly
necked, nearly free.
=Garden King.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:273. 1900. =2.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 149. 1901.
Found wild in 1853; in 1861 it was put under cultivation by Judge Elias
Topliff of De Soto, Wisconsin, and subsequently turned over to A. R.
Prescott, Postville, Iowa, who introduced it in 1896. Tree vigorous,
productive; fruit medium, oval, scarlet; flesh sweet, juicy; freestone.
=Garfield.= Hortulana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:48, 86. 1892. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 179. 1901. =3.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =162=:254, 255. 1905.
Reported to have been found wild in Ohio; introduced by Leo Welz,
Wilmington, Ohio, in 1887. Tree unproductive, lacking in hardiness;
fruit small, oval; stem slender; cavity shallow; suture a line; bright
red; bloomless; flesh yellow, juicy, acid; quality fair; stone small,
long-oval, pointed, clinging; late.
=Garlick.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 147. 1831. =2.= _Mag.
Hort._ =9=:164. 1843.
Garlick’s Early 1, 2.
Fruit small, obovate, purple; good; freestone; obsolete.
=Garnet.= Triflora × Cerasifera. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Rpt. Pom._ 45. 1895.
=2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 211. 1901.
Found by J. L. Breece, Fayetteville, North Carolina, under a Kelsey tree
which was probably pollinated from a Pissardi growing near, the foliage
showing the reddish color of the Pissardi; first fruited in 1892. Fruit
large, roundish-oval, dark garnet-red with minute russet dots; cavity
small; suture indistinct; skin thin and bitter; flesh yellow with a tinge
of red; flavor mild; stone medium, oval, clinging; more valuable as an
ornamental than for its fruit.
=Gates.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:38. 1897.
Originated at Owatonna, Minnesota. Fruit medium in size, flattened;
suture distinct; very dull red; dots numerous, yellow; skin thick; flesh
yellow; quality fair; stone distinctly margined; late.
=Gaunt.= Domestica. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 576, 577 fig. 1629. =2.=
Rea _Flora_ 208. 1676.
Described in 1629 by Parkinson as “large, reddish, waterish, late.”
=Gaviota.= Triflora × Americana. =1.= _Fancher Creek Nur. Cat._ 1907.
=2.= _Fancher Creek Nur. Cat., Burbank’s Late Introductions._ fig. 1909.
_Rice Seed_ 1.
Originated with Luther Burbank about 1900; probably contains admixtures
of other species than the ones mentioned above. Tree vigorous,
productive, late blooming; fruit very large, oval; suture shallow; cavity
medium; dark red over yellow ground; flesh yellow, firm, sweet, aromatic;
good; stone extremely small; mid-season.
=Gaylord.= Americana. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Rpt._ 441. 1889. =2.= _Wis. Sta.
Bul._ =63=:24, 38 fig. 1897. =3.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:273. 1900.
Found growing wild by David Hardman, Nora Springs, Iowa, in 1854;
introduced by Edson Gaylord of the same place about 1890. Tree vigorous
with a tendency to overbear; fruit of medium size, oval; cavity small;
stem short; suture a line; apex slightly pointed; dull red over yellow;
bloom thin; dots numerous, minute; skin thick, bitter; flesh yellow,
melting; good; stone large, oval, flat, semi-clinging; mid-season.
=Gaylord Gold.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:273. 1900.
Found wild in Rock Grove, Iowa, about 1870 by John Henry, Nora Springs,
Iowa; cions subsequently distributed by Edson Gaylord. Fruit of medium
size, golden yellow; good; stone small, free; mid-season.
=Gelbe Damascener Pflaume.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 431. 1889.
Reference taken by Mathieu from _Obst-Garten_ 315. 1883.
=Gelbe Jerusalempflaume.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 431. 1889.
_Jaune de Jerusalem_ 1. _Prune de Jerusalem_ 1.
A variety of doubtful merit and different from Yellow Jerusalem.
=Gelbe Kirschpflaume.= Cerasifera. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 432.
1889.
_Cerisette Blanche._ _Myrobalan Jaune._ _Prunus Cerasifera Zanthocarpa._
_Serdali Irek._
=Gelbe Spatzwetsche.= Species? Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 432. 1889.
_Reitzensteiner Gelbe Zwetsche_ incor. _Quetsche Jaune Tardive._
=Gem.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 915. 1869.
Originated near Albany, New York. Fruit small, round; suture and cavity
shallow; mottled with purple; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; clingstone.
=Gem.= Americana. =1.= Meneray _Cat._
The Gem 1.
A seedling of Lottie grown by H. A. Terry; introduced by P. W. Meneray,
Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fruit of medium size, oblong, red and yellow, with
whitish bloom; good; freestone.
=Gemeiner Gelbe Spilling.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 432.
1889.
_Bauern Pflaume._ _Gelber Bidling._ _Krieke._ _Prunus Lutea._ _Spelge._
_Spilge._ _Spindel Pflaume._
=Gentleman.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:41. 1873.
Probably of American origin as it was sent by Downing to M. Mas, but
was not described by the American author. Tree vigorous, productive;
fruit medium, oval; suture indistinct; skin thick, intense purple; bloom
abundant; stem short; flesh yellowish, juicy, vinous; good; freestone;
early.
=Georgia.= Triflora ×? =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =175=:153. 1899. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 212. 1901.
_Normand No. 20_ 1, 2.
One of the several seedlings sent out by J. L. Normand, Marksville,
Louisiana. Named by L. H. Bailey in 1899. Fruit small, oval,
greenish-yellow covered with bright red; flesh yellow, watery, fibrous,
sweet; stone large, strongly clinging; fruit drops while green; worthless.
=Gerishes Seedling.= Domestica. Mentioned in Johnson _Cat._
_Early Bradshaw._
=Gersepflaume.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 431. 1889.
Reference taken by Mathieu from _Wiener Garten-Zeitung_ 287. 1884.
=Ghiston.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 276. 1845. =2.= _Am.
Pom. Soc. Cat._ 222, 244. 1858.
Ghiston’s Early 1, 2.
Fruit large, oval, yellow; bloom thin; flesh yellow; quality poor;
freestone; season early; rejected by the American Pomological Society in
1858.
=Gibson.= Domestica. =1.= _Horticulturist_ =25=:319. 1870.
Gibson’s Seedling.
A seedling from W. L. Gibson of Elmira, New York. Tree vigorous,
productive; fruit of medium size, deep amber color; bloom slight; skin
thick, very astringent; flesh sweet, juicy, mild; good.
=Gill.= Domestica. =1.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =94=:58. 1909.
Introduced by S. R. Gill, Port Clinton, Ohio, who received it in 1882
from a nursery with Golden Drop trees. Tree vigorous, spreading and
productive; fruit medium in size, round, reddish-purple; bloom light;
flesh firm, sweet, rich; good; mid-season; excellent for canning.
=Gisborne.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 147. 1831. =2.=
_Horticulturist_ =10=:16. 1855. =3.= Mas _Pom. Gen._. =2=:49. 1873. =4.=
Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 432. 1889.
De Gisborne 3. Gisborne’s 1. _Gisborne’s_ 3. Gisborne’s Early 2.
_Gisborne’s Early_ 2, 4. _Gisborne’s Zwetsche_ 3. Gisbornes Zwetsche 4.
Ovalrunde Spreckel Pflaume 4. _Paterson’s_ 1, 4.
Tree vigorous, productive; fruit of medium size, oval; suture indistinct;
skin golden-yellow, dotted with cherry-red on the sunny side, with pale
bloom; flesh bright yellow, juicy, sweet; stone large, oval, free;
mid-season.
=Glaister.= Domestica. =1.= Wickson _Cal. Fruits_ 358. 1891.
A variety from California introduced by Leonard Coates of Napa,
California. Fruit very similar to Yellow Egg, but two weeks earlier.
=Gloire d’Epinay.= Domestica. =1.= _Rev. Hort._ 444. 1898. =2.= _Ibid._
86. 1899.
A sucker from a chance seedling found about 1850 by M. Donon of Epinay,
France; named and presented to the National Society of Horticulture
in 1898 by M. Gorion. Fruit above medium size, roundish-oval; suture
shallow; deep blue; similar to Monsieur, but is later and ripens over a
period of nearly two months.
=Gloire de Louveciennes.= Insititia. =1.= _Rev. Hort._ 650. 1900. =2.=
_Ibid._ 476, fig. 1901.
Mirabelle Gloire de Louveciennes 1, 2.
Noted in the _Revue Horticole_ as a Mirabelle introduced in 1900 by M.
Lecointe. Fruit similar to Mirabelle de Nancy in shape and form, but
larger; skin citron-yellow, dotted and shaded with red on the sunny side;
flesh firm, very sweet, like the Apricot in flavor.
=Gloria.= Americana mollis. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 119. 1904.
A seedling of Wolf; fruit large, oval; cavity narrow; suture a line;
bright red or yellow mottled with red; dots few; bloom light; skin thick,
tough; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; good; stone large, nearly free;
variety promising.
=Gloucestershire Violet.= Domestica. =1.= _Jour. Hort._ =17=:285. 1888.
_Minsterworth_ 1. _Prince_ 1.
A very old variety first known as Prince; it is grown largely on the
banks of the Severn, England, where it is propagated from seed or from
root-suckers. Fruit small, oval, with slight tendency to a neck; suture
distinct; dark mahogany; bloom thin; flesh greenish, tender, sweet,
pleasant; stone small; free.
=Glow.= Maritima × Subcordata × Americana × Nigra. =1.= Burbank _Cat._
14. 1911.
From crosses of the species named Burbank grew this variety. Tree of
medium size; branches slender and drooping. Fruit large, round, crimson,
dotted with yellow; flesh orange color, rich; good; freestone; late.
=G. No. 4.= Domestica. =1.= _N. Y. Sta. Rpt._ =9=:347. 1890. 2. _Mich.
Sta. Bul._ =177=:42, 43. 1899.
G. No. 44 Jones (unpublished).
In 1890, Herbert A. Jones, Himrods, New York, sent this variety to a
few experiment stations for testing. Fruit of medium size, roundish;
suture very shallow; cavity medium deep; stem slender; skin thin; dark
purple; bloom thick; dots numerous, sometimes irregular, russet; flesh
greenish-yellow, juicy, firm, sourish; poor; clingstone; mid-season;
variety not worth propagating.
=Goff.= Americana. =1.= Meneray _Cat._
Prof. Goff 1.
A seedling of Hawkeye grown by H. A. Terry; introduced by F. W. Meneray,
Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fruit large, red over yellow; good; clingstone.
=Gold.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:273.
1900. =3.= Terry _Cat._ 1900.
Golden 3.
A variety from H. A. Terry not to be confused with the Golden of Burbank
(Gold of Stark Brothers). Fruit of medium size, roundish; cavity shallow,
small; orange-yellow and red; bloom thin; skin rather thick, astringent;
flesh yellow, firm, meaty, subacid; good; clingstone.
=Gold Coin.= Americana. =1.= Terry _Cat._ 1900.
An unknown variety mentioned by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa, as the
parent of Coinage.
=Gold Colored.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:39. 1897. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 150. 1901.
From Edson Gaylord, Gaylord, Iowa. Fruit of medium size, bright yellow;
stone small, free.
=Golden Cluster.= Domestica. =1.= _Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 93. 1885.
A seedling from Henry Corse of Montreal. Tree slow in growth, with long
internodes; fruit of medium size, egg-shaped; hanging in dense clusters
by firmly adherent stems; gold, tinged with brown; flesh firm, pleasant;
ripening season long.
=Golden Gage.= Domestica. _N. Y. Sta. Rpt._ =12=:611. 1893.
Golden Gage is a seedling of Golden Drop grown by J. T. Macomber, Grand
Isle, Vermont. Fruit small, oval; cavity shallow; suture a line; apex
round; skin thin; pale yellow with red specks; bloom thin; dots small;
flesh yellow, very sweet; good; stone oval, slightly necked; free;
mid-season; of little commercial importance because of inferior size and
color.
=Golden Gem.= Species?
A variety originating from seed with P. P. Dawson, Payette, Idaho.
=Golden Prolific.= Species? =1.= _Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt._ =5=:116. 1898.
Tree vigorous, productive; fruit medium, yellow; very good; clingstone;
poor shipper.
=Golden Prune.= Domestica. =1.= Wickson _Cal. Fruits_ 360. 1891. =2.=
_Cal. Sta. Bd. Hort._ 112. 1891. =3.= _U. S. D. A. Rpt._ 291. 1893. =4.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 105. 1901.
Golden 2.
Grown by Seth Lewelling, Milwaukee, Oregon, from a seed of the Italian
Prune; mentioned in the last two catalogs of the American Pomological
Society. Fruit large, oval; cavity small, round, shallow, abrupt; stem
short; suture shallow; apex depressed, sometimes cracking; light yellow;
bloom thin; dots numerous, yellow; skin thin; flesh yellow, firm, tender,
juicy; good; stone of medium size, long-oval, nearly free; mid-season.
=Golden Queen.= Americana. =1.= Terry _Cat._ 1900. =2.= Ill. Hort. Soc.
Rpt. 426. 1905.
Originated with H. A. Terry; first fruited in 1897. Tree characterized by
its luxuriant foliage; fruit large, roundish-oblong, golden-yellow; good;
said to be valuable for dessert.
=Golden Transparent.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. World_ =10=:448. 1893. =2.=
Rivers _Cat._ 34. 1898. =3.= Thompson _Gard. Ass’t_ 157. 1901.
From Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England; closely allied to the
Transparent Gage, but is distinctly later and more golden in color; an
excellent dessert plum.
=Goldsmith.= Domestica. Mentioned in _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 147. 1831.
Goldsmith’s Vienna.
=Gondin.= Domestica? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 432. 1889.
Pflaume Von Gondin. _Prune de Gondin._
=Gonne.= Domestica. =1.= _Ann. Pom. Belge_ =6=:15, Pl. 1858. =2.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 917. 1869. =3.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 409. 1881.
Gonne’s Rothe Pflaume 3. Prune Gonne 1. _Prune Gonne_ 2.
Originated by Dr. Gonne of Fleurus, Belgium. Oberdieck gives the Gonne’s
Rothe Pflaume, which is evidently the same variety, as a seedling of
the Red Egg. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, obovate, sometimes
spherical; suture shallow to deep; carmine-red, dotted with russet; flesh
yellow, juicy, melting, sweet; the pit lies in a large cavity, nearly
free; mid-season.
=Goose-Dye.= Species? =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 11. 1900.
A supposed hybrid between the Wild Goose plum and Dyehouse cherry grown
by Theodore Williams. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit larger than Wild
Goose, oval, cherry-red; clingstone; mid-season; said to be free from rot.
=Goose-O.= Munsoniana × Triflora. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 11. 1900.
A cross between Wild Goose and Ogon made by Theodore Williams, Benson,
Nebraska. Tree suckers badly; fruit of medium size, roundish, red on a
yellow ground; clingstone; mid-season.
=Gordon.= Domestica. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 46. 1897.
_Gordon No. 3_ 1.
A seedling of Imperial Gage. Fruit of medium size, roundish; yellow
overspread with coppery-red; bloom profuse; skin acid; flesh rich,
yellow, meaty, juicy, subacid; good; freestone; mid-season.
=Gordon Castle.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. Chron._ =26=:364. 1866. =2.=
_Garden_ =54=:318. 1898.
A plum of the Reine Claude type which originated at Gordon Castle,
England. Fruit large, obovate; greenish-yellow overspread with a reddish
blush; flesh firm, sweet; good; mid-season.
=Gorman.= Species? Mentioned in _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 169. 1909.
=Govalle.= Triflora ×? =1.= _Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:14. 1898. =2.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 215. 1901.
Grown by Joseph Breck, Texas, supposedly from the Kelsey. Introduced by
F. T. Ramsey in 1898. Fruit medium, oval; cavity shallow; bright red;
flesh slightly soft, fibrous, sprightly; good; clingstone; early.
=Grace.= Americana. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Rpt._ 263. 1892. =2.= _Am. Pom.
Soc. Rpt._ 74. 1895.
Originated with W. R. Grace, Garden City, Kansas. Fruit of medium size,
oblong, yellow striped with red, mottled and washed with dull purple;
flesh yellow, melting, juicy; flavor rich, sweet; good; clingstone;
mid-season.
=Grand Précoce.= Domestica? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 432. 1889. =2.=
_Guide Prat._ 163, 357. 1895.
Mentioned in the preceding references.
=Graugrüne Frühpflaume.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 432. 1889.
Mathieu found the variety referred to in _Wiener Garten-Zeitung_ 287.
1884.
=Gray Damask.= Insititia. =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 68, 70. 1699.
Mentioned by Quintinye as “a round plum of a gray color.”
=Grayson.= Munsoniana × Americana. =1.= Sherman _Cat._ 1897. =2.= _Vt.
Sta. Rpt._ =12=:225. 1899.
A seedling of Wild Goose crossed with some Americana; from A. L. Bruce,
Basin Springs, Texas, about 1893. Fruit of medium size, roundish; suture
a line; clear red; dots many, conspicuous, yellow; bloom heavy; flesh
yellow, soft; good; clingstone; season follows Wild Goose.
=Great Bearer.= Domestica. =1.= _Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 56. 1878.
Corse’s Great Bearer 1.
Undoubtedly originated with Henry Corse of Montreal, Canada. Fruit small,
light blue; flavor fair; very prolific.
=Greely.= Domestica. =1.= _Me. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 130. 1888. =2.= _Ibid._
144. 1889. =3.= _Rural N. Y._ =55=:512. 1896.
Greeley 1, 3.
Captain Eliphalet Greely of Portland, Maine, secured the original tree
from Montreal; introduced by O. K. Gerrish of Portland. A large, purple
plum so closely resembling Bradshaw that some growers believe them to be
identical; its season seems to be earlier than Bradshaw.
=Greenfield.= Domestica. =1.= _Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 51. 1878.
A seedling of Red Magnum Bonum raised by Mr. Greenfield of Canada. Tree
hardy, productive; fruit large, red.
=Green Indian.= Domestica. =1.= Willich _Dom. Enc._ 195. 1903.
_White Indian_ 1.
Reported in 1803 as a very desirable variety.
=Green Italian.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 3d App. 181.
1869.
From Germany; tree moderately vigorous, fairly productive; fruit
medium, oval; suture a line; greenish-yellow splashed with green; bloom
thin; cavity small; flesh green, coarse, juicy, sweet, rich; good;
semi-clinging; mid-season.
=Green Oysterly.= Domestica. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 577 fig., 578.
1629. =2.= Rea _Flora_ 207. 1676.
Described as roundish, of medium size, greenish, juicy, flavor
“reasonably good.”
=Green Perdrigon.= Domestica. =1.= Rea _Flora_ 208. 1676.
Described by Rea nearly two hundred and fifty years ago as “a round plum,
of medium size, green; flavor good.”
=Green Pescod.= Domestica. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 576. 1629.
Parkinson states that “this plum is of medium size, pointed; mid-season.”
=Grelck.= Cerasifera. =1.= Wickson _Cal. Fruits_ 358. 1891.
Supposedly a seedling grown by John Grelck of Los Angeles, California,
who gave it to O. S. Chapin of San Diego County about 1883. Fruit small,
round, light yellow with reddish shade, sprightly; good; season before
Myrobalan; decidedly superior to Myrobalan.
=Gros Damas de Tours.= Domestica. =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 70. 1699.
=2.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:69. 1768. =3.= Knoop _Fructologie_
=2=:56. 1771. =4.= Forsyth _Treat. Fr. Trees_ 19. 1803. =5.= Willich
_Dom. Enc._ =4=:300. 1803. =6.= Miller _Gard. Dict._ 3. 1807. =7.= _Lond.
Hort. Soc. Cat._ 145, 147. 1831. =8.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:86. 1832.
=9.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 917. 1869. =10.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 433.
1889.
_Damas de Tours_ 10. Damas de Tours Gros 7. _Damas de Tours Gros_ 8, 9,
10. Damas gros de Tours 3. Damas Violet of Tours 4. Great Violet Damask
de Tours 5. _Great Damask Violet of Tours_ 6, 10. Great Damask Violet of
Tours 9. Great Plum of Tours 7. Great Violet Tours Damask 1. Gros Damas
6. Grosse Damascene von Tours 10. _Gros Damas de Tours_ 8, 9, 10. _Gros
Damas Violet de Tours_ 6. Largest Damask of Tours 8. _Largest Damask of
Tours_ 9, 10.
For historical notes and description see Précoce de Tours.
=Gros Damas Noir.= Domestica? =1.= Noisette _Man. Comp. Jard._ =2=:500.
1860.
A small mediocre plum mentioned by Noisette as ripening the last of July.
=Grosse Hâtive de Rodt.= Domestica? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 433.
1889.
=Grosse Marange.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 433. 1889. =2.=
_Guide Prat._ 156, 357. 1895.
_Hâtive d’Augny_ 1, 2.
This variety was grown by M. Chabardin of Augny near Metz, France,
where it is considered very promising because of its high quality
and earliness. Fruit medium in size, roundish; purplish; flesh
yellowish-green, sweet; quality best of its season; very early.
=Grosse Rosspauke.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 434. 1889.
Mathieu found it noted in _Wiener Garten-Zeitung_ 287. 1884.
=Grosse Surpasse.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2d Ser. =3=:52.
1900. =2.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 432. 1905.
A small round plum tested at British Columbia Experimental Farm; yellow;
flesh yellow, tender, sweet, pleasant; stone small, clinging; mid-season.
=Grosse Violette de Grugliasco.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom.
Pom._ 434. 1889.
=Grüne Dattel Zwetsche.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._
444. 1881. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 434. 1889.
_Berliner Pflaume 2._ _Datte Verte_ 2. Grüne Dattelzwetsche 1. _Grüne
Insel Pflaume_ 2 incor. _Susina Verdachia Longa_ 2. _Weisse Indische
Pflaume_ 2.
Mentioned in the preceding references. Grünliche Dattelpflaume von
Besançon is given by _Guide Pratique_, 1895, as a synonym of the Yellow
Egg.
=Grüne Herzformige.= Domestica. =1.= Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:30, Tab. 176
fig. 1. 1796.
Die grüne herzförmige Pflaume 1. Prune coeur de pigeon verd 1.
An old European variety. Flowers small; fruit heart-shaped,
greenish-yellow; flesh yellow, firm; stone uncommonly rough and uneven.
=Grüne Zwetsche Von Monrepos.= Species? Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
434. 1889.
=Guilford No. 2.= Hortulana mineri. =1.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 135. 1903
=2.= _Ibid._ 422. 1905.
A seedling of Miner from Illinois. Tree moderately vigorous, productive;
fruit yellow, with a pink cheek; good; freestone; mid-season.
=Guimaraen.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 148. 1831.
Fruit medium in size, oval, yellow; good; clingstone; mid-season.
=Guinea Egg.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:263. 1900.
Found wild about 1857 by Frederick Albright, near Bangor, Marshall
County, Iowa; not introduced. Tree vigorous, hardy; fruit large, dark
red; skin thin; flesh firm; good; stone small.
=Gundaker.= Domestica. =1.= _Horticulturist_ =6=:524. 1851. =2.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 383. 1857.
A large, heart-shaped, purple plum grown from seed by Samuel E. Gundaker,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, about 1820; of good quality.
=Gundaker Prune.= Domestica. =1.= _Horticulturist_ =6=:524. 1851. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 382. 1857.
_Groundacre_ 1, 2.
A seedling grown by Samuel E. Gundaker, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, about
1820; sent out by Samuel Carpenter of Lancaster, Ohio, as Groundacre.
Tree productive; fruit large, oval, light yellow; good.
=Guthrie Apricot.= Domestica. =1.= _Mag. Hort._ =12=:341. 1846. =2.= _U.
S. Pat. Off. Rpt._ =2=:449. 1849. =3.= McIntosh _Bk. Gard._ =2=:531.
1855. =4.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 918. 1869. =5.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
434. 1889.
_Abricot de Guthrie_ 5. Guthrie’s Apricot Plum 2. _Guthrie’s Apricot_ 5.
_Guthrie’s Golden_ 4. Guthrie’s Golden 5. Guthrie’s New Apricot 3.
A seedling raised by Charles Guthrie of Taybank, Dundee, Scotland. Fruit
of medium size, roundish; suture slight; cavity small; yellow; bloom
thin; dots red; flesh yellow, coarse, juicy, sweet; good; clingstone;
mid-season.
=Guthrie Russet.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 919. 1869. =2.=
Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:167. 1873.
Rousse De Guthrie 2. _Guthrie’s Russet_ 2.
A seedling of Reine Claude grown by Charles Guthrie, Taybank, Dundee,
Scotland. Fruit large, oval; suture distinct; cavity small; stem slender;
yellow, sometimes marbled with red; bloom thin; flesh yellow, juicy,
sweet; good; clingstone; mid-season.
=Guthrie Topaz.= Domestica. =1.= _Mag. Hort._ =12=:341. 1846. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 919. 1869. =3.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 728. 1884. =4.=
Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 434. 1889.
Guthrie’s Topaz 4. _Guthrie’s Topaz_ 3, 4. Topaz 3. _Topaze de Guthrie_ 4.
Grown by Charles Guthrie, Taybank, Dundee, Scotland, probably from seed
of Reine Claude. Tree hardy, productive; fruit of medium size, oval,
necked, suture distinct; cavity small; stem slender; yellow, with thin
bloom; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; flavor not high but pleasant; good;
clingstone; mid-season.
=Gwalsh.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 148. 1831. =2.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 301. 1845. =3.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 343. 1849.
From Thomas Hancock, Burlington, New York. Fruit large, obovate; suture
indistinct; dark purple; flesh yellow, juicy, sprightly; quality fair;
clingstone; mid-season.
=Haag.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:24, 39. 1897. =2.= _Ia.
Sta. Bul._ =46=:274. 1900. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 150. 1901.
Purchased from a nurseryman of Minneapolis and introduced as Haag by
J. S. Haag, Hosper, Sioux County, Iowa. Tree moderately vigorous,
spreading; fruit above medium size, roundish; suture distinct; flesh
greenish-yellow, tender, sweet; good; stone oval, clinging; mid-season.
=Hackl Grosse Zwetsche.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 434. 1889.
Reference to this variety found by Mathieu in _Wiener Garten-Zeitung_
287. 1884.
=Haferpflaume.= Insititia? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 434. 1889.
_Blaue Krieche._ _Echte Hafer Pflaume._ _Echte Hafer Zwetsche._
=Haffner Herbstpflaume.= Domestica? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 434.
1889.
=Haffner Königspflaume.= Domestica? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 434.
1889.
_Royale de Haffner._
=Haku Botan.= Triflora. =1.= _Va. Sta. Bul._ =129=:113. 1901.
Imported by the United States Department of Agriculture.
=Hallenbeck.= Domestica. =1.= _Cultivator_ =8=:309. 1860. =2.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 920. 1869.
Originated with Henry Hallenbeck, East Greenbush, Rensselaer County,
New York. Fruit large, roundish-oval, one side often enlarged,
reddish-purple; numerous minute dots; flesh greenish-yellow, very juicy,
sugary, brisk flavor; good; clingstone; mid-season.
=Halcyon.= Triflora × Munsoniana? =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =12=:225.
1899. =2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 215. 1901.
Grown by J. S. Breece, North Carolina. Fruit heart-shaped; suture faint;
bright red; dots few; flesh yellow; quality fair; stone large, oval,
clinging.
=Hanford.= Domestica. =1.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 71. 1868.
Hanford’s Orleans 1.
Mentioned in 1868 by Lucius C. Frances in the report of the Illinois
Horticultural Society.
=Hanska.= Americana × Simonii. =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =108=: Pl. 5.
1908.
Originated by N. E. Hansen of the South Dakota Experiment Station; first
fruited in 1906 on two-year-old trees. Tree very vigorous, fruit of
medium size, roundish-oblate, halves unequal; suture shallow; bright red;
bloom heavy; flesh firm, reddish; stone very small; semi-free.
=Hanson.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 151.
1901.
Said to be of value in the South. Fruit of medium size; nearly spherical;
suture shallow; skin very thick; bright red over yellow; dots numerous;
flesh yellow; sweet; good; stone round, slightly flattened, clinging;
early.
=Happiness.= Triflora ×? =1.= Griffing Bros. _Cat._ 1906-1909.
A chance seedling found by Joseph Breck about 1899; introduced by F. T.
Ramsey, Austin, Texas; fruit large, bright red; good.
=Harlow.= Domestica. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Rpt._ 263. 1892. =2.= _Am. Pom.
Soc. Rpt._ 74. 1895.
Supposed to be a seedling of Bradshaw; raised by S. C. Harlow, Bangor,
Maine. Tree vigorous, hardy, productive; fruit large, oblong-oval; skin
smooth, reddish-purple; dots numerous, fawn-colored; bloom light; flesh
greenish-amber, melting, mildly subacid; mid-season.
=Harney.= Domestica. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt._ 45. 1895.
Specimens of this plum from H. C. Cook, White Salmon, Washington, were
described by the Division of Pomology, Department of Agriculture. Fruit
large, roundish; cavity large, regular, deep, abrupt; suture shallow;
purplish-red; dots large and small, russet; bloom thin; skin thin, tough;
flesh pale yellow, tender, juicy, sweet, rich; very good; stone medium,
roundish, nearly free; mid-season.
=Harper.= Munsoniana? =1.= _Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 28. 1876. =2.= _Ibid._
24. 1881.
Harper’s 1.
Originated about 1870. Fruit red; clingstone; mid-season.
=Harriet.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. Chron._ =18=:441. 1882. =2.= Hogg
_Fruit Man._ 705. 1884.
Grown by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, about 1870. Fruit of the
Reine Claude type, medium in size; roundish-oblate; cavity deep; suture
slight; skin thin but rather tough; golden yellow sometimes specked with
red; bloom thin; flesh yellow, juicy, firm, very good; stone of medium
size, oval, turgid, clinging; mid-season.
=Harris.= Hortulana mineri. =1.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 225. 1877.
Tree and fruit much resemble Miner, but the ripening season is four weeks
earlier; freestone.
=Harrison.= Americana. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 123. 1875. =2.= _Cornell
Sta. Bul._ =38=:38, 86. 1892. =3.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:39, 40. 1897.
=4.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 170. 1901.
Harrison’s Peach 1, 2, 3. _Harrison’s Peach_ 4.
Found growing wild in Minnesota. Tree unproductive; fruit of medium size,
oval; suture a line; cavity shallow; dots small; dull red; bloom thick;
flesh yellow, tender, juicy, sweet; quality fair; stone oval, pointed,
flattened, semi-clinging; mid-season. Harrison is the parent of a great
number of varieties.
=Hart.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:40. 1897. =2.= _Ia. Sta.
Bul._ =46=:274. 1900. =3.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:19. 1905.
Hart’s De Soto 1. _Hart’s De Soto_ 2, 3.
A sprout taken from a tree bought for De Soto by H. Hart, Sioux County,
Iowa, about 1890; widely distributed by the Iowa Agricultural College.
The fruit resembles De Soto in color and shape, but ripens from ten days
to two weeks earlier; somewhat larger in size but inferior in quality.
=Hartwick.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._
151. 1901.
Noted as of little value.
=Hartwiss.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 383. 1857. =2.= Mas
_Pom. Gen._ =2=:123. 1873. =3.= Lauche _Deut. Pom._ No. 3. Pl. 1882. =4.=
Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 453. 1889.
_Hartwiss Gelbe Zwetsche_ 2, 3. Hartwiss Yellow Prune 1. Quetsche Jaune
de Hartwiss 2. _Quetsche Jaune de Hartwiss_ 4. Von Hartwiss’ Gelbe
Zwetsche 4.
Obtained by Liegel from a pit of Quetsche Jaune Précoce and dedicated
by him to the Director of the Imperial Gardens at Nikita, Crimea. Tree
large, productive; fruit medium in size, irregularly oval; suture broad
and shallow; halves unequal; skin canary-yellow, rather adherent; bloom
thin; flesh yellow, tender, sweet; freestone; mid-season.
=Harvest.= Americana. =1.= _Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 127. 1890.
Brought in from the wild by H. Knudson, Springfield, Minnesota. Fruit
large, roundish-ovate; skin thin, red; quality fair; early.
=Hattie.= Cerasifera. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 67. 1875. =2.= _Cornell
Sta. Bul._ =38=:75, 86. 1892. =3.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =13=:369. 1900.
Cultivated in the South. Tree dwarfish; branches stiff and rough; leaves
small, folded upward, finely serrate; petioles glandless; flowers small
and clustered; fruit small, roundish; suture a line; cavity small; stem
slender; dull red; bloom thin; dots many, conspicuous; skin thin, tough;
flesh yellow, soft, watery; quality fair; clingstone; early.
=Hayo-Simoni.= Triflora. =1.= _N. Mex. Sta. Bul._ =27=:124. 1898.
An upright, vasiform tree; fruit above medium, roundish-oblate; suture
distinct; dark red; dots minute, yellow; bloom abundant; flesh dull
yellow, firm, juicy, subacid; good; clingstone; early.
=Hazard.= Domestica. =1.= John Watkins _Cat._
Mentioned by John Watkins, nurseryman, Withington, England.
=Heaton.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894.
Received by J. W. Kerr about 1894 from H. A. Terry, Iowa. Fruit medium to
large, oblong-oval, dark purplish-red; freestone; early.
=Hector.= Domestica.
A chance seedling found about 1890 by Edward Smith on his farm at Hector,
New York; introduced by E. Smith and Sons, Geneva, New York. Tree
vigorous, hardy and productive; fruit one and three-quarters inches in
diameter, roundish; cavity deep; suture shallow; stem short, thick; skin
tender; dark reddish-purple; bloom thick; dots inconspicuous; flesh light
yellow, juicy, tender, sweet, mild; quality good; stone semi-clinging,
oval, turgid, slightly winged and necked; mid-season.
=Heep.= Angustifolia varians. =1.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 195. 1901.
F. T. Ramsey, Austin, Texas, offered this sort in his 1897 catalog as an
old variety found in the orchard of a Mr. Heep. Tree very vigorous and
productive; fruit above medium size, red; quality fair.
=Heikes.= Triflora. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =62=:23. 1894. =2.= _Ibid._
=139=:38, 42. 1897.
_Burbank No. 4_ 1.
Imported by Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, California, in 1885, and named
for W. F. Heikes of the Huntsville Nurseries, Huntsville, Alabama. As
tested at the Cornell Experiment Station similar to Satsuma if not
identical with it.
=Heine Superbe.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 434. 1889.
=Helen.= Species? =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 36. 1875.
Helen’s Seedling 1.
Listed in American Pomological Society catalog for eight years.
=Hendrick.= Munsoniana? =1.= _Ala. Sta. Bul._ N. S. =11=:12. 1890.
Hendrick’s 1.
Tree vigorous; fruit of medium size, spherical, yellow, blushed with red;
flesh tender; good; early.
=Henrietta Gage.= Domestica. =1.= _Gen. Farmer_ =9=:232. 1848. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 920. 1869. =3.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:169. 1873.
_Early Genesee_ 2. _Henrietta Gage_ 3. Reine-Claude D’Henrietta 3.
Originated about 1840 on the farm of a Mr. Brown, Henrietta, Monroe
County, New York. Similar to Reine Claude but much earlier.
=Henry Clay.= Domestica. =1.= _Cultivator_ =3=:20. 1855. =2.= Mas _Pom.
Gen._ =2=:95. 1873.
A seedling of Howard raised by Elisha Dorr, Albany, New York; named by
Dr. Warder of Cincinnati, Ohio; first fruited in 1852. Fruit large, oval;
suture broad and shallow; stem long, rather thick; skin clear yellow,
often washed and dotted with red on the sunny exposure; flesh clear
yellow, sweet, vinous; good; stone small, clinging; mid-season.
=Herbst Kriecke.= Insititia? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 435. 1889.
Mention of the variety found by Mathieu in _Wiener Garten-Zeitung_ 288.
1884.
=Herbstpflaume.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 445. 1881.
A German variety; unproductive in dry soils.
=Hereford Damson.= Insititia. =1.= Watkins _Cat._ 48. 1892?
Mentioned in the preceding reference as a favorite and very productive.
=Herefordshire Prune.= Domestica. =1.= Thompson _Gard. Ass’t_ =4=:160.
1901.
Fruit large, obovate; flesh firm, yellowish-green.
=Heron.= Domestica. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt._ 26. 1894. =2.= _Cornell
Sta. Bul._ =131=:187. 1897. =3.= Rivers _Cat._ 35. 1898.
Originated and introduced by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England.
Popular in England but on account of its poor foliage it is of little
value in this country. Fruit large, roundish, dark purplish-red; dots
small; skin sour; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, meaty, moderately juicy,
subacid; good; stone large, oval, semi-free; early.
=Heroy.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 435. 1889.
=Herren.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2d Ser. =3=:52. 1900.
A vigorous variety of the Reine Claude type grown in Germany. Fruit of
medium size, roundish, slightly flattened at both ends; suture distinct;
sides often unequal; dull yellow; flesh yellowish, firm, coarse, sweet,
juicy, pleasant; freestone; mid-season.
=Herzformige Pflaume.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 435.
1889.
_Prune Cordiforme._
=Heupflaume.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 435. 1889.
Reference obtained by Mathieu in _Wiener Garten-Zeitung_ 288. 1884.
=Hiawatha.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._
=63=:41. 1897. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 152. 1901.
Introduced by C. W. H. Heideman, New Ulm, Minnesota, as an example
of a staminate-flowered plum; rarely productive. Fruit very large,
roundish-oblong, purplish-red; clingstone; early.
=Highland.= Domestica. =1.= _Cal. State Bd. Hort. Rpt._ =8=:47. 1897.
A seedling of Agen, grown by Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, California. Tree
vigorous and productive; fruit large, long-oval, purplish-crimson; flesh
yellow, firm, sweet; flavor excellent; stone nearly free.
=Highlander.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 384. 1857.
Fruit large, irregularly ovate, deep blue; bloom thin; dots brown,
numerous; yellow, juicy, vinous; semi-clinging; late.
=Hilda No. 5.= Hortulana mineri ×? =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:274. 1900.
Originated under cultivation with J. F. Wagner, Bennett, Iowa, in 1894,
from seed of Miner pollinated by a wild plum; not introduced. Fruit above
medium size, dark red; used for jellies.
=Hillside.= Americana. =1.= _Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 128. 1890.
Selected from wild plants by H. Knudson, Springfield, Minnesota. Fruit of
medium size; skin thick, deep red, astringent.
=Hilltop.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._
=63=:42. 1897. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 152. 1901.
Fruit small, round-oval; suture a line; skin deep red; dots very minute;
thick bloom; flesh yellow; quality fair; stone large, half-free.
=Hilman.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =87=:13. 1901.
Fruit small, oblong; skin yellow, two-thirds covered with purple; dots
conspicuous; flesh yellow, firm, sweet; stone small, oval; mid-season.
=Hinkley.= Americana. =1.= Meneray _Cat._
A seedling of Harrison grown by H. A. Terry and introduced by F. W.
Meneray, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fruit large, yellow with a red cheek;
flesh yellow, rich, sweet, semi-clinging; good.
=Hlubeck Aprikosenpflaume.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
435. 1889.
=Hoag’s Seedling.= Domestica. =1.= _N. Y. Sta. Rpt._ =8=:356. 1889.
Received for testing at the New York Experiment Station in 1889.
=Hoffman.= Munsoniana? =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:63. 1892. =2.=
Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 492. 1897.
A wild variety from southwestern Missouri. Fruit of medium size,
roundish, purplish-red; mid-season.
=Hofinger Mirabelle.= Insititia. Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 435. 1889.
_Hofinger’s Rote Mirabelle._ _Roter Spilling_ incor.
=Hog.=
A common name variously applied to _P. americana_, _P. umbellata_, _P.
hortulana_ and _P. gracilis_.
=Holland.= Domestica. =1.= Coxe _Cult. Fr. Trees_ 239. 1817. =2.= Prince
_Pom. Man._ =2=:78. 1832. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 301. 1845. =4.=
Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 435. 1885.
_Blue Holland_ 2, 3, 4. _Holland Plum_ 1, 3. _Holland Prune_ 4.
_Kensington Prune_ 2. _Large Holland_ 2, 3.
An old variety supposed to have been brought into this country from
Holland by the early Dutch settlers. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit
roundish, slightly compressed, blue; stem very adherent; flesh juicy,
melting, sweet, rich; freestone; mid-season.
=Holland.= Triflora × Angustifolia varians. =1.= _Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:14.
1898. =2.= Kerr _Cat._ 1900. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 215. 1901.
A cross between Lone Star and Kelsey, grown by D. H. Watson, Brenham,
Texas; introduced by W. A. Yates in 1897. Fruit resembles Abundance in
shape and size; yellowish-green splashed with red; flesh firm, juicy,
vinous; semi-clinging; mid-season.
=Holister.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 275. 1893. =2.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 185. 1901.
_Holister_ 1.
A variety said to have originated with a Mr. Holister of Cedar County,
Iowa. Tree productive; fruit of medium size, roundish-oblong; cavity
shallow; suture faint; clear bright red; flesh soft, yellow, sweet; good;
clingstone; mid-season.
=Holman Prune.= Domestica. =1.= _Sarcoxie Nur. Cat._ 1892. =2.= _Can.
Exp. Farm Bul._ 2d Ser. =3=:52. 1900.
A seedling grown by D. S. Holman, Springfield, Maine. Fruit of medium
size, oblong, pointed; greenish-yellow; flesh yellow, firm, sweet, juicy;
stone small, pointed, free; mid-season.
=Holme.= Domestica. =1.= _Peachland Nur. Cat._
Holmes Early Blue 1.
Introduced by J. Van Lindley, Pomona, North Carolina. Tree hardy,
productive; fruit large, dark blue; good; early.
=Holt.= Americana. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Rpt._ 392. 1891. =2.= _Colo. Sta.
Bul._ =50=:37. 1898. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 152. 1901.
Originated with B. J. Holt of Rutland, Ohio. Tree vigorous, spreading;
fruit large, roundish, yellow shaded with red; flesh yellow, melting,
juicy, mild subacid; good; clingstone; mid-season.
=Homestead.= Americana. =1.= _Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 128. 1890. =2.=
_Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:42. 1897.
Originated with H. Knudson, Springfield, Minnesota. Fruit small, round,
deep red; skin not at all adherent; flavor rich, somewhat resembling a
peach; stone small, free.
=Honey.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =87=:13.
1901. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 153. 1901.
Tree unproductive; fruit small, oblate; cavity shallow; suture a line;
yellow washed and shaded with red; flesh sweet; quality fair; clingstone;
early.
=Honey Julian.= Domestica. Listed in _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 148. 1831.
=Hoo Green Gage.= Domestica. Mentioned in _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 148.
1831.
=Hoosier.= Hortulana. =1.= _Sarcoxie Nur. Cat._ 1900.
From Greene County, Missouri; introduced by Wild Brothers Nursery.
Tree vigorous, spreading; fruit above medium size, roundish; suture a
line; dark cherry-red; bloom thin; dots distinct; flesh yellow; good;
clingstone; late.
=Horemoritzer Reine Claude.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 435.
1889.
Reference found by Mathieu in _Pomologische Monatshefte_ 33. 1889.
=Horrigan.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm. Bul._ =43=:38. 1903.
Mentioned as being tested.
=Horse.= Species? =1.= Knoop _Fructologie_ 62. 1771. =2.= _Lond. Hort.
Soc. Cat._ 148. 1831. =3.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:87. 1832. =4.= Kenrick
_Am. Orch._ 263. 1832. =5.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 301. 1845. =6.=
Floy-Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 303. 1846. =7.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._
=13=:335. 1899.
_Early Damson_ 3. _Horse Plum_ 3, 4. _Irish Horse Plum_ 2. Large Early
Damson 3. _Large Early Damson_ 5. Large Sweet Damson 4. _Prune de Cheval_
1. Ros-pruim Double 1. _Sweet Damson_ 3, 5.
Plums from at least two and possibly three species are known as the
“Horse Plum.” In New York the Horse Plum used by nurserymen as a stock is
undoubtedly _Prunus cerasifera_. The plum referred to by Waugh, in the
preceding reference, is a variety of _Prunus domestica_. It is difficult
to determine the species referred to by the older writers, but from the
frequency with which the word Damson appears as a synonym, it would seem
that some at least had in mind _Prunus insititia_.
The Horse plum brought into this country by the early Dutch or French
settlers, propagated by seedlings or suckers was probably an Insititia.
During the first half of the last century, this plum was extensively
raised in this State and large quantities were sold in the New York
market. It is described as follows:—
Fruit of medium size, oval; suture distinct; reddish-purple; flesh
greenish, firm, sweet, dry; poor; usually freestone; mid-season.
=Horse Jag.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 148. 1831. =2.=
_Mag. Hort._ =9=:164. 1843.
_Horse Gage_ 1, 2.
Fruit small, round or slightly oval, red; stone clinging; mid-season.
=Hoskins.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:42. 1897. =2.= _Ia.
Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 110. 1899. =3.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:275. 1900.
Originated by a Mr. Hoskins of Pleasant Plain, Jefferson County, Iowa;
and introduced by J. Wragg and Sons, Waukee, Iowa, in 1899. Tree
productive; fruit of medium size, yellow; skin thin, tough; freestone;
mid-season.
=Houston County.= Species? Mentioned in _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:79. 1892.
=How Amber.= Domestica. =1.= _Mag. Hort._ =12=:398, 399 fig. 1846. =2.=
Elliott _Fr. Book_ 419. 1854. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 384. 1857.
How’s Amber 1, 2, 3.
A seedling selected from several hundred brought from New Hampshire and
grown by Hall J. How of South Boston in 1838. Tree vigorous, productive;
fruit of medium size, round; suture shallow; amber, spotted and mottled
with rose; flesh coarsely veined, yellow, melting, juicy, rich; good;
clingstone; mid-season.
=Howard.= Domestica. =1.= _Cultivator_ =1=:316. 1853. =2.= _Ibid._
=3=:20. 1855. =3.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:185. 1873.
Howard’s Favorite 1, 2. _Howard’s Favorite_ 3. _Favorite d’Howard_ 3.
A seedling of unknown parentage produced by Elisha Dorr, Albany, New
York. Fruit large, necked, yellow, dotted and shaded with carmine;
stem very adherent; skin thick; flesh coarse, sweet, rich; clingstone;
mid-season.
=Howe.= Triflora ×? =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 248. 1903. =2.= Griffing
Bros. _Cat._ 1906. =3.= _Ibid._ 1909.
Stumpe 3. _Stumpy_ 1.
A seedling of Kelsey grown in the yard of a Mrs. Stumpe, Putnam County,
Florida; introduced by Griffing Brothers in 1906. Fruit large, roundish,
red; bloom delicate; suture a line; skin thin, leathery; flesh yellow,
firm, juicy; good; stone small, oval, clinging; early.
=Howell.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 302. 1845. =2.=
_Horticulturist_ =7=:402. 1852. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 921. 1869.
_Chapin’s Early_ 3. _Early Purple_ 2, 3. Howell’s Early 1. Sea 2. _Sea_ 3.
This variety derives its name from B. Howell of Newburgh, New York, who
brought the original tree from Virginia as a sucker. It was supposed to
have been introduced into the Southern States by cions from Germany. Tree
of slow growth; fruit below medium, oval; suture indistinct; red; flesh
juicy, rich, sweet; good; freestone; very early.
=Hoyo Smomo.= Triflora. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =62=:23. 1894.
A name used by J. L. Normand, Marksville, Louisiana; probably a synonym.
=H. T. S. 84,761.= Species? =1.= _Rural N. Y._ =61=:674. 1902.
One of Burbank’s plums. Fruit large, yellow with crimson blush; flesh
yellow, firm, sweet, vinous, juicy; clingstone; a good shipper.
=Huankume.= Triflora. =1.= _N. Mex. Sta. Bul._ =39=:122. 1901.
Reported from New Mexico as weak in growth; fruit small, roundish, downy;
yellowish-red; slightly acid; clingstone; resembles the apricot in flavor
and appearance.
=Hudson Gage.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 277. 1845. =2.=
Hogg _Fruit Man._ 365. 1866. =3.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 364. 1895.
Hudson 2. _Hudson_ 3. _Hudson Gage_ 2, 3. _Hudson’s gelbe Frühpflaume_ 3.
Reine-Claude d’Hudson 3.
Hudson Gage is one of several good varieties originated by L. V. Lawrence
of Hudson New York. Fruit of medium size, oval; suture slight; yellow,
obscurely streaked with green; bloom thin; flesh greenish, juicy,
melting, sprightly; good; freestone; early; placed in the catalog of the
American Pomological Society in 1877.
=Hughes.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 166. 1885. =2.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 195-6. 1901. =3.= _Ga. Sta. Bul._ =67=:275. 1904.
Originated in northeastern Mississippi where it is said to be one of
the best of its species. Fruit of medium size, roundish; stem long,
slender; cavity shallow; suture a line; bright red, striped with yellow;
dots large, white; skin thin; flesh yellow, fibrous, watery, sprightly,
subacid quality fair; stone of medium size, turgid, clinging; late.
=Hungarian Musk Prune.= Domestica. =1.= _Guide Prat._ 158, 363. 1895.
=2.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 432. 1905.
_Basilic_ 1. _Musquée de Besztercze_ 1. _Proune bissioque_ (Roumanie) 1.
Quetsche musquée de Hongrie 1.
Hungarian Musk Prune is very similar to the German Prune; fruit of
medium size, necked; cavity small; suture shallow; deep purple; bloom
thick; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet, musky, aromatic; stone small, free;
mid-season.
=Hungarian No. 1.= Domestica. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =31=:349. 1895.
J. L. Budd of the Iowa Experiment Station received this plum from Europe
with sprouts of his Ungarish. Fruit of medium size, prune-shape, bright
yellow; freestone.
=Hungarian No. 2.= Domestica. =1.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 86. 1890.
Imported by J. L. Budd from Russia; of little value.
=Hunn.= Triflora. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =139=:43. 1897. =2.= _Ibid._
=175=:147. 1899.
_Burbank No. 1_ 1, 2.
A small, round plum named for C. E. Hunn of the New York State College of
Agriculture; apex pointed; suture shallow; deep red; dots many, yellow;
flesh soft, yellow, aromatic; quality fair; clingstone; mid-season.
=Hunt.= Munsoniana × Americana. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 78. 1897. =2.=
_Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:275. 1900. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 153. 1901.
Originated about 1880 by Henry Hunt, De Soto, Dallas County, Iowa, from
seed of Wild Goose probably pollinated by the De Soto, trees of which
stood near. It was supposed at one time that Lombard was the male parent
but no traces of Domestica blood can be detected in either tree or fruit;
introduced in 1897 by M. J. Graham, Odel, Iowa. Fruit of medium size,
roundish-oval; cavity shallow; suture a line; dark red; bloom heavy; dots
large, conspicuous; skin thin, not astringent; flesh yellow, firm, mild;
quality fair; stone large, ovate, winged.
=Hunt De Soto.= Americana. =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:20. 1905.
Hunt’s De Soto 1.
Introduced by J. L. Budd of the Iowa Experiment Station; closely
resembles De Soto, differing from it in being a little larger, darker red
and a better keeper.
=Ida.= Americana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:38. 1892. =2.= _Colo.
Sta. Bul._ =50=:37. 1898. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 153. 1901.
Originated with D. B. Wier of Illinois. Tree very thorny, of slow,
irregular growth; fruit medium, roundish-oblong; cavity shallow; stem
medium, stout, dull; red over yellow; bloom thick; skin thick; flesh pale
yellow; quality fair; stone roundish, rather flat, clinging; mid-season.
=Ida Green Gage.= Domestica. =1.= Cole _Am. Fr. Book_ 212. 1849.
A seedling of Reine Claude originating near Mount Ida, New York. It very
closely resembles its parent except that it is more strongly blushed and
is a few days later; obsolete.
=Idall.= Munsoniana × Hortulana mineri. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:56.
1892. =2.= _Am. Gard._ =19=:234. 1898. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 173. 1901.
_Idal_ 2. Idol 1. _Idol_ 1, 2.
According to the originator, D. B. Wier, of Illinois, the Idall is a
cross between Wild Goose and Miner. Fruit large, roundish-oval; cavity
shallow; suture a line; red; dots many; skin tough; flesh yellow; good;
stone of medium size, oval, clinging; late.
=Imperial.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:276. 1900.
A small plum of the De Soto type brought to notice by C. B. Ginrich,
Laporte, Iowa. Fruit round, conical; cavity broad, deep; suture a line;
yellow with red markings; bloom thin; flesh clear yellow, firm, brisk,
acid; good; clingstone.
=Impériale Alexandrina.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 436.
1889.
=Impériale de Milan.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 149. 1831.
=2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 365. 1866. =3.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:67. 1866-73.
_Mailändische Kaiserpflaume_ 3. _Prune de Milan_ 2, 3.
Originated near the city of Milan, Italy. Tree large, vigorous,
spreading; fruit medium, oval; suture distinct; stem short, rather thick;
skin tough, dark purple; bloom heavy; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, firm,
sweet; good; usually freestone; mid-season.
=Imperial Ottoman.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 149. 1831.
=2.= _Horticulturist_ =1=:11 fig. 1846. =3.= Elliott _Fr. Book_ 413.
1854. =4.= Mas =Pom. Gen.= =2=:137. 1873. =5.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 442.
1889.
Impériale de Turquie 4. _Impériale Ottomane_ 5. _Imperial Ottoman_ 3, 4,
5. Ottoman 3. Ottomanische Kaiserpflaume 5. _Ottomanische Kaiserpflaume_
4. _Türkische Gelbe Pflaume_ 5.
Supposed to have been brought into this country from Turkey by William
Prince. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit medium, roundish-oval; suture
indistinct; stem of medium length, slender; greenish-yellow, clouded and
mottled with darker shades; bloom thin; flesh yellow, juicy, pleasant;
good; clingstone; very early.
=Imperial Purple.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 923. 1869.
=2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:45. 1873.
_Imperial Purple_ 2. Pourprée Impérial 2.
Raised by William Prince, Flushing, Long Island. Tree vigorous,
productive, fruit medium in size, roundish-oval; suture barely indicated;
stem of medium length, slender; intense purple; flesh yellowish, juicy,
sweet; clingstone; mid-season.
=Imperial Violet.= Domestica. =1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:99.
1768. =2.= Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:33, Tab. 181 fig. 1. 1796. =3.= Prince
_Pom. Man._ =2=:60. 1832. =4.= Noisette _Man. Comp. Jard._ =2=:497. 1860.
Die violete Kaiserpflaume mit scheckichten Blattern 2. Impériale à Petit
Fruit Violet 4. Impériale Violette à feuilles panachees 1. _Impériale
violette à feuilles panachees_ 2, 3.
A variety with variegated leaves and fruit, cultivated as an ornamental.
=Imperial Washington.= Domestica. =1.= _Horticulturist_ =25=:204. 1870.
A seedling of Lombard grown by G. P. Peffer of Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Tree
vigorous and productive; fruit large, roundish, slightly oblate; suture
faint; cavity lacking or small; brownish-red; dots yellow; skin thin,
tender; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, juicy, rich; late.
=Improved French Prune.= Domestica. =1.= Coates _Cat._ 1908.
_Miller_ 1.
A seedling of Agen grown by Luther Burbank and sold in 1898 under the
name Miller to Leonard Coates, Morganhill, California, who introduced it
under the name given above about 1908. Very similar to its parent but
larger and more uniform in size.
=Incomparable.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 924. 1869. =2.=
Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 451. 1889.
_Incomparable_ 2. _Incomparable Prune_ 1. _Nonpareil_ 1, 2.
_Unvergleichliche_ 2.
Probably a seedling of the German Prune. Tree vigorous; fruit of medium
size, long-oval; suture shallow; cavity small; deep purplish-black; bloom
heavy; flesh yellow, sweet; good; clingstone; late.
=Indian.= Domestica. =1.= Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:36, Tab. 186 fig. 1.
1796.
Die grosse indianische braunrothe Pflaume 1. _Grosse prune d’Inde rouge_
1.
Fruit large, obovate, brownish-red; suture distinct; flesh yellow, firm;
good; obsolete.
=Indiana.= Hortulana mineri. =1.= _Mich. Sta. Rpt._ 111. 1887. =2.=
_Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:56, 86. 1892. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 173. 1901.
_Indiana Red_ 3. Indiana Red 1, 2.
Supposed to have been found wild in Indiana; introduced by Dr. I. Cramer.
Tree tender in severe climates; fruit medium in size, oval; cavity
shallow; stem slender; suture a line; red; bloom thin; dots minute,
small; flesh yellow, firm; quality fair; stone large; oval, clinging;
season late.
=Indian Chief.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 36. 1875. =2.=
_Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:49, 86. 1892. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 186. 1901.
A southern variety of which the place of origin is not certainly known;
Munson says southern Texas, Onderdonk thinks Georgia, others consider
Arkansas as its birthplace. Tree vasiform, open; leaves short, broad,
finely serrate; petiole short, glandular; fruit of medium size, oval;
stem short, slender; cavity shallow; suture a line; dots numerous, white;
bright red; skin thick; flesh yellow, melting, insipid; poor; stone
long-oval, flattened, clinging; early.
=Inkpa.= Americana × Simonii. _Cir. S. Dak. Exp. Sta._ 1910.
Inkpa is a cross between _Prunus simonii_ and _Prunus americana_ made by
N. E. Hansen of the South Dakota Experiment Station, who introduced the
variety in 1910.
=Iola.= Species? =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:79. 1892.
Originated by D. B. Wier, Illinois. Fruit large, oblong, yellow covered
with red; flesh firm; freestone; late.
=Iona.= Hortulana mineri. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:39. 1892. =2.=
Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 490. 1897. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 153. 1901.
Originated with D. B. Wier, from seed taken from a wild bush in
southwestern Wisconsin. Tree vigorous, upright; fruit of medium size,
oval; cavity shallow; suture a line; flesh yellow, firm, sweet; quality
fair; freestone; late.
=Iowa.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:43. 1897. =2.= _Minn.
Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 411. 1899. =3.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:20. 1905.
From Allamakee County, Iowa. Fruit medium, oval; red over yellow; skin
astringent; early.
=Iowa Beauty.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1898. =2.= _Ia. Hort. Soc.
Rpt._ 111. 1899. =3.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:276. 1900.
Taken from the woods about 1860 by Hugo Beyer, New London, Iowa. Fruit
of medium size, oval, mottled yellow; flesh melting, juicy, sweet; good;
early.
=Irby.= Hortulana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =11=:284. 1898. =2.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 181. 1901. =3.= Tex. Nur. _Cat._ 1907.
_Erby September_ 1, 2. Irby September 3.
Found by Dan Irby of Texas growing on the grounds of an old Indian
settlement. Fruit of medium size, bright red; late; similar to Wayland.
=Ireland.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Hort._ =21=:391. 1898. Ireland’s Seedling
1.
Fruit of medium size, dark blue; stem slender; cavity deep; suture
distinct; flesh green, tender, juicy; good; early.
=Ireland Golden.= Domestica. =1.= _Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt._ =3=:120. 1896.
Ireland’s Golden Gage 1.
Tree vigorous, hardy, productive; good; early.
=Irene.= Hortulana mineri. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:79. 1892. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 154. 1901.
Originated by D. B. Wier, Illinois. Fruit of medium size, oval; bright
red; skin thick; flesh yellow, firm; clingstone; late.
=Iris.= Hortulana mineri. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:56. 1892. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 173. 1901.
Originated and introduced by D. B. Wier of Illinois. Fruit medium in
size, oval; cavity shallow; suture a line; red; bloom thin; flesh yellow;
poor; clingstone; late.
=Ironclad.= Americana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:38. 1892. =2.= _Ia.
Sta. Bul._ =46=:275. 1900. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 154. 1901.
Illinois Ironclad 1, 2. _Illinois Ironclad_ 3.
A wild variety from Illinois introduced by Stark Brothers in 1890. Tree
dwarf; fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; stem slender; cavity of
medium depth, flaring; suture shallow; dots many, small, yellow; dark
red; bloom thick; skin thick; flesh yellow, firm, meaty, sweet; quality
fair; stone oval, smooth, flattened, clinging; mid-season.
=Iroquois.= Hortulana mineri? =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:39. 1903.
From Charles Luedloff, Cologne, Minnesota. Fruit of medium size,
roundish-heart-shaped; cavity narrow; suture a line; dark red; dots
numerous, small, yellow; bloom thin; skin thick, tough; flesh yellow,
juicy, sweet; quality fair; stone oval, slightly flattened, clinging.
=Isaac.= Americana. =1.= Kerr Cat. 1897. =2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 154.
1901.
Brought to notice by M. S. Hubbell from a wild tree near Lincoln,
Nebraska. Fruit small, roundish, red over a green ground; clingstone.
=Isabella.= Domestica. =1.= _Pom. Mag._ =3=:150. 1830. =2.= Downing _Fr.
Trees Am._ 305. 1845. =3.= _Ann. Pom. Belge_ =6=:93, Pl. 1858. =4.= Hogg
_Fruit Man._ 366. 1866. =5.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 436. 1889.
Die Isabelle 5. _Prune Isabelle_ 3.
An English variety popular sixty-five years ago; said to produce three
crops a year. Tree vigorous; fruit large, oval; suture distinct; deep,
dull red, paler in the shade; dots many, dark colored; flesh yellow,
rich, juicy, brisk; good; clingstone; mid-season.
=Isabella.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat_. 1900. =2.= Terry _Cat_. 1900
Originated with H. A. Terry, Iowa, in 1893. Tree low, spreading,
productive; fruit of medium size, roundish; dark red on a yellow ground;
good; clingstone; mid-season.
=Isle-Verte.= Domestica. =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 68, 70. 1699. =2.=
Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:107. 1768. =3.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:94.
1832. =4.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:39. 1873.
_Grosse Grüne Pflaume_ 4. _Grüne Inselpflaume_ 4. _Ilevert_ 2, 4. _Ile
Vert_ 3. _Ile verte_ 3. _Ille verte_ 3. Illvert 1. _Inselpflaume Grüne_
4. _Isle Vert_ 3. Isle Verte 2. _Prune de Savoye_ 3. _Prune Ileverte_ 4.
_Savoy_ 3.
Tree very prolific; fruit of medium size, oval; suture a line; stem of
medium length; skin yellowish-green, reddish on the sunny side; flesh
clear yellow, juicy, sweet; clingstone; used for preserves and pickles.
=Italian Damask.= Domestica. =1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb._ Fr. =2=:75. 1768.
=2.= _Kraft Pom. Aust._ =2=:42, Tab. 195 fig. 1. 1796. =3.= Prince _Pom.
Man._ =2=:83. 1832. =4.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 302. 1845. =5.= Poiteau
_Pom. Franc._ 1846. =6.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 366. 1866. =7.= _Guide Prat._
157, 353. 1895.
Damas d’Italie 1, 7. _Damas d’Italie_ 2, 3, 4, 6. Die wälsche
Damascenerpflaume 2. Prune Damas d’Italie 5. _Prunus italica_ 5.
Supposed to have originated in Italy. Tree productive, doing especially
well in the South; fruit of medium size, roundish; cavity small;
suture distinct; dark purple; bloom heavy; dots small, light; flesh
yellowish-green, juicy, firm, sweet; good; stone thick, free; mid-season.
=Italienische Damascene= (Diel’s). Species? Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
436. 1889.
_Damas d’Italie._
=Italienische Damascene= (Liegel’s). Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom.
Pom._ 436. 1889.
_Damas d’Italie._
=Itasca.= Nigra. =1.= _Mich. Sta. An. Rpt._ 111. 1887. =2.= _Cornell Sta.
Bul._ =38=:39. 1892. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 171. 1901.
Itaska 1, 2.
An inferior variety from Minnesota; introduced by P. M. Gideon,
Excelsior, Minnesota, and W. F. Heikes, Huntsville, Alabama. Tree dense
and stocky; fruit of medium size, oblong, dull purple-red; skin thick;
flesh firm; quality fair; clingstone; mid-season.
=Ithaca.= Species? =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:79. 1892.
Supposed to have originated with Peter M. Gideon, Minnesota.
=Ivason.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat_. 1897.
From Iowa. Tree vigorous; fruit large, roundish, purplish-red;
semi-clinging; mid-season.
=Ives.= Domestica. =1.= _Mag. Hort._ =15=:118. 1849. =2.= Cole _Am. Fr.
Book_ 211. 1849. =3.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 214. 1856. =4.= Downing _Fr.
Trees Am._ 924. 1869.
_Ive’s Seedling_ 1, 4. _Ive’s Washington_ 4. Ives’ Washington Seedling 3.
Washington Seedling 2.
A seedling of Washington raised by J. M. Ives of Salem, Massachusetts;
named by C. M. Hovey; first fruited in 1845. Tree very vigorous; fruit
large, roundish-oblong; distinct suture; skin yellow, mottled and dotted
with red; bloom thin; stem short and slender; flesh amber, melting, rich;
excellent; stone medium, ovate, free.
=Ives.= Insititia. =1.= _Am. Gard._ =14=:148. 1893.
Ives Damson 1.
Grown locally in southern Connecticut. Tree productive; fruit purple,
sour; clingstone; unusually late.
=J. H. Rue.= Species? =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:43. 1897.
First noted by J. L. Budd of Iowa. Tree productive; fruit the size of
Stoddard; flesh firm.
=J. Parks.= Species? =1.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 420. 1905.
Fruit small, light red; flesh meaty, firm; good; freestone; not troubled
with rot.
=Jacinthe.= Domestica. =1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:100, Pl. XVI.
1768. =2.= Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:28, Tab. 173 fig. 2. 1796. =3.= Coxe
_Cult. Fr. Trees_ 238. 1817. =4.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:94. 1832. =5.=
Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:123. 1866-73.
Die Hyacinthenpflaume 2. _Hyacinth_ 4. _Hyacinthe Pflaume_ 5. Jacinthe 2.
_Prune Jacinthe_ 5.
An old variety imported from England by William Coxe. Fruit large,
elongated; suture indistinct; clear purple; flesh yellow, firm, juicy;
good; stone oval, semi-clinging; mid-season.
=Jacob.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 925. 1869.
Described only by Downing. Fruit of medium size, oval, necked, sides
unequal; suture large; violet; flesh greenish, juicy, sweet; good;
freestone; mid-season.
=Jap No. 4.= Americana × Triflora. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:276. 1900.
=2.= _Ibid._ =114=:138. 1910.
Japan Hybrid No. 4 2.
A seedling from De Soto pollinated with some Japanese variety; sent
out by the Iowa Experiment Station about 1895. Fruit of medium size,
long-oval; suture distinct; mottled red over a yellow ground; dots none;
skin thin, tender; flesh yellow, sweet; good; freestone.
=Japan No. 1.= Americana × Triflora. =1.= Kerr _Cat_. 1899.
A hybrid grown by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa.
=Japan No. 3.= Americana × Triflora. =1.= Kerr _Cat_. 1899.
Another of Mr. Terry’s hybrids.
=Japan Hybrid No. 2.= (a). Americana × Triflora. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._
=114=:137. 1910.
One of a number of hybrids produced by the late J. L. Budd of the Iowa
Experiment Station. This one is of the Americana type; fruit medium in
size, oval, dark red over yellow; flesh yellow, tender, sweet; good;
freestone; mid-season.
=Japan Hybrid No. 2= (b). Americana × Triflora. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._
=114=:138. 1910.
From the same lot of hybrids as Japan Hybrid No. 2 (a). Fruit resembles
_Prunus americana_; large, oval, red over yellow; skin thick, tough,
bitter; flesh juicy, coarse, pulpy, sweet; fair in quality; mid-season.
=Japanese Plum Seedling.= Triflora. =1.= _Am. Gard._ =14=:515. 1893.
A seedling from Luther Burbank produced by pollinating Kelsey with
Satsuma. Outwardly resembles Kelsey; flesh red, pleasant, juicy, meaty;
vinous; stone small, clinging.
=Jaspisartige Pflaume.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 436.
1889.
_Lieflandische Grüne Zwetsche._ _Weisse Violen Pflaume_.
=Jaune d’Este.= Domestica. =1.= _Flor. & Pom._ 186. 1872.
Jean d’Este 1.
An old variety deserving of notice because of its earliness.
=Jaune Tardive.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2d. Ser =3=:53.
1900. =2.= Baltet _Cult. Fr._ 491. 1908.
Tree vigorous; fruit of medium size, oval, amber-yellow; flesh sweet;
good.
=Jaune Tres Hâtive Baboud.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2d Ser.
=3=:52. 1900.
Tree vigorous, productive; fruit below medium, oval; suture shallow;
cavity small; clear yellow; flesh yellow, tender, juicy, sweet, pleasant;
good; freestone; very early.
=Jean Morceau.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 149. 1831.
A variety grown at one time in the London Horticultural Society gardens.
=Jennie Lucas.= Angustifolia varians. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 160, 162.
1881. =2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 196. 1901. =3.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =162=:256,
257. 1905.
Jennie Lucas is a seedling grown by G. Onderdonk, Mission Valley
Nurseries, Victoria County, Texas; introduced by the originator in
1875. Fruit of medium size, roundish; cavity shallow; suture a line;
dots numerous, large, white; light yellow; skin thin; flesh yellow,
soft, sweetish; quality fair; stone large, round, flattened, clinging;
mid-season.
=Jerusalem.= Domestica. =1.= Prince _Treat. Hort._ 27. 1828. =2.= Prince
_Pom. Man._ =2=:95. 1832. =3.= Poiteau _Pom. Franc._ =1.= 1846. =4.=
Noisette _Man. Comp. Jard._ =2=:497. 1860. =5.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._
926. 1869. =6.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 433. 1889. =7.= Lucas _Vollst. Hand.
Obst._ 471. 1894. =8.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 367. 1895.
_Blaue Eierpflaume_ 6, 8. _De Bordeaux_ 1, 2, 5. _De Jerusalem_ 4.
_Jerusalem_ 6. _Oeil de Boeuf_ 1, 2, 4, 5. _Oeuil-de-Boeuf_ 6. _Prune
de Bordeaux_ 6. _Prune de Jerusalem_ 3. _Prune Violet de Jerusalem_ 5.
_Prunier de Jerusalem_ 2, 5, 6. _Violette de Jerusalem_ 6. _Violette
Jerusalem_ 5. Violette Jerusalems pflaume 6. _Violette Jerusalemspflaume_
7. _Wahre blaue Eierpflaume_ 6, 8.
The tree and fruit of this variety resemble the German Prune of which it
is probably an offspring. Fruit large, oval; suture a line; dark purple;
flesh yellowish, prune-like, firm, sweet; good; stone long, flat, free;
mid-season.
=Jessie.= Americana. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Rpt._ 263. 1892. =2.= Waugh _Plum
Cult._ 154. 1901.
A seedling introduced from the wild by the Martin Nursery Company,
Winfield, Kansas, about 1892. Tree productive, vigorous, suckers badly;
fruit of medium size, oval; cavity shallow; suture a line; wine-red;
flesh yellow, melting, fibrous, slightly subacid; good; clingstone; early.
=Jewell.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:79. 1892. =2.= _Wis.
Sta. Bul._ =87=:14. 1901. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 186. 1901.
A seedling of Wild Goose from H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; first fruited
in 1885. Fruit of medium size, round; cavity shallow; suture indistinct;
red over a yellow ground; bloom light; dots numerous; skin thin, not
adherent to the pulp; flesh yellow, tender; quality fair; clingstone;
mid-season.
=Jodoigne.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 367. 1866. =2.= _Ibid._
708. 1884. =3.= Lucas _Vollst. Hand. Obst._ 472. 1894.
_Boulouf_ ?1. Jodoigne Green Gage 1, 2. _Reine-Claude de Jodoigne_ 1, 2.
Reine-Claude von Jodoigne 3. _Royal de Vilvorde_ 1, 2.
Probably a Reine Claude seedling; tree large, vigorous; shoots smooth;
fruit large, round, inclining to oblate, greenish-yellow, with
brownish-red cheek; suture shallow; flesh whitish-yellow, firm, juicy,
tender, sweet, rich; mid-season.
=Joe Hooker.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Colo. Sta. Bul._
=50=:38. 1898. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 154. 1901.
Tree dwarfish; fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; cavity shallow;
suture faint; red on a yellow ground; skin thick; flesh yellow;
clingstone; late.
=John A.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 137. 1894. =2.= _Ont.
Fr. Gr. Assoc. Rpt._ 72. 1894. =3.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:276. 1900.
A cross between Evelyn and Italian Prune; originated with Richard
Trotter, Owen Sound, Ontario. Tree vigorous; fruit large, oval or
egg-shape; cavity narrow; bronze-red; bloom heavy; flesh greenish-yellow,
firm, juicy, subacid; stone large; clinging; hangs well.
=Johnny Roe.= Domestica. =1.= _Garden_ =53=:263. 1898.
An English variety propagated from suckers in Nottinghamshire.
=Jones.= Americana? =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:79. 1892. =2.= _Ia.
Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 334. 1894. =3.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:277. 1900.
Originated in 1880 with Mrs. Owen Jones, Crescent, Iowa, who planted the
pits from a quart of “California plums” she had purchased; introduced by
H. A. Terry about 1895. Tree upright, spreading, productive; fruit of
medium size, oval; suture indistinct; dark red; bloom light; skin thick,
tender; flesh firm, meaty; quality fair; stone smooth, not margined;
clinging; mid-season.
=Jones Late.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._
=63=:43. 1897.
Introduced by H. A. Terry. Tree productive; fruit large, oval, red; flesh
firm; clingstone.
=Jordan Seedling.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Hort._ =14=:329. 1891.
Supposed to be a seedling of Yellow Egg; originated with F. Jordan of
Goderich, Ontario. The variety resembles Hulings so closely as to be
almost indistinguishable.
=Judson.= Domestica. =1.= Thomas _Am. Fr. Cult._ 342. 1849. =2.= Elliott
_Fr. Book_ 427. 1854.
Originated in Lansingburgh, New York, some time in the early “forties.”
Fruit small, roundish; suture indistinct; cavity small; attractive pink;
flesh juicy, rich, vinous; quality high; freestone; season just before
Reine Claude.
=Julia.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:277. 1900. =2.= Terry
_Cat._ 1900.
_Edith_ of Terry 1.
A seedling from H. A. Terry in 1896. Tree productive; fruit large, round,
yellow striped with light red; flesh firm; clingstone; mid-season.
=Julian.= Triflora. Noted in Sweet _Cat._ 1907.
=Julien Gros á Feuilles Panachees.= Domestica. Mentioned in _Lond. Hort.
Soc. Cat._ 149. 1831.
=July Fourth.= Domestica? × Triflora × Americana. =1.= _Rural N. Y._
=59=:655 fig. 1900.
A second generation seedling from Luther Burbank; said to rank very high
in quality.
=July Green Gage.= Domestica. =1.= _Jour. Hort._ =9=:128. 1865. =2.= Hogg
_Fruit Man._ 360, 367. 1866. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 926. 1869. =4.=
Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:99. 1873. =5.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 437. 1889. =6.=
_Guide Prat._ 152, 363. 1895.
Bavay’s Early Gage? 1. _Bavay’s Frühe Reine-Claude_ 4, 6. _Early Bavay_
3, ?5. Early Green Gage? 2. _Frühe Reine-Claude_ 6. Juli Reine-Claude 5.
_Julius Reine-Claude_ 5. _July Green Gage_ 4, 5. Reine-Claude Davion 4,
6. _Reine-Claude de Bavay Hâtive_ 2, 3, 4, 6. _Reine-Claude de Juillet_
6. _Reine-Claude Hâtive_ 5, of some 6. _Reine-Claude Hâtive d’Avion_ 6.
_Reine-Claude Hâtive de Bavay_ 6. _Reine-Claude Bavay Hâtive?_ 5.
July Green Gage was introduced into France from Normandy about the
middle of the last century by a M. Davion. Tree productive; fruit
of medium size, roundish; suture slight; stem short; cavity narrow,
deep; yellowish-green sometimes spotted with red; bloom thin; flesh
greenish-yellow, juicy, aromatic, sweet; very good; freestone; very early.
=Jumelles.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 432. 1905.
Fruit of medium size, roundish; suture distinct; greenish streaked with
yellow; flesh juicy, sweet, rich; stone small, semi-clinging; early.
=Jumelles de Liegel.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889. =2.=
_Guide Prat._ 160, 358. 1895.
_Jumelles de Liegel_ 1. Liegel’s Zwillingspflaume 1. _Liegel’s
Zwillingspflaume_ 2.
Tree productive; fruit large, roundish, red; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet,
vinous; good; late.
=Kaga.= Americana × Simonii. =1.= _Circ. S. Dak. Exp. Sta._ 1910.
Introduced in 1910 by the originator, N. E. Hansen, of the South Dakota
Experiment Station. It is a cross between _Prunus simonii_ and some
Americana.
=Kaiser Wilhelm.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 407.
1881. =2.= _Gard. Chron._ =26=:717. 1886. =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 428.
1889.
_Bamberger Eier Pflaume_ 3 incor. _Blaue Eier_ 3 incor. _Dark Blue Egg_
2. _Dunkelblaue Eierpflaume_ 1. Dunkleblaue Eierpflaume 3. _Liegel’s
Marokko?_ 3. _Rodt’s Grosse Früh Pflaumen-Zwetsche_ 3. _Ungarische Blaue
Eier_ 3.
A plum very well known in Germany. Tree large, productive; fruit large,
oval; skin thick, not adherent, tough, somewhat sour, bluish-black; flesh
yellowish, juicy, slightly sweet; clingstone.
=Kampeska.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Colo. Sta. Bul._
=50=:38. 1898.
Tree productive, slow and stocky in growth; fruit small to medium, round;
stem of medium length, thick; skin thick, purplish-red; bloom heavy; of
medium quality; clingstone.
=Kanawha.= Hortulana. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 136. 1875. =2.= _Ga.
Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 24. 1881. =3.= _Rev. Hort._ 535. 1893. =4.= Waugh _Plum
Cult._ 180, 181. 1901.
_Canawa_ 1. _Peach-leaved_ 2. _Prune Kanawa_ 3. _Rains_ 1.
Introduced by P. J. Berckmans who had received it from J. S. Downer of
Kentucky in 1871. Fruit of medium size, oval; suture a line; dots many,
white; bright red with a thin bloom; skin firm; flesh firm, meaty,
sprightly; good; clingstone; season late; mentioned in the catalogs of
the American Pomological Society from 1875 to 1899.
=Kazan.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich. Sta. Rpt._ 111. 1887.
A foreign plum listed by the Michigan Experiment Station.
=Keindt.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 444. 1881.
Keindt’s Frühdamascene 1.
A German variety noted as unproductive on dry soil.
=Keith.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 436. 1888. =2.= _Ia. Sta.
Bul._ =46=:277. 1900. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 155. 1901.
Kieth 3.
Of the De Soto type, from Delaware County, Iowa, previous to 1888. Fruit
large, roundish-oblong; cavity shallow; stem short, thick; skin thin;
orange overlaid with red; bloom thin; flesh yellow, firm, sweet, not
juicy; good to best; stone large, flattened, clinging; mid-season; does
not thrive in the South.
=Kelbalan.= Triflora × Cerasifera. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1899.
Kelsey No. 3.
Grown by Theodore Williams of Benson, Nebraska, from a seed of Kelsey
pollinated with Early Cherry. Tree somewhat like Myrobalan; fruit large,
roundish-conic, yellow shaded with red; clingstone; good.
=Kelley.= Species? =1.= Van Lindley _Cat._ 1899.
Originated in South Carolina; introduced by R. Bates of Jackson, South
Carolina. Tree prolific; fruit medium in size, yellow; good; early.
=Kelmyro.= Triflora × Cerasifera. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1899.
Kelsey No. 1.
From Theodore Williams of Benson, Nebraska; from seed of Kelsey,
pollinated with Early Cherry. Very productive; fruit medium, round,
pointed, dark red on a yellow ground; stone small, clinging; mid-season.
=Kelroba.= Triflora × Cerasifera. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1899.
Kelsey No. 2.
The same origin as Kelmyro. Tree vigorous, upright, productive; fruit
above medium, round, pointed, yellow overlaid with light red; high
flavor; stone small, clinging.
=Kelsaw.= Triflora × Munsoniana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =14=:271. 1901.
An accidental cross between Kelsey and a “Chicasaw;” from A. M.
Augustine, West Point, Mississippi. Tree a rapid and thrifty grower.
Fruit the size of Abundance, round-oval; stem an inch long; suture
shallow; apex rounded; brilliant transparent red; dots minute; bloom
thin; skin thin and tough; flesh yellow with pink markings, firm, sweet
and rich; good to very good; clingstone; early.
=Kelsey Prune.= Domestica. Mentioned in Wild Bros. _Cat._ 1892.
=Kelso.= Domestica? =1.= Vandevoort _Cat._
Kelso is a yellow plum found about 1870 on the farm of Philip Cline of
Sabina, Ohio. Peter Kelso, who afterwards purchased the Cline farm,
brought the plum to J. M. Vandevoort, who introduced it about twenty-five
years ago.
=Kenellan.= Domestica. Listed in _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 149. 1831.
=Kennedy Red.= Species? =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2d Ser. =3=:53. 1900.
A weak-growing and unproductive variety tested in British Columbia. Fruit
small, long-oval; suture distinct; cavity small; dull red with a thin
white bloom and golden dots; flesh yellow, sweet, coarse, moderately
juicy; pleasant; clingstone; of no value.
=Kent.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 689. 1884. =2.= Mathieu _Nom.
Pom._ 424. 1889. =3.= _Garden_ =56=:355. 1899. =4.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._
2d Ser. =3=:50. 1900.
_Bush_ 1. Bush 2. _Bush Plum of Kent_ 4. _Kentish Bush_ 3. _Waterloo_ 1,
2. _Waterloo of Kent_ 2.
Found in a hedge at Boben, England in 1836. Tree hardy, strong, very
productive, fruit large, round; skin dark maroon; flesh firm; flavor
fair; fruit keeps three weeks after being gathered; valuable for market.
=Kenyon.= Species? =1.= _Mich. Sta. Rpt._ 111. 1887.
Listed as a native plum being tested at the Michigan Experiment Station.
=Kester Green Gage.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 926. 1869.
Kester’s Green Gage 1.
Originated with a Mr. Weaver of Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Fruit small,
nearly round, one side enlarged; suture large; pale yellowish-green,
splashed with deeper green; bloom thin; stem medium in length; cavity
large; flesh greenish, juicy, sweet, rich; very good; semi-clinging.
=Kester Yellow Gage.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 926. 1869.
Kester’s Yellow Gage 1.
Of the same origin as Kester Green Gage. Tree vigorous, upright with
smooth branches; fruit medium in size, roundish-oval; suture broad
and shallow; light yellow overspread with thick bloom; stem medium;
cavity small; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet, rich; very good;
semi-clinging.
=Kicab.= Species? =1.= _U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt._ 45. 1895. =2.= _Am. Pom.
Soc. Rpt._ 46. 1897.
A seedling grown by Benjamin Buckman, Farmingdale, Illinois. Fruit
medium, roundish-oval; skin thick, crimson with dark purplish stripes,
covered with thick bloom; dots numerous, variable; flesh yellow, tender,
melting, juicy, mild subacid; good to very good; stone large, oval,
clinging; early.
=Kickapoo.= Americana. =1.= _Penn. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 52. 1892. =2.=
_Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:39, 86. 1892. =3.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =162=:256,
257. 1905.
Tree an open, straggling grower, very productive; fruit of medium size,
oblong to oval; cavity medium; stem short to medium, stout; suture faint;
dull red mottled with deeper shades; bloom heavy; flesh yellow, firm;
good; stone of medium size, clinging; mid-season; recommended for market.
=King.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Am. Jour. Hort._ =5=:148. 1869.
King of Plums 1.
A seedling of the Wild Goose which it closely resembles.
=Kingston.= Domestica. =1.= Ellwanger & Barry _Cat._ 1888-1894. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 112. 1901.
_Smith’s Prune_ 1.
Kingston closely resembles Diamond; its origin in Ontario, Canada, is
about all that distinguishes it.
=Kleine Blaue Frühzwetsche.= Domestica? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
437. 1889.
=Kleine Gelbe Eierpflaume.= Domestica. Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 437.
1889.
=Kleine Kirschpflaume.= Cerasifera. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 437.
1889.
_Prunus Cerasifera Fructu Minore._
=Kleine Rosspauke.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 437. 1889.
Mathieu records this variety as mentioned in _Wiener Garten-Zeitung_ 288.
1884.
=Klondike.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:44. 1897. =2.= _Ill.
Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 242. 1898. =3.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:277. 1900.
Klondyke 2, 3.
Grown by John Wragg & Sons, Waukee, Iowa, from seed of De Soto;
introduced in 1897 by W. F. Heikes, Huntsville, Alabama. Tree productive;
fruit medium to small, roundish-oval; cavity narrow, deep; suture a
broad line; skin thin, bright yellow shading into red; bloom thin; dots
numerous, small; flesh yellowish, sweetish, watery; quality fair; stone
small, clinging; early.
=Knudson.= Americana. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 162. 1891. =2.= _N. Dak.
Sta. Bul._ =2=:18. 1891. =3.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:44. 1897.
Kniedsen’s Peach 1. Knudson’s Peach 3. Peach 2.
Grown by H. Knudson, Springfield, Minnesota. Tree unproductive; fruit
drops before ripe; of medium size, roundish, purplish-red; flesh sweet;
clingstone; mid-season. Subject to plum-pocket.
=Koa.= Domestica. Mentioned in Forsyth _Treat. Fr. Trees_ 21. 1803.
Koa’s Imperial.
=Kober.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 228. 1909.
Kober originated with N. K. Fluke, Davenport, Iowa. Fruit large, mottled
and blushed with red; bloom rather thick; flesh moderately firm,
sweetish; fair in quality; clingstone; mid-season.
=Koch Königspflaume.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 437. 1889.
_Karl Koch’s Königs Pflaume. Royale de Koch. Royale du Dr. Koch._
=Koch Späte Damascene.= Domestica. =1.= _Mas Pom. Gen._ =2=:161. 1873.
=2.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 403. 1881. =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
437. 1889.
_Damas Jaune Tardif de Koch_ 3. Damas Tardif de Kock 1. _Koch’s Gelbe
Spät Damascene_ 3. _Koch’s Späte Aprikosen_ 3. _Koch’s Späte Damascene_
2. Koch’s Späte Damascene 3.
Liegel grew this variety from seed of Bricette and dedicated it to Koch,
secretary of a horticultural society at Gotha. Tree medium, round-topped;
fruit below medium, roundish-oval; suture a line; cavity shallow; stem
short, slender, glabrous; skin free, yellow spotted with red on the sunny
side; flesh yellow, fine, firm, juicy, sweet, rich; freestone; late.
=Koepher.= Species? =1.= _Gard. Mon._ =10=:18. 1868.
Noted as productive and free from curculio.
=Kohlenkamp.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. Mon._ =2=:313. 1860. =2.= _Am. Pom.
Soc. Rpt._ 122. 1860.
Kohlen Kamp 1.
A seedling raised by W. Kohlenkamp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tree
vigorous, very productive; fruit borne in clusters, large, oval; stem
short; cavity deep; reddish; bloom thin; flesh yellow, firm, dry; good;
freestone; late.
=Kopp.= Americana. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Rpt._ 441. 1889. =2.= _Colo. Sta.
Bul._ =50=:39. 1898. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 155. 1901.
Introduced by O. M. Lord, Minnesota City, Minnesota. Tree vigorous,
productive; fruit large, round; skin thick; purplish-red; flesh firm,
sweet; clingstone; mid-season.
=Korai.= Domestica. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt._ 26. 1894. =2.= _Am. Pom.
Soc. Rpt._ 176. 1895.
_Quetsche_ 1, 2.
Received from Hungary by the United States Department of Agriculture in
1893. Tree vigorous; fruit below medium, oblong-ovate; sides unequal;
skin thick, tough; purple with numerous small, brown dots; flesh
yellowish-green, coarse, melting; subacid; good; stone of medium size,
narrow, pointed, clinging; mid-season.
=Kroos-Pruim.= Species? =1.= Knoop _Fructologie_ =2=:58. 1761.
Originated in Holland. Fruit of varying colors and sizes, round; insipid,
watery. Propagated by pits. Useful only as a stock.
=Kume.= Triflora. =1.= _Am. Gard._ =12=:449. 1891.
An early variety.
=Lachine.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:38. 1903.
Similar to Yellow Egg; hardy; productive; good; clingstone.
=Lady.= Insititia. =1.= _Cultivator_ =3=:20. 1855.
Lady Plum 1.
A seedling of Mirabelle from Isaac Denniston, Albany, New York. Tree
slender, vigorous, productive; fruit small, oval; stem short, stout;
light yellow, with red spots; stone small, free; mid-season.
=Lakeside No. 1= and =No. 2.= Hortulana. Letter from Kerr.
Two seedlings from Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska.
=Lallinger Königspflaume.= Domestica. Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 438.
1889.
=Lambert.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1897. =2.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._
2d Ser. =3=:53. 1900.
Labert 1. _Labert’s Red_ 1. _Lambert’s Red_ 2.
A seedling from Ontario, Canada. Tree weak; foliage poor; fruit small,
heart-shaped; stem short; cavity lacking; suture a line; reddish;
bloom thin; flesh reddish-orange, juicy; poor; stone large, clinging;
mid-season.
=Lammas.= Domestica. =1.= Ray _Hist. Plant._ =2=:1529. 1688. =2.= _Lond.
Hort. Soc. Cat._ 149. 1831.
Mentioned by Ray as being one of the best sorts of his time.
=Lancaster.= Munsoniana × Hortulana mineri? =1.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 186.
1901.
Grown by Charles B. Camp of Cheney, Nebraska, from a seed of Wild Goose
supposed to have been crossed with Miner.
=Lang.= Americana. =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:21. 1905.
_Rang_ 1.
Sent to the South Dakota Station by C. W. H. Heideman of Minnesota. Tree
vigorous, straggling in growth; fruit large, yellowish; skin thin; flesh
sweet, juicy; good; stone small; keeps well; mid-season.
=Langdon.= Domestic. =1.= _Mag. Hort._ =19=:461 fig. 36. 1853. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 386. 1857. =3.= _Ibid._ 927. 1869.
Langdon’s Seedling 2. _Langdon’s Seedling_ 3.
Originated with Reuben Langdon of Hartford, Connecticut; believed to be a
seedling of Washington. Tree vigorous, spreading; shoots strong, smooth;
leaves large; fruit large, roundish-oval; suture a line; purplish-red to
light green in the shade with some mottling; bloom thick; dots small;
stem of medium length, stout, hairy; cavity deep; flesh yellow, melting,
juicy, sweet, acid next to the skin; semi-clinging; early.
=Lange Violette Damascene.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
438. 1889.
_Blaue Damascenerin._ _Damas Violet?_. _Damas Violet Allonge._ _Damas
Violet Longuet._ _Das Blaue Auge._ _Langliche Blaue Damascene?_. _The
Great Damask Plum._
=Langsdon.= Hortulana mineri. =1.= _Am. Jour. Hort._ =5=:144. 1869. =2.=
Barry _Fr. Garden_ 418. 1883. =3.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:56. 1892.
_Illinois Plum_ 1. _Langdon_ 2.
Grown in Illinois previous to 1869. Tree medium in vigor; leaves
obovate or elliptic-obovate, pointed, with small glands; fruit small,
roundish-oblong, light red; bloom thin; skin thick; flesh firm; quality
fair; stone clinging, small, nearly smooth, turgid, short, pointed;
mid-season or later.
=Lannix.= Triflora × Munsoniana. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt._ 45. 1895.
=2.= _Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:15. 1898.
Supposed to have been produced from Abundance crossed with Wild Goose.
Leaves large, oval, pointed, leathery; petiole short, stout, usually
glandless; fruit oval, of medium size, coppery-red; bloom light; skin
thin, tough, bitter; flesh yellowish, translucent, tender, juicy,
slightly fibrous, mild subacid, rich, slightly bitter at the center;
good; stone large, oval, clinging.
=La Prairie.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:44. 1897. =2.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 155. 1901.
Taken from the woods about 1844 at Shopiere, Wisconsin; brought to notice
by B. H. Smith. Tree productive; fruit large, golden, slightly astringent.
=Large English Damson.= Insititia. Mentioned in _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2d
Ser. =3=:51. 1900.
=Large Golden Prolific.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2d Ser.
=3=:53. 1900. =2.= Albertson & Hobbs Cat. 1904. =3.= Stone & Wellington
_Cat._ 1907.
_Vail’s Seedling_ 3.
Originated in Canada; a seedling of Yellow Egg. Tree vigorous, spreading;
fruit above medium size, oblong, golden-yellow; flesh yellow, juicy,
sweet, pleasant; early.
=Large Green Drying.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 149. 1831.
=2.= _Mag. Hort._ =6=:94. 1840. =3.= Thompson _Gard. Ass’t_ 518. 1859.
=4.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 927. 1869. =5.= Mas. _Pom. Gen._ =2=:191.
1873. =6.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 366. 1895.
_Grosse à sécher de Knight_ 6. _Knight’s Green Drying_ 5, 6. _Knight’s
Large Drying_ 4, 6. _Knight’s Large Green Drying_ 3. _Large Green Drying_
6. Verte à Secher de Knight 5, 6.
Raised by Thomas Knight; first fruited in 1838. Fruit large, round;
suture shallow; greenish-yellow; bloom thin; flesh yellowish, firm,
medium juicy, sweet and well flavored; excellent for dessert; clingstone;
mid-season.
=Large Queen.= Domestica. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt._ 26. 1894. =2.=
_Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 176. 1895.
Imported from Hungary by the United States Department of Agriculture
in 1893 and fruited by E. C. Hoskins of Springbrook, Oregon. Fruit of
medium size, roundish-oblate, dark wine color; bloom light; dots many,
conspicuous; skin thick; flesh greenish-yellow, coarse, mild subacid;
good; clingstone; mid-season.
=Large Sugar Prune.= Domestica. =1.= Koch _Deut. Obst._ 572. 1876. =2.=
Lange _Allgem. Garten._ =2=:421. 1879. =3.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._
440. 1881. =4.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 434. 1889.
_Ananas Zwetsche_ 4 incor. _Bely Zwetsche_ 4. _Blaue Eier Pflaume_
4. Dörell’s Grosse Ungarische Pflaume 4. Grosse Zuckerzwetsche 3, 4.
_Herrenhäuser Blaue Eier Pflaume_ 4. _Jacobi Zwetsche_ 4. _Kladrauer
Pflaume_ 4. _Quetsche Sucree_ 4.
An early German prune used for table, market and drying. Tree large,
broad-headed, productive; shoots pubescent, straight, dark brown; fruit
large, oval, sometimes ovate; suture shallow; sides unequal; stem long,
glabrous; skin free, sour, bluish-black; bloom thick; flesh yellow, firm,
juicy, rich, sweet; freestone.
=Large White Damson.= Insititia. =1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:72,
Pl. 3 fig. 2. 1768. =2.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:88. 1832. =3.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 952. 1869. =4.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 709. 1884. =5.= _Guide
Prat._ 161, 357. 1895.
_Damas Blanc_ 3, 4. _Damas Blanc Gros_ 2, 3. _Damas Blanc Hâtif Gros_ 3,
4. _Damas Blanc Tres Hâtif_ 4. _Damas Gros Blanc_ 5. _Gros Damas Blanc_
2, 4. Gros Damas Blanc 1, 5. Large White Damask 4. _Large White Damask_
2. White Damask 3.
Probably of French origin; resembles the Small White Damson closely but
is larger and longer. Branches smooth; fruit below medium, roundish-oval,
greenish-yellow; bloom thin; flesh medium in sweetness and flavor;
adapted for cooking; freestone; late.
=Late Black Damson.= Insititia. =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 70. 1699.
=2.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:73. 1768. =3.= Prince _Pom. Man._
=2=:89. 1832. =4.= Noisette _Man. Comp. Jard._ =2=:495. 1860.
_Black Damson_ 3. _Damas Noir_ 3. Damas Noir Tardif 2, 4. _Damas Noir
Tardif_ 3. Late Damask? 1.
Fruit small, elongated, purplish-black; cavity shallow; suture a line;
flesh yellowish-green, acid until thoroughly ripe; nearly freestone.
=Late Blood.= Triflora. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =62=:23. 1894. =2.=
_Ibid._ =106=:56. 1896.
_Burbank No. 3_ 1, 2. _Hale_ 2. Hale 1.
Luther Burbank imported this variety in 1885; Bailey named it Hale in
1894 but changed it to Late Blood two years later. Similar to Satsuma;
later, blooms earlier, is less pointed and differs in leaf-characters.
=Late Bolmer.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 404. 1857. =2.=
Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889.
_Winter Bolmar_ 2.
Fruit of medium size, roundish, yellow, mottled with red in the sun;
flesh yellow, firm, sweet but not rich; freestone; mid-season.
=Late Chalons.= Domestica. =1.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:99. 1832. =2.=
Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 450. 1889.
_Tardif de Chalons_ 1. _Tardive de Chalons_ 1, 2. Späte von Chalons 2.
Fruit of medium size, oval, light yellow with red blush, deepening to
violet; flesh yellowish, melting, juicy, sweet; stone rough, clinging;
very late.
=Late Conical.= Triflora × Simonii. =1.= _Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:16 fig.
1898.
Originated by Burbank; named in 1898. Tree of rapid growth; leaves
medium to large, broadly oval, abruptly pointed, tapering at the base,
rather stiff, margins coarsely double-crenulate; petiole large, set
with glands; fruit strongly conical, large; cavity shallow, abrupt;
stem short; suture shallow; yellow overlaid with purple and red; dots
numerous, large; bloom heavy; skin medium in thickness; flesh yellow,
firm, sweet and agreeable; very good; stone of medium size, flattened,
pointed, free.
=Late Goose.= Munsoniana. =1.= Stark Bros. _Cat._ 1909.
From Theodore Williams of Nebraska. Fruit very large; handsome.
=Late Orange.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. Chron._ =12=:593. 1892. =2.=
_Garden_ =64=:262. 1903. =3.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 423. 1903.
Late Orange originated with Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, first
fruiting in 1888; introduced by the originator in 1897. Tree vigorous;
fruit similar to Reine Claude in size and appearance; flesh yellow,
juicy, sweet; very good; season very late.
=Late Prolific.= Domestica. =1.= _Fish Hardy Fr. Bk._ =2=:56. 1882. =2.=
Rivers _Cat._ 35. 1898-99. =3.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 423. 1903.
River’s Late Prolific 1.
A seedling of Early Prolific. Tree vigorous; fruit below medium size,
round; suture shallow; stem of medium size; cavity lacking; dark purple;
bloom heavy; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy; flavor pleasant; stone small;
early to mid-season.
=Late Red Damask.= Domestica. =1.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:85. 1832. =2.=
Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 261. 1832. =3.= Poiteau _Pom. Franc._ 1. 1846.
_Damas rouge tardif_ 1. _Gros Damas rouge tardif_ 1. Gros Damas Rouge
Tardif 2, 3. _Large Late Red Damask_ 2. _Late Red Damson_ 1.
According to Kenrick and Prince this variety was described in the 1825
edition of Duhamel’s _Traité des Arbres Fruitiers_. Its description
resembles that of Orleans very closely but its season is evidently later.
Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, oval; skin thick, adherent to
the flesh, light purple; flesh yellow, melting, slightly coarse, juicy,
sweet; good; late.
=Late Reine Claude.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 148. 1831.
=2.= _Horticulturist_ =2=:479. 1847. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 395.
1857. =4.= _Ibid._ 935. 1869. =5.= _Guide Prat._ 162, 364. 1895.
_Late Gage_ 4. Late Green Gage 1. _Late Green Gage_ 4. _October Green
Gage_ ?2. October Green Gage 4. _Reine-Claude d’Octobre_ ?2, 4.
Reine-Claude d’October 3. _Reine-Claude Tardive_ 4. Reine-Claude Tardive
2, 4.
First mentioned in the London Horticultural Society catalog in 1831.
Origin unknown. Tree vigorous; shoots smooth, stout, short-jointed; fruit
small, roundish; apex dimpled; skin greenish-yellow, mottled with red
on the sunny side; bloom thin; flesh green, juicy, rich, sugary; good;
freestone; late.
=Late Rivers.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 369. 1866. =2.=
Nicholson _Dict. Gard._ =3=:166. =3.= Thompson _Gard. Ass’t_ =4=:158.
1901. =4.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889.
_Tardive de Rivers_ 4.
A seedling from Thomas Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, England; first fruited
in 1865. Branches smooth; fruit of medium size, round; suture shallow;
stem long, slender; dark purple; flesh yellow, rich, sweet, sugary;
flavor pleasant; clingstone; very late.
=Late Rollingstone.= Americana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:39, 42.
1892. =2.= _Colo. Sta. Bul._ =50=:39. 1898. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 155.
1901.
A seedling of Rollingstone, grown by O. M. Lord of Minnesota. Tree
medium in vigor, with a round, compact head; leaves obovate-oblong,
short-acuminate, irregularly crenate; shoots red, smooth, glossy;
petioles glandular, pubescent; fruit medium in size, roundish-oblate;
cavity shallow; suture faint; yellow background overlaid with red; stem
of medium length; dots numerous, yellow; bloom thick; skin thick; flesh
yellow, firm; fair to good; stone of medium size, broad-oval, smooth,
flattened; late.
=Late Transparent.= Domestica. =1.= Nicholson _Dict. Gard._ =3=:167. =2.=
_Cornell Sta. Bul._ =131=:188. 1897. =3.= Thompson _Gard. Ass’t_ =4=:158.
1901.
Late Transparent Gage 1.
A seedling of Transparent from Thomas Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, England.
Tree dwarf, hardy, productive; fruit large, round, greenish-yellow, with
purplish blush in the sun; flesh yellowish, firm, tender, juicy, sweet;
high quality; stone very small; season ten days later than its parent.
=Laubinger Sugar Prune.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._
=441.= 1881. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889.
_Laubinger’s Catharinen Pflaume_ 2. Laubinger’s Zuckerzwetsche 1, 2.
From Germany. A true prune of value for table, compotes and drying.
Tree vigorous, productive; shoots glabrous, violet-brown; fruit large,
long-oval; suture shallow or lacking, divides the plum equally; stem not
hairy; skin free, sourish; violet-brown to bluish-black; bloom thin;
flesh yellow, firm, rather juicy, slightly tart; mid-season.
=Laura.= Species? =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =14=:271. 1901.
From Theodore Williams, Nebraska; said to be a cross between Quackenboss
and Red Glass. Tree apparently a pure Americana according to Mr. Williams.
=Lawrence Early.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 149. 1831. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 928. 1869. =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889.
Lawrence 1. _Lawrence’s Early_ 1. Lawrence’s Early 2, 3. _Lawrence’s Früh
Rote Pflaume_ 3.
This plum differs from the well-known American variety, Lawrence, in that
it is smaller, of poorer quality, purple and earlier.
=Lawson.= Domestica. =1.= McIntosh _Bk. Gard._ =2=:531. 1855. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 928. 1869. =3.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:141. 1866-73.
=4.= Lange _Allgem. Garten._ 421. 1879. =5.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 710. 1884.
_Anna Lawson_ 3. Anna Lawson 4. _Damas Lawson_ 2, 5. _Dorée de Lawson_
3. _Golden Gage Lawson_ 2. Lawson’s Golden 1, 5. _Lawson’s Golden_ 3.
Lawson’s Golden Gage 1.
A seedling of Reine Claude pollinated with Golden Drop, grown in 1842 by
Archibald Gorrie of Annat Gardens, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland; named
in honor of Charles Lawson a nurseryman of Edinburgh. Tree hardier than
either parent; fruit of medium size, oval; suture a line; cavity small;
yellow with dull reddish blush; bloom thin; flesh yellow, sweet, juicy;
good; clingstone; mid-season.
=Le Duc.= Americana. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 134. 1887. =2.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 156. 1901. =3.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =162=:256, 257. 1905. _La
Duc_ 1.
Le Duc was found growing wild at Hasting, Minnesota; introduced by W.
G. Le Duc. Fruit of medium size, roundish; suture faint; cavity small;
bright red; bloom thin; flesh yellow, sweet, pleasant; quality fair;
stone large, semi-clinging; mid-season.
=Legal Tender.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:277. 1900.
Originated under cultivation with H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa in 1896;
first fruited in 1899; parentage unknown. Tree vigorous, productive;
fruit large, round, golden-yellow blotched with dark red; skin thin; fine
quality; semi-clinging; mid-season.
=Leib Sour.= Simonii × Triflora. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =14=:272. 1901.
One of Burbank’s hybrids; of the type of Wickson. Fruit large, round or
slightly oblate; stem strong; cavity wide; suture shallow; apex slightly
depressed; light red with thin bloom; dots many, prominent; flesh yellow,
firm, meaty; flavor peculiar, aromatic, subacid; good to very good; stone
medium, oval, flattened, clinging.
=Leonard.= Americana. =1.= _Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 90. 1885. =2.=
_Colo. Sta. Bul._ =50=:40. 1898. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 156. 1901.
Originated with Charles Gibb, Montreal, Canada, in 1873 from a wild plum
root obtained from Wisconsin. Fruit medium, round; cavity shallow; stem
slender; dull dark red, mottled; dots small; flesh yellow, not firm,
acid; quality fair; stone small, round-oval, smooth, semi-clinging;
mid-season.
=Leopard.= Triflora ×? =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt_. =14=:272. 1901.
From Theodore Williams, of Nebraska, from a “Botan pit pollinated
with Red Glass.” Fruit large, round-oval; stem medium long, set in a
shallow cavity; skin thick; light rich red; flesh yellow, firm; flavor
Miner-like, rich and sweet; good to very good.
=Lepine.= Insititia. =1.= Koch _Deut. Obst._ 570. 1876. =2.= Lange
_Allgem. Garten._ =2=:420. 1879.
A variety of the Damson type raised by Lepine in Belgium; probably not
known in this country; very similar to Norbet and by some said to be
the same. Tree large, productive; fruit of medium size, round, somewhat
compressed; suture shallow; skin removable, not sourish; dark blue; flesh
greenish-yellow, firm, sweet, wine-like; stone free; late.
=Leptune.= Hortulana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:56, 86. 1892. =2.=
Bailey _Ev. Nat. Fr._ 203, 206, 208. 1898. =3.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._
=11=:284. 1898.
Introduced by J. D. Morrow & Sons of Arkansas. Leaves elliptic-ovate to
elliptic-obovate, very long-pointed and coarsely serrate; stalks either
glandless or glandular; fruit of medium size, round; skin thick, dark
red; dots yellow; flesh yellow, meaty; stone medium, nearly smooth,
short-pointed, clinging.
=Letta.= Species? =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 133. 1891.
Found in Buchanan County, Iowa; introduced by J. Wragg & Son of Waukee,
Iowa. Fruit as large as Hawkeye.
=Lewis.= Domestica. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt._ 46. 1895.
Received by the United States Department of Agriculture from H. C. Cook,
White Salmon, Washington. Fruit large, roundish-oval; stem short, set
in a moderately deep, abrupt cavity; red, a little darker than Lombard;
bloom thin; dots numerous; flesh pale yellow; good to very good; stone
large, oval, free; late.
=Lewiston Egg.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 404. 1857. =2.=
_Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 222, 244. 1858.
Lewiston’s Egg 2.
According to Downing, from Lewiston, New York. Tree vigorous, productive;
fruit medium, oval, pale yellow; flesh yellow, not very sweet; flavor
medium; clingstone; mid-season. Rejected by the American Pomological
Society in 1858.
=Lex Plum.= Domestica. =1.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 263. 1832.
Noted as a large blue plum with rich, sweet, yellow flesh; very
productive.
=Liegel Rote Damascene.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439.
1889.
_Runde Rote Damascene._
=Liegel Apricot.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 369. 1866. =2.=
Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889. =3.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 351. 1895.
_Abricotée de Braunau Nouvelle_ 1, 2. Abricotée de Liegel 3. _New Apricot
of Braunau_ 2.
Liegel Apricot was grown by Dr. Liegel of Braunau, Germany. Fruit
of medium size, roundish; suture deep; yellowish; bloom thin; flesh
greenish-yellow, melting, juicy, sprightly; good; freestone; late.
=Liegel Gage.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889. =2.= _Guide
Prat._ 161, 359. 1895.
A variety said to have been imported into France from England. Fruit of
medium size, roundish, greenish; bloom thin; flesh yellow, juicy, rich;
very good; late.
=Liegel Unvergleichliche.= Domestica? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889.
=2.= _Guide Prat._ 162, 359. 1895.
Received in France from Bohemia.
=Lillian Augusta.= Domestica. =1.= _Ont. Fr. Gr. Assoc. Rpt._ 72. 1894.
=2.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 136. 1894.
Grown by Richard Trotter, Owen Sound, Ontario. Tree hardy, productive;
fruit large, egg-shaped; cavity small and shallow; stem nearly long;
suture a line; greenish-yellow with a few broken stripes of deeper shade;
flesh light yellow, firm, meaty, juicy, slightly acid; good to very good;
stone medium to small, oval, turgid, roughened, partly free.
=Lillie.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 276. 1893. =2.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 156. 1901.
A seedling of Hawkeye, grown by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; first
fruited in 1893. Tree vigorous and upright; fruit of medium size, round
sometimes conical; cavity broad, shallow; stem slender; apex rounded;
yellow overspread with mottled light and dark red; dots numerous;
bloom thick; flesh sweet, melting; quality best; stone pointed, free;
mid-season.
=Lindow’sche Frühe Werder’sche Pflaume.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu
_Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889.
=Lindsay.= Species? =1.= _Can. Hort._ =27=:22. 1904.
Lindsay’s Seedling 1.
Reported as a new plum from Guelph, Canada; large; good.
=Little.= Americana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:39. 1892. =2.= _Wis.
Sta. Bul._ =63=:45. 1897.
Little Seedling 1, 2.
Introduced by Charles Leudloff, Carver, Minnesota, but discarded by him
on account of its size. Fruit small, red; stone small, rough, cherry-like.
=Livland.= Domestica. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 61. 1887.
_Livlandscher bierpflaume_ 1.
A Russian variety imported by the Iowa Agricultural College in 1882.
=Lizzie.= Americana. =1.= Meneray _Cat._
A seedling of Harrison, grown by H. A. Terry; introduced by F. W.
Meneray of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Tree vigorous, spreading; fruit large,
pale yellow, with a red blush; flesh yellow, rich, no acidity; good;
semi-clinging.
=Lockey.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894.
Tree dwarfish, lacks in adaptability, blights badly, short-lived; fruit
of medium size, greenish-yellow overlaid with red; good; clingstone.
=Lone Star.= Angustifolia varians. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 154. 1883.
=2.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:63, 86. 1892. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 196.
1901.
Grown by E. W. Kilpatrick, Texas, from wild seed produced in eastern
Texas. Fruit of medium size, oval; cavity broad, shallow; stem slender;
suture lacking; red; bloom thin; dots numerous, white; skin thin; flesh
soft, yellow, sweet; good; stone oval, clinging; early. Mentioned in the
American Pomological Society catalog in 1897.
=Long Blue.= Domestica. =1.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 86. 1890. =2.= _Mich.
Sta. Bul._ =118=:54. 1895. =3.= _Wis. Sta. An. Rpt._ =13=:214. 1896. =4.=
_Kan. Sta. Bul._ =101=:121. 1901.
Orel No. 20 2, 3. _Orel No. 20_ 1.
One of the Russian varieties imported by J. L. Budd about 1882. Tree
hardy, vigorous, unproductive; fruit medium to large, oblong-oval;
purplish-red with light bloom; dots numerous, small; flesh yellow, juicy,
subacid, pleasant; quality fair; stone rough and strongly margined,
semi-clinging.
=Long Leaf Wonderful.= Domestica. =1.= _N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt._ =12=:611.
1893.
Long Leaf Wonderful was sent out in 1893 by Luther Burbank; no
description is available and the variety is probably extinct.
=Long Red.= Domestica. =1.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 86. 1890. =2.= _Can.
Exp. Farms Rpt._ 401. 1898. =3.= _Kan. Sta. Bul._ =101=:119, 122 fig.
1901.
Orel No. 19 2, 3. _Orel 19_ 1.
Introduced from Russia by J. L. Budd of Iowa about 1882. Tree hardy,
vigorous; fruit medium to large, roundish-oblong, purplish-red; flesh
greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet, pleasant; excellent for culinary use;
stone semi-clinging.
=Long Scarlet.= Domestica. =1.= _Mag. Hort._ =1=:365. 1835. =2.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 303. 1845. =3.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 36. 1875.
_Red Gage_ (incorrectly of some) 2. _Scarlet Gage_ 2, 3. Scarlet Gage 1,
2.
Downing states that the original tree was first noted in the vicinity
of Newburgh about 1823 and that the variety was disseminated by him.
Tree very hardy, an abundant bearer; shoots downy; fruit medium,
oblong-obovate; cavity narrow, very shallow; stem three-fourths of an
inch long; bright red or purplish-crimson on the sunny side, pale
yellowish-red on the shaded side; flesh deep yellow, juicy, becoming
rich and sweet if allowed to hang; clingstone; mid-season. Listed in the
catalog of the American Pomological Society in 1875, but dropped in 1897.
=Long Violet Damascene.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._
444. 1881.
Unproductive on dry soil as tested in Jeinsen, Germany.
=Longworth.= Domestica. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Rpt._ 392. 1891. =2.= _Am. Pom.
Soc. Rpt._ 74. 1895.
Said to have originated many years ago with Nicholas Longworth,
Cincinnati, Ohio. Resembles Lombard and is better in quality. Fruit of
medium size, roundish-oval, purplish-red; flesh yellow, sweet, pleasant;
mid-season to late.
=Lot d’Ente.= Domestica. =1.= Wickson _Cal. Fruits_ 356 fig. 1891.
_D’Ente_ 1.
This variety is of the same type if not the same as the Agen.
=Lottie.= Americana mollis. =1.= Terry _Cat._ 1900. =2.= _Can. Exp. Farms
Rpt._ 120. 1904. =3.= Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 424. 1905.
Lotta 3.
Originated with H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa, from seed of Van Buren.
Fruit large, white or pale yellow; good; freestone.
=Louisa.= Americana. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 930. 1869. =2.= _Am.
Pom. Soc. Cat._ 37. 1899. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 156. 1901.
Found growing wild in Missouri about 1860; introduced by Samuel Miller,
Bluffton, Missouri. Fruit of medium size, roundish; suture a line; cavity
small; stem short; dull red; bloom thick; dots numerous; flesh firm,
yellow; quality fair; stone large, flat, clinging; mid-season.
=Louise-Brune.= Insititia? =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:71. 1873. =2.=
Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889.
_Louise Brune_ 2. Louisen’s Braune Damascene 2.
Raised by M. de Maraise, a Belgian pomologist. Tree vigorous, productive;
fruit round-oval; suture narrow and very shallow; skin purple; bloom
thick; flesh yellowish-green, firm, rather sweet; good; stone oval,
thick, free; type of the Damsons.
=Louisiana.= Triflora ×? =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =139=:43. 1897. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 217. 1901.
_Normand No. 15_ 1.
One of the several seedlings sent out by J. L. Normand, Marksville,
Louisiana, who states that it is the offspring of a Triflora variety
crossed with a native; named by Bailey in 1897. Tree spreading, weak
and slender in habit; fruit of medium size, heart-shaped; suture faint;
cavity shallow; greenish with dull blush; dots many, whitish; flesh
yellow, fibrous, sprightly subacid; quality fair; clingstone; fruit drops
before ripe.
=Lovett.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. Mon._ =29=:47. 1887.
A seedling of Reine Claude from York County, Pennsylvania, about 1867.
Tree very vigorous and productive; fruit very large, roundish; suture
slight; cavity shallow; dark red; dots minute, yellow; flesh yellow,
firm, sweet; semi-clinging; very early.
=Lovett.= Triflora. =1.= Lovett _Cat._ 1898.
_Fourth of July_ 1.
A chance seedling from the Lovett homestead in Pennsylvania; introduced
in 1898 by J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, New Jersey. Fruit of medium size,
roundish; suture indistinct; bright red; bloom light; flesh yellow,
firm, rich, sweet, vinous, highly aromatic; good; freestone; very early.
=Lovett Late.= Domestica. =1.= Cole _Am. Fr. Book_ 218. 1849.
_Lovett’s Late Long Red_ 1.
An excellent long-keeping variety mentioned by Cole in 1849.
=Lowry.= Domestica. =1.= Smith _Cat._ 1899.
Lowry’s Gage 1.
A chance seedling found growing in a fence corner at St. Davids, Ontario;
introduced by E. D. Smith in 1899. Fruit of medium size, yellow; good;
early.
=Lucas Königspflaume.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 421.
1881. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889.
_Royale de Lucas_ 2.
A table and market variety in Germany. Tree vigorous, productive in
moist soils; fruit large, oval; suture shallow, divided unequally; skin
somewhat sourish, easily removed, bluish-red to dark blue on the sunny
side; dots fine, yellowish, numerous; flesh soft, golden-yellow, sweet,
highly flavored; stone not always free; ripens before the Reine Claude.
=Luedloff.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:46. 1897. =2.= _Ibid._
=87=:14. 1901.
Luedloff’s Seedling 1, 2.
From Charles Luedloff, Cologne, Minnesota. Fruit medium in size, oblong;
suture distinct; yellow overspread with bright red; dots small, numerous;
quality hardly fair; stone oval, sharply pointed, nearly free.
=Luedloff Green.= Americana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:40. 1892. =2.=
_Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:46. 1897.
Luedloff’s Green 1, 2.
From Charles Luedloff, Cologne, Minnesota, about 1889; discarded by him
later. Tree regular and abundant in bearing; fruit medium to small,
oblong, flattened; skin thick, mottled with deep red; flesh firm, sweet;
fair quality; stone small, nearly free; medium late.
=Luedloff Red.= Americana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:40. 1892. =2.=
_Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:46. 1897.
Luedloff’s Red 1, 2.
Much like Luedloff Green but red in color. Tree moderately productive;
fruit very good; medium season. Good for culinary purposes.
=Lunn.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:35. 1903. =2.= _Quebec
Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 9. 1905.
_Montreal No. 60_ 1.
From W. W. Dunlop, Outremont, Quebec. Fruit large, oval; cavity shallow;
suture a distinct line; dark purple; dots indistinct, brownish; skin
tough; flesh yellowish-green, firm, juicy, sweet, rich; very good;
clingstone; mid-season.
=Luscombe.= Domestica. Mentioned in _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 149. 1831.
Luscombe’s Seedling.
=Lutts.= Triflora. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =175=:131 fig., 132. 1899.
=2.= _Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ =1=:106. 1900. =3.= _Ga. Sta. Bul._ =68=:5
fig., 31. 1904.
_Wasse-Botankio_ 1, 2, 3.
Sent out under the name Wasse-Botankio but renamed in 1899 by Bailey
after Henry Lutts of Youngstown, New York. Tree vigorous, productive;
fruit small, roundish, dark red with numerous fine, golden, dots; bloom
heavy; flesh yellow, soft, with a slight almond flavor; good; clingstone;
one of the earliest.
=Lyon.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._ =104=:100. 1894. =2.= _Mich.
Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 367. 1896. =3.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._ =169=:246. 1899.
Bailey 1. _Bailey_ 2, 3.
Brought to notice by S. S. Bailey of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and grown
for a number of years by the Michigan sub-station at South Haven under
the name Bailey; renamed Lyon by the Michigan Horticultural Society
in 1896. Tree vigorous, upright, spreading, productive; fruit large,
roundish; suture slight; cavity shallow; clear yellow with light bloom;
flesh yellow, tender, rich, sweet, moderately juicy; good; semi-clinging;
mid-season.
=Lyon Apricot.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2d Ser. =3=:53.
1901.
Received by the British Columbia Experiment Station at Agassiz from a Mr.
Spaath of Berlin, Germany. Fruit above medium in size; roundish; suture
shallow; bright red; bloom thin; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, sprightly;
good; stone slender, free; early.
=M. J. De Wolf.= Species? =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:25, 52 fig. 1905.
The most promising from a lot of seedlings grown by M. J. De Wolf,
Letcher, South Dakota, from seed taken from the orchard of H. J. Gurney,
Elk Point, South Dakota. Fruit large, roundish; cavity wide, shallow;
suture a line; red marbled on the shady side with yellow; dots many,
large, conspicuous; flesh dark yellow, tender, sweet, juicy; good;
freestone; mid-season.
=Macedonia.= Munsoniana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 19. 1897. =2.= Waugh _Plum
Cult._ 186. 1901.
_Transparent_ 2.
Fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; suture faint; cavity shallow; light
red; bloom thin; flesh yellow; quality fair; clingstone; mid-season.
=Mackland.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1899.
Tree vigorous; fruit above medium size, red over yellow; clingstone; rots
badly.
=Macomber.= Domestica. Listed in _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 39. 1899.
=Macomber No. 1 and No. 2.= Americana. Letter from Kerr.
Two inferior seedlings from a Mr. Macomber of Vermont.
=Madame Henri Deschars.= Insititia? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889.
_Mirabelle Tardive Mme. H. Deschars_ 1.
Mathieu’s notice refers to _Journal de la Societe Nationale et Centrale
d’Horticulture de France_ 608. 1878.
=Madame Nicolle.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889. =2.=
_Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2d Ser. =3=:53. 1900. _Souvenir de Madame Nicolle_
1.
A European variety tested on the grounds of the British Columbia
Experimental Station; inferior.
=Madam Leeds.= Species? =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:279. 1900.
A seedling unintroduced and of unknown parentage grown by George Temple,
presumably of Iowa. Tree resembles Poole Pride, productive; fruit the
size of Wild Goose, bright red; drops easily; late.
=Madeleine.= Domestica? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889. =2.= _Guide
Prat._ 156, 359. 1895.
Tree vigorous, moderately productive; fruit large, oval; yellow with
reddish spots; good; early.
=Madison.= Domestica. =1.= _Cultivator_ =6=:355. 1849. =2.=
_Horticulturist_ =4=:214. 1849. =3.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 355. 1867.
A chance seedling from the garden of Isaac Denniston, Albany, New York;
first fruiting in 1847 and supposed to be a cross between Bleeker and
Blue Gage. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit of medium size, oval; suture
shallow; cavity small; yellow with reddish blush; bloom thin; flesh
yellow, firm, juicy, rich, sweet, pleasant; good; freestone; very late.
=Mainzer Frühzwetsche.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439.
1889.
=Majestic Damson.= Insititia. =1.= Stone & Wellington _Cat._ 1907.
Introduced by Stone and Wellington of Toronto, Ontario. Fruit large,
purple; bloom heavy; freestone; early.
=Mallard.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 289. 1889. =2.=
_Cornell Sta. Bul._ =131=:189. 1897. =3.= Rivers _Cat._ 34. 1898.
A seedling from Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England. Tree of moderate
vigor and hardiness; fruit large, oval; suture distinct; deep purple;
flesh yellow, rich, juicy; good; freestone; early; said to rot but
little; not hardy.
=Mamelonnée.= Domestica. =1.= _Gen. Farmer_ =10=:241. 1849. =2.= Hogg
_Fruit Man._ 371. 1866. =3.= _Guide Prat._ 157, 359. 1895.
_Die Brustwarzenpflaume_ 3. _Mamelon_ 3. _Mamelon Sageret_ 2.
Raised by M. Sageret of Paris, France. Tree of medium size; fruit
roundish-oval, strongly necked, yellowish-green, mottled with red; light
bloom; flesh yellowish, firm, juicy, sweet; similar to Reine Claude
except in shape.
=Manitoba.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894.
Fruit of medium size, roundish-oval, clear red; freestone.
=Manitoba No. 1.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1897. =2.= _S. Dak. Sta.
Bul._ =93=:22. 1905.
A wild variety from Manitoba, Canada. Fruit of medium size, bright red;
skin thick and bitter; very early.
=Manitoba Seedlings.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1897-1900. =2.= _S.
Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:22. 1905.
Several seedlings bearing the numbers 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 were grown by N.
E. Hansen of the South Dakota Station from seed obtained in Manitoba.
Early bearing and productivity are their chief desirable characters.
=Mankato.= Americana. =1.= _Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 332, 481. 1896. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 157. 1901. =3.= _Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 228. 1903.
_German Prune Seedling_ 3.
Originated on the farm of Louis J. Eider, four miles north of Mankato in
Nicollet County, Minnesota; introduced by S. D. Richardson and Son of
Winnebago City, Minnesota, in 1890. Tree vigorous, fairly productive;
fruit above medium size, oval; cavity shallow; suture faint; skin free
from the pulp; dull red; dots yellow; flesh yellow, sometimes red next
the stone, sweet, rich; good; semi-clinging; late.
=Manning.= Domestica. =1.= Manning _Book of Fruits_ 103. 1838. =2.=
Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 335. 1849. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 930.
1869.
Large Long Blue 1. _Large Long Blue_ 2, 3. Manning’s Long Blue 2, 3.
_Manning’s Long Blue_ 3. Mannings Long Blue Prune 3. _Manning’s Long Blue
Prune_ 2. _Manning’s Prune_ 3.
Received by Robert Manning from Landreth’s Nursery, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, without a name; probably a seedling of the German Prune.
Tree vigorous; fruit large, long-oval; suture obscure; cavity small;
dark purple; bloom thick; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, juicy, sweet,
sprightly, pleasant; good; stone long, pointed, free; mid-season;
ripening period long.
=Marais des Cygne.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 5. 1900.
Introduced by J. W. Kerr in 1900. Tree vigorous and productive; fruit of
medium size, roundish, purplish-red; good; clingstone; subject to rot;
mid-season.
=Marange.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 440. 1889. =2.= _Guide
Prat._ 156, 359. 1895.
_Petit-Monsieur?_ 1, 2.
Tree small, very productive; fruit small, round, reddish-violet; skin
unusually free; flesh yellow; very good for its season; very early.
=Marble.= Hortulana mineri × Hortulana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._
=12=:225. 1899. =2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 217. 1901.
_Fourth of July_ 1.
Grown by A. L. Bruce of Texas, who states that it is a cross between
Weaver and Crimson Beauty, but Waugh considers Mr. Bruce’s Weaver to be
Miner. Fruit small, heart-shaped; cavity medium deep; suture shallow;
dark wine-red; skin tough; flesh yellow, sweet, rich; good; stone small,
clinging.
=Marble.= Species? =1.= _Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 412. 1899.
Originated in Brown County, Minnesota; tree vigorous and productive;
fruit small, round, mottled red; good; mid-season; subject to rot.
=Marbled-Plum.= Domestica. =1.= Rea _Flora_ 207. 1676. =2.= Ray _Hist.
Plant._ 1529. 1688.
_Marble Plum_ 2.
Fruit mottled yellow and red at full maturity becoming a uniform red;
flesh firm; good.
=Marcellus.= Americana mollis. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 9. 1898. =2.= _S. Dak.
Sta. Bul._ =93=:24, 50, 51 fig. 1905. =3.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =162=:256,
257. 1905.
Grown by H. A. Terry of Crescent, Iowa from seed of Van Buren; first
fruited in 1893. Tree vigorous, upright-spreading; fruit of medium size,
roundish; cavity small; suture lacking; light red; bloom light; flesh
yellow; quality fair; clingstone; mid-season.
=Marcus.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 333. 1894. =2.= _Wis.
Sta. Bul._ =63=:47. 1897. =3.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:24, 50 fig. 1905.
Originated with M. E. Hinckley, Marcus, Iowa, from seed gathered from a
grove of wild plums on the Little Sioux River in 1870. Tree vigorous,
upright; fruit large, round, dark red, resembling Miner; flesh firm,
meaty; good; early.
=Mardy.= Domestica. =1.= _Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 9. 1890.
A seedling from West Virginia grown by a Mr. Mardy. Fruit large, oval,
red.
=Margate.= Domestica. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 578. 1629.
Parkinson says of it “the worst of a hundred.”
=Marietta.= Triflora ×? =1.= _Ga. Sta. Bul._ =67=:264 fig. 1904 =2.=
_Ibid._ =68=:7 fig., 36. 1905.
A chance seedling found growing on the grounds of the Kennesau Wholesale
Nursery Company, in 1900, at the edge of a block of Triflora varieties.
Tree very vigorous, productive; fruit of medium size, broadly conical,
yellow overlaid with red; dots yellow; skin slightly waxy; flesh soft,
juicy, pleasant; quality fair; clingstone; free from rot.
=Marjorie.= Americana. =1.= Terry _Cat._ 1900.
A seedling of Lottie grown by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa. Fruit large,
round, light yellow partly overspread with red; dots small; flesh yellow,
rich, sweet; semi-clinging.
=Marigan.= Domestica. =1.= _Quebec Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 9. 1905.
Tree productive. Fruit large, round, greenish-yellow with a blush; good.
=Marion.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1897. =2.= _Colo. Sta. Bul._
=50=:40. 1898. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 157. 1901.
Tree productive; fruit of medium size, roundish, flattened at the apex;
suture a line; cavity shallow; stem long, slender; red on a yellow
ground; bloom thin; skin thick; flesh sweet, juicy; good; clingstone;
mid-season.
=Marketman.= Triflora. =1.= Burbank _Cat._ 1893. =2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._
138. 1901.
_Shipper_ 1, 2.
A seedling of Satsuma grown by Luther Burbank and sold under the name
Shipper but changed by Waugh to prevent confusion with an older Shipper.
Tree moderate in growth, sturdy and upright; fruit oval, light red; bloom
light; flesh firm, sweet, juicy; fruit keeps and ships well.
=Marmorierte Eierpflaume.= Domestica. Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 440.
1889.
_Prune d’Oeuf Marbrée._