Bros. _Cat._ 1900.
Marster’s 2.
Supposed to have originated in South Carolina about 1883; reported four
years later by J. R. Hart from Nova Scotia; introduced by Brown Brothers
of Ontario. Tree hardy, productive; fruit of medium size, oval, dark
purple; flesh fine-grained, rich; good; mid-season.
=Marten.= Domestica. =1.= _Horticulturist_ =6=:133. 1851. =2.=
_Cultivator_ =6=:268. 1858. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 931. 1869.
_Marten’s Seedling_ 3. Marten’s Seedling 1, 2.
A chance seedling found growing in the garden of a Mr. Marten,
Schenectady, New York, by Professor Jackson of Union College. Tree very
vigorous, productive; fruit large, roundish-oblong; suture deep; cavity
small; yellow, streaked with green and dotted with red in the sun;
flesh yellow, slightly coarse, juicy, sprightly; very good; freestone;
mid-season.
=Mary.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. & For._ =7=:19. 1894. =2.= Storrs &
Harrison _Cat._ 1898.
A supposed cross between Duane and Yellow Gage grown by R. A. Hunt,
Euclid, Ohio, about 1882; introduced by Storrs & Harrison in 1898. Tree
very productive; fruit of medium size, yellow; bloom delicate; flesh
yellow; good; mid-season.
=Mary.= Americana mollis. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1900. =2.= Terry _Cat._ 1900.
Grown from seed of Van Buren in 1893 by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa.
Tree productive, spreading; fruit light red on a yellow ground; good;
mid-season.
=Maryland.= Angustifolia watsoni × (_Prunus besseyi_ × Angustifolia
watsoni). =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Colo. Sta. Bul._ =50=:41. 1898.
=3.= _Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:17. 1898.
Grown by J. W. Kerr from seed of Utah Hybrid; introduced by the
originator in 1894. Tree larger than the parent; fruit small, round;
suture lacking; dark brownish-red; flesh soft, watery, sweet, pleasant;
quality fair; clingstone.
=Mas.= Domestica? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 440. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._
163, 359. 1895.
Similar to De Montfort.
=Mason.= Angustifolia varians. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1897. =2.= _Can. Exp.
Farms Rpt._ 464. 1900. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 196. 1901.
Originated near Leander, Williamson County, Texas, with a Mr. Mason;
introduced about 1896 by F. T. Ramsey. Tree vigorous; fruit of medium
size, heart-shaped, red; flesh firm; good; clingstone; very early.
=Matchless.= Domestica. =1.= Rea _Flora_ 208. 1676. =2.= Langley _Pomona_
93, 97, Pl. 24 fig. 1. 1729.
_White Matchless_ 2.
Fruit yellow; bloom white; excellent flavor; very productive.
=Mathews.= Hortulana. =1.= Stark Bros. _Cat._ 1902. =2.= _Ill. Hort. Soc.
Rpt._ 211. 1906. =3.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =114=:139. 1910.
Matthews 2.
Grown by B. A. Mathews of Knoxville, Iowa, as a sport from Peach Leaf;
introduced by Stark Brothers, Missouri. Tree hardy; fruit small,
ruby-red; recommended for jellies and preserves.
=Mauchete.= Domestica. =1.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:93. 1832.
_Mouchetée_ 1.
A French variety of the Reine Claude type. Fruit small, oval; suture a
line; cavity minute; greenish; bloom heavy; flesh green, firm, sweet;
freestone; mid-season.
=Maude Lacy.= Americana. =1.= Terry _Cat._ 1900.
A seedling of Hawkeye grown by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; fruit large;
bright yellow with a red cheek; flesh firm; semi-clinging.
=Maugeron.= Domestica. =1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:76. 1768. =2.=
Knoop _Fructologie_ =2=:52, 57. 1771. =3.= Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:42,
Tab. 195 fig. 2. 1796. =4.= Poiteau _Pom. Franc._ 1. 1846. =5.= Prince
_Pom. Man._ =2=:81. 1832. =6.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 931. 1869. =7.=
Hogg _Fruit Man._ 694. 1884. =8.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 426. 1889.
_Damascene Maugeron_ 6, 8. Damascene von Mangeron 8. _Damascene von
Maugeron_ 8. _Damas de Mangeron_ 6, 8. Damas de Mangeron 7. _Damas de
Maugeron_ 3, 5, 8. Damas de Maugerou 1, 4. _Damas de Maugerou_ 8. _Damas
de Maugiron_ 8. _Damas Violet_ 2. Die Damascenerpflaume von Maugeron 3.
_Königs Pflaume von Maugerou_ 8. _Mangeron_ 6, 7, 8. _Maugeron_ 4, 8.
Maugeron Damask 5. _Maugeron Damask_ 6, 8. _Maugiron_ 2.
An old variety, probably of French origin. Tree vigorous; fruit large,
roundish-oblate; stem slender; cavity shallow; suture a line; purplish;
bloom thick; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, sweet and agreeable;
freestone; September. Prince states that there are two varieties under
this name, differing in size, but no other writer mentions the two.
=Mayerboeck Zwetsche.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 440.
1889.
_Mayerboeck’s Rote Zwetsche._
=Mayer Hellrote.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 440. 1889. =2.=
_Guide Prat._ 163, 359. 1895.
_Mayer’s Hellrothe Damascene._
“A variety of little merit.”
=Mayer Königspflaume.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 440.
1889.
_Royale?_ _Die Königin?_ _Royale de Mayer._
=Mayers Rothe Damascene.= Domestica. =1.= Mas Pom. Gen. =2=:87. 1873.
=2.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 359. 1895.
Damas Rouge de Mayer 1. _Damas Rouge de Mayer_ 2. Damas Rouge de Moyer 1.
_Mayers Braunrothe Königspflaume_ 2. _Mayers Rothe Damascene_ 1.
A seedling of Red Magnum Bonum raised by Liegel and dedicated to
his colleague, A. J. Mayer. Tree of normal vigor; fruit large,
thick-ellipsoid, slightly truncated; suture wide, shallow; stem medium
in length and size; cavity shallow; skin tender, not adherent; purple;
flesh yellowish, fine, melting, juicy, sweet and aromatic; clingstone;
mid-season.
=McCartney.= Angustifolia varians. =1.= Munson _Cat._ 1898. =2.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 197. 1901.
Brought to notice by F. T. Ramsey, Austin, Texas; fruit of medium size,
roundish; suture visible; dots whitish; golden-yellow; flesh sweet,
melting; very good; clingstone.
=McGillivray.= Species? =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 424. 1897.
Tree vigorous, unproductive; fruit small, oval, light red; flesh yellow,
juicy, slightly astringent; clingstone; early.
=McPherson.= Species? =1.= _Tex. Sta. Bul._ =32=:479. 1899.
Tree low, bushy, thorny, hardy; fruit small, round, golden-yellow; flesh
yellow; quality fair; clingstone.
=McRea.= Triflora. =1.= _Glen St. Mary Cat._ 21. 1911.
McRea was grown near Lake City, Columbia County, Florida, from seed of
Kelsey; introduced in the fall of 1910 by the Glen Saint Mary Nursery
Company. Fruit of medium size, roundish; yellow, washed with dull red in
the sun; dots numerous; bloom thin; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, subacid;
good; mid-season.
=Meads.= Triflora. =1.= _Rural N. Y._ =64=:711. 1905.
Meads Seedling Plum 1.
A seedling grown by H. O. Mead, Lunenburg, Massachusetts. Fruit
large, light reddish-purple; flesh yellow, firm, juicy; good; stone
semi-clinging; mid-season.
=Mediterranean.= Domestica. =1.= _Horticulturist_ =6=:133. 1851. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 931. 1869.
Originated in central New York. Tree vigorous, hardy, productive; fruit
medium in size, ovate, necked; cavity small; light crimson; flesh yellow,
sweet, sprightly; good; freestone; mid-season.
=Meigs.= Domestica. =1.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 342. 1867.
Fruit large, roundish-oval; suture indistinct; dull reddish-purple, with
numerous gray dots; stalk long, slender, curved; cavity small; flesh
greenish-yellow, rich, excellent; clingstone; late.
=Melnicker Zwetsche.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 440. 1889.
=Melon.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1898. =2.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:280.
1900. =3.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =87=:14. 1901.
From Iowa. Fruit medium in size, roundish; cavity lacking; suture slight;
yellowish-red; bloom thin; flesh fibrous; quality fair; freestone;
mid-season.
=Meneray.= Species? =1.= Meneray _Cat._
A seedling of unknown parentage from H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa;
introduced by F. W. Meneray of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fruit and foliage
indicate a fusion of Americana and Triflora blood. Fruit large, oblong,
pear-shaped, yellow tinged with red; good.
=Mereton.= Species? =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2d Ser. =3=:54. 1900. =2.=
_Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 432. 1905.
Mereton’s Egg. 1. Merton’s Egg 2.
Fruit small, oval; cavity small; yellow; flesh yellowish; poor; of no
value.
=Meroldt.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 436. 1881. =2.=
Lauche _Deut. Pom._ Pl. IV, 13. 1882. =3.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 712. 1884.
=4.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 440. 1889.
_Meroldt’s Gelbe Reine-Claude_ 4. Meroldt’s Golden Gage 3. _Meroldt’s
Golden Gage_ 4. Meroldt’s Reineclaude 1, 2, 4. _Reine-Claude de Meroldt_
4.
This variety was grown by Dr. Meroldt, Lischnitz, Bohemia, probably
from the seed of the Apricot plum. Tree grows quickly, medium in size;
fruit medium, roundish; suture shallow; skin adherent; yellow, sometimes
with reddish spots; cavity shallow; stem extremely short, finely hairy;
flesh yellow, firm, juicy, sweet, with Reine Claude flavor; freestone;
mid-season.
=Merryweather.= Insititia. =1.= _Garden_ =74=:527, Col. Pl. 1910.
This plum originated with H. Merryweather and Sons of Southwell,
Notts, England, and received an award of merit in 1907 from the Royal
Horticultural Society. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, juicy,
purple; Damson-like flavor; good; excellent for preserving.
=Merunka.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 152. 1831. =2.= _Am.
Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 61. 1887. =3.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 86. 1890. =4.= _U.
S. D. A. Pom. Rpt._ 46. 1895. =5.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:279, 280. 1900.
Leipsic 2, 5. Leipzig 3. Leipzig Early Quetsche 1. Marunka 4. Quetsche de
Leipzig 2. _113 Riga_ 3. _Zwetsche Leipziger_ 2.
In 1884 J. L. Budd of the Iowa Experiment Station introduced several
plums from Russia. Among these the Merunka and Leipsic proved to be
identical. The name Merunka is retained because Leipsic has been used
as a synonym of German Prune. Fruit of Lombard type, medium in size,
oval; cavity deep, narrow; suture faint; apex depressed; purplish-red;
bloom thin; skin thin; flesh yellow, tender, sweet; good; clingstone;
mid-season.
=Merville d’Automne.= Domestica? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 440. 1889. =2.=
_Guide Prat._ 162, 359. 1895.
A large yellow variety of good quality ripening about mid-season.
=Meyer.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894-1900.
Tree vigorous and productive; fruit large, round; cavity small;
purplish-red over yellow; clingstone; mid-season.
=Miama.= Domestica. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._
=162=:256, 257. 1905.
Miami 1.
Miama as tested at the Ohio Experiment Station proved to be identical
with Lombard. J. W. Kerr of Denton, Maryland, who introduced the variety
in 1894 writes: “When I first received cions from the West, I thought it
was a native; but finding it to be a Domestica, dropped it at once.”
=Mignonne.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 149. 1831.
Reported by the London Horticultural Society as growing on their grounds.
=Miles.= Species? =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:79. 1892. =2.= _Ill.
Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 135. 1903. =3.= _Ibid._ 424. 1905.
Said to have originated in Illinois from seed secured in North Carolina.
Tree productive; fruit small, light red; quality fair; clingstone.
=Miller.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894.
Tree vigorous and productive; fruit large, round, red on an orange
ground; clingstone; mid-season.
=Miller.= Domestica. =1.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =162=:241, 256, 257. 1905.
Fruit very large, roundish, sides unequal; cavity narrow, deep; stem
short, stout; suture distinct; dark purple on a dark green ground; dots
numerous, bronze; bloom heavy; flesh greenish-yellow, rich, sweet; good;
clingstone; mid-season.
=Miller.= Species? =1.= _Glen St. Mary Nur. Cat._ 1907.
Introduced by the Glen St. Mary Nursery Company of Florida in 1907. Fruit
of medium size, greenish-yellow; very good.
=Miller No. 1.= Domestica.
Miller No. 1 is an unintroduced seedling of German Prune supposedly
crossed with Jefferson; grown by D. J. Miller of Millersburg, Ohio. Fruit
of medium size, long-oval tapering to both ends; suture a line; cavity
shallow; deep yellow; bloom thin; dots conspicuous; flesh yellow, tender,
sweet, good; stone large, long-oval, semi-clinging, pointed; mid-season;
resembles the German Prune in shape and size.
=Miller No 5.= Munsoniana. Letter from Kerr.
Grown by David Miller, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. Tree productive; fruit of
medium size, red; clingstone.
=Millett.= Americana. =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:25. 1905.
_Millett’s Wild Plum_ 1.
From South Dakota. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit small.
=Millett Early Red.= Americana. =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:25. 1905.
Millett’s Early Red 1.
A variety found growing wild near Pierre, South Dakota. Trees low and
bushy, hardy, unproductive; fruit small, red on a yellow ground; skin
thick; flesh firm, sweet; quality fair; stone large; early.
=Millett T. T.= Americana. =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:25. 1905.
From South Dakota; fruit very small.
=Millett Very Early Red.= Americana. =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:25.
1905.
Millett’s Very Early Red 1.
Not as early as Millett Early Red.
=Mills.= Domestica. =1.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 116. 1901.
Fruit medium in size, oval; cavity shallow; suture faint; purplish-red;
dots prominent, white; flesh greenish; quality fair; freestone; late.
=Mills Seedling.= Nigra? =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:39. 1903.
Fruit roundish heart-shaped, below medium in size; cavity narrow,
moderately deep; suture a line; deep red; dots obscure; bloom light;
skin moderately thick, tender; flesh deep yellow, juicy, slightly sweet,
astringent; poor; stone of medium size, oval, flattened, nearly free.
=Milton Gage.= Domestica. =1.= _Mag. Hort._ =6=:94. 1840.
Reported by C. M. Hovey as fruiting in the nursery of Charles Downing,
Newburgh, New York, seventy years ago.
=Minco.= Hortulana mineri × Hortulana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =14=:272.
1901. =2.= Munson _Cat._ 1902.
A cross between Miner and Wayland from T. V. Munson in 1896. Tree
vigorous and productive; fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; cavity
lacking; suture a line; bright, dark red faintly striped; dots many,
distinct; bloom light; flesh yellow, firm, rich, sweet, meaty; very good;
freestone; late.
=Minion.= Domestica. =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 69. 1699.
Mentioned by Quintinye as a “yellowish-white” plum.
=Minnesota.= Domestica. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =31=:348. 1895. =2.=
Budd-Hansen _Am. Hort. Man._ =2=:319. 1903.
A European variety introduced into Minnesota from Denmark. Tree vigorous,
very hardy; fruit large, ovate; suture distinct; cavity deep, narrow;
dark blue; flesh yellow, juicy, subacid; very good; stone small, free.
=Minnesota Seedling.= Americana. Letter from J. W. Kerr.
An inferior variety from a Mr. Macomber of Vermont.
=Minnetonka.= Americana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:40. 1892. =2.=
Kerr _Cat._ 1897. =3.= _Colo. Sta. Bul._ =50=:41. 1898.
Introduced by Peter Gideon of Minnesota. Tree small, slow-growing, bushy
top; fruit small, oval, red on a yellow ground; skin thick; flesh firm,
acid; clingstone; mid-season.
=Minnie.= Domestica. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:280. 1900.
From H. Knudson, Springfield, Minnesota, who raised it from the seed of a
large blue Domestica plum. Tree vigorous, upright; fruit medium in size,
necked, greenish-yellow; good; late.
=Minnie.= Triflora × Munsoniana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:17. 1898. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 219. 1901.
Originated in North Carolina with J. S. Breece, who considers it an
offspring of Abundance pollinated with Wild Goose. The foliage resembles
that of Abundance.
=Mirabelle De Bohn.= Insititia. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:177. 1873. =2.=
Lucas _Vollst. Hand. Obst._ 472. 1894. =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 423. 1889.
_Bohns Gestreifte Mirabelle_ 1, 3. Bohns Mirabelle 2, 3. _Bohns
Mirabelle_ 1. _Mirabelle de Bohn_ 3. _Mirabelle Rayee_ 3.
Liegel received this variety from Henry de Bohn of Upper Austria. Tree
of medium vigor, productive; fruit small, roundish; suture a line; skin
tender, yellow, marbled with red; stem slender; flesh yellow, tender,
melting, juicy, sweet, aromatic; freestone; mid-season.
=Mirabelle de Flotow.= Insititia. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:105, fig.
1873. =2.= _Rev. Hort._ 476. 1901.
_Flotows Allerfrüheste Mirabelle_ 1. _Mirabelle La Plus Hâtive de Flotow_
1. _Von Flótows Mirabelle_ 1.
According to Mas, “this variety was obtained from a seed of Perdrigon
Violet by Liegel and dedicated by him to M. de Flotow, of Dresden, one of
the first collaborators of _The Illustrirtes Handbuch_.” Tree vigorous,
very productive; fruit small, spherical, yellow, dotted with red on the
sunny side; stem medium in length and size; cavity shallow; flesh yellow,
tender, soft, sweet, of Apricot flavor, very pleasant; early.
=Mirabelle de Ronvaux.= Insititia. =1.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 359. 1895.
“A variety of little merit.”
=Mirabelle Double de Herrenhausen.= Insititia. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut.
Obst. Sort._ 426. 1881. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 155, 360. 1895. =3.= _Rev.
Hort._ 476. 1901.
Herrnhauser Doppelte Mirabelle 1. _Herrnhauser doppelte Mirabelle_ 2.
Tree vigorous, very productive; fruit small to medium, yellow mottled
with red; flesh yellow, sweet; good; late, following Drap d’Or.
=Mirabelle Précoce de Flaford.= Insititia. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 440.
1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 360. 1895.
Reported as being similar to Early Mirabelle.
=Mirabelle Verte.= Insititia. =1.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:91. 1866-73. =2.=
_Guide Prat._ 162, 360. 1895.
_Grüne Mirabelle_ 1, 2.
From a Herr Commans of Cologne, Prussia. Tree moderately vigorous; fruit
small, roundish-oblate; suture deep; cavity deep, wide; skin tender,
free; green marbled with yellow; stem short; flesh green, fine, soft,
sweet, aromatic; freestone. Resembles Reine Claude and may contain
Domestica blood.
=Mission Prune.= Domestica. =1.= Bailey _Cyc. Hort._ =3=:1376. 1901.
A large number of plums were planted over a century ago around the old
Mission at Santa Clara, California; after the abandonment of the Mission
this variety was found propagating itself by suckers and was cultivated
as late as 1870.
=Mississippi.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 50. 1885. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 187, 188 fig. 1901.
_Mississippi Red_ 2.
Introduced by J. M. Shell of Georgetown, Texas, about 1875. Fruit large,
oval; cavity very shallow; suture lacking; clear red; dots many, yellow;
skin thin, tough; flesh soft, yellow; good; clingstone; mid-season.
=Missouri.= Munsoniana? =1.= _Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 39, 41, 99. 1889. =2.=
_Ala. Col. Sta. Bul._ =11=:12. 1890.
An unimportant variety occasionally found in Alabama and Georgia. Fruit
of medium size, oblong, red; flesh firm; good; clingstone; late.
=Missouri Green Gage.= Domestica. =1.= Bailey _Ann. Hort._ 196. 1891.
=2.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =113=:160. 1899. =3.= _Ibid._ =162=:239, 256. 1905.
Introduced in 1891 by Stark Brothers, Louisiana, Missouri. As tested
by the Ohio and New York Experiment Stations it appears to be either
identical with or a strain of the Imperial Gage.
=Mistake.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._ =152=:210. 1898. =2.= _Can.
Exp. Farms Rpt._ 548. 1901.
Fruit above medium size, oblong-oval; suture distinct; sides unequal;
purple; flesh yellow, coarse, juicy, sweet, pleasant; mid-season.
=Mitchelson.= Insititia. =1.= _Gard. Chron._ 892, 894. 1860. =2.= _Flor.
& Pom._ 152. 1862. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 932. 1869. =4.= Mas _Pom.
Gen._ =2=:65. 1873.
De Mitchelson 4. _Mitchelson_ 3. Mitchelson’s 1, 2. _Mitchelson’s_ 4.
Raised by a Mr. Mitchelson, at Kingston on the Thames, England; a
seedling of a Damson. Fruit above medium size, oval; suture indistinct;
dark purple; dots few, fawn-colored; bloom thin; flesh yellow, tender,
very juicy and sweet; freestone; excellent for culinary purposes.
=Mivian.= Domestica. Listed in _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 150. 1831.
=Mollie.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1900. =2.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._
422, 424. 1905.
Molly 2.
Originated with Theodore Williams of Benson, Nebraska. Fruit small,
round, red, watery; clingstone; mid-season.
=Monon.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 11. 1897.
Tree very productive; fruit small, greenish with dull red blotches; poor;
clingstone; subject to rot.
=Monona.= Species? =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:24, 48. 1897.
From Christian Steinman, Mapleton, Iowa; said to be the size of Miner but
two weeks earlier.
=Monolith.= Triflora? × Munsoniana? =1.= _U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt._ 46.
1895. =2.= _Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:17. 1898.
Originated by J. S. Breece of North Carolina; thought to be a cross
between Abundance and Wild Goose although it does not show Triflora
characters. Fruit of medium size, roundish; cavity medium; suture
shallow; coppery-red, striped with darker red; skin thin, bitter; flesh
yellowish, translucent, meaty, tender, juicy, fibrous, mild, subacid,
rich; good; stone semi-clinging.
=Monsieur á Fruit Vert.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 441. 1889.
Mathieu found it referred to in _Journal de la Societie Nationale et
Centrale d’Horticulture de France_ 281. 1883.
=Mont Barbat d’Ente.= Domestica. =1.= Wickson _Cal. Fruits_ 356. 1891.
An improved type of Agen coming from the Mont Barbat orchard in the Lot
Valley, France.
=Montgomery.= Domestica. =1.= _Horticulturist_ =6=:187, 294, 524. 1851.
_Montgomery Prune_ 1.
Found by E. W. Carpenter of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, growing on the
premises of a Mr. Montgomery about 1830. Tree very productive; fruit
large, oval, purple; quality very good.
=Montmorency.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:35. 1903. =2.=
_Quebec Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 9, 66, 68. 1905.
Reine-Claude de Montmorency 2. _Reine-Claude de Montmorency_ 1.
Montmorency is thought to be a seedling of the Reine Claude, imported
into Canada in 1790 by Lord Dorchester; extensively cultivated in the
eastern part of Quebec but unknown in the United States. Tree very hardy,
productive; fruit medium in size, roundish; cavity narrow, shallow; stem
medium in length; suture indistinct; skin tough, greenish-yellow, blushed
with red; flesh yellow, very juicy, moderately firm, sweet, rich; very
good; stone small, oval, nearly free.
=Montreal.= Species? =1.= _Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt._ 64. 1897.
Mentioned by Harold Jones of Martland, Ontario, in the report of the
Fruit Experimental Station for 1897.
=Moody.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul._ =27=:15. 1904.
Tree productive; fruit large, reddish-purple, good; mid-season.
=Moon.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Colo. Sta. Bul._ =50=:42.
1898.
Fruit of medium size, round; no suture; deep red over a yellow ground;
skin thin; flesh moderately firm, subacid; clingstone; mid-season.
=Moore Early.= Insititia. =1.= _Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt._ =5=:116. 1898.
Moore’s Early 1.
An extremely hardy variety of the Damson type. Tree spreading; fruit of
medium size; grows in clusters; dark purple; good; nearly freestone;
desirable for jellies and preserves.
=Moreman.= Hortulana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 13. 1899-1900.
Moreman Cherry 1.
Originated by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska. Tree vigorous; fruit
large, bright red; clingstone.
=Morines.= Domestica. =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 70. 1699.
A red plum noted only by Quintinye.
=Morin Hâtif.= Cerasifera? =1.= Knoop _Fructologie_ =2=:59. 1771.
Fruit of medium size, round, red; resembles the Myrobalan plum except
that its leaves are larger and its season a little later.
=Mountain.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:35. 1903.
A promising variety from W. W. Dunlop, Outremont, Quebec. Fruit of medium
size, roundish; cavity medium; suture distinct; greenish-yellow more or
less overspread with dull coppery-red; dots yellow, distinct; bloom thin;
flesh yellowish-green, sweet, rich; very good; clingstone; mid-season.
=Mountain Plum.= Munsoniana? =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 86. 1871. =2.=
_Gard. Mon._ =20=:177. 1878.
A late variety of the “Chicasaw” group.
=Mount Royal.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:35. 1903.
_Dunlop 54_ 1.
A seedling from W. W. Dunlop, Outremont, Quebec. Fruit of medium size,
roundish; cavity medium deep; suture distinct; dark purple; dots
numerous, distinct; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, firm, sweet; good;
clingstone; mid-season.
=Moyen.= Domestica. =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 68. 1699.
_Pitch Plum_ 1.
Mentioned by Quintinye as “a dry plum having a sharp and sourish taste.”
=Moyen de Bourgoyne.= Domestica. =1.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:95. 1832.
_Moyen de Bourgogne_ 1.
Probably not the same as the Moyen of Quintinye. According to Prince it
is a large, oval, yellow plum, of indifferent quality; late. This name
applied to a purple variety is a synonym of Early Perdrigon.
=Moyer.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2d Ser. =3=:54. 1900.
Tree vigorous, unproductive. Fruit of medium size, roundish; stem short;
cavity small, shallow; suture shallow; dark reddish-purple; flesh
greenish-yellow, firm, juicy, sweet, pleasant; clingstone.
=Moyret.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:31 fig. 16. 1866-73. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 933. 1869. =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 441. 1889.
Moyret’s Gage 2. _Moyrets Gage_ 3. Moyret’s Reine Claude 3. Reine-Claude
Moyret 1. _Reine-Claude Moyret_ 2, 3.
A chance seedling of the Reine Claude obtained on M. Moyret’s place
at Neuville-sur-Ain, France. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit medium,
roundish, reddish to violet-purple; suture wide, shallow; cavity wide,
deep; stem rather short; flesh green, fine, a little firm, juicy, sweet,
aromatic; of high quality; freestone; mid-season.
=Mudson.= Angustifolia varians? =1.= _Ga. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 13. 1905.
A productive variety recommended for family use by the Georgia
Horticultural Society; fruit yellowish-red, juicy; clingstone; very early.
=Mulberry.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 282. 1845. =2.= _Mag.
Hort._ =13=:530. 1847. =3.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 332. 1849.
Originated in the garden of Isaac Denniston, Albany, New York. Tree
moderately vigorous; fruit large, oval, strongly necked, pale with a few
crimson spots; dots white; bloom thin; flesh greenish-yellow, coarse,
melting, juicy, rich, sugary; good; clingstone; mid-season.
=Muldraugh.= Americana. =1.= _Am. Jour. Hort._ =5=:146. 1869.
Muldraugh’s-hill Plum 1.
Found growing wild on Muldraugh’s Hill, Harden County, Kentucky. Tree
vigorous, large, unproductive; the clusters of flowers which appear
before the leaves are mostly staminate; fruit large, light red.
=Mule.= Munsoniana × _Prunus persica_. =1.= Kerr _Cat_. 18. 1899. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 219. 1901.
A hybrid produced by J. W. Kerr from seed of Wild Goose plum pollinated
by the Troth Early peach; introduced by the originator in 1896. Tree
resembles the plum; foliage very much like that of the peach; worthless,
inasmuch as the buds do not open and contain only deformed anthers and no
pistil.
=Muncy.= Americana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:80. 1892. =2.= Kerr
_Cat._ 1894. =3.= _Tex. Dept. Agr. Bul._ =12=:103. 1910.
Muncey 3.
Tree vigorous; fruit medium in size; dull red; clingstone; mid-season.
=Munson.= Angustifolia varians. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:80. 1892.
=2.= _Tex. Sta. Bul._ =32=:479. 1894. =3.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 38. 1899.
=4.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 197. 1910.
Originated under cultivation by G. Onderdonk, Victoria, Texas; introduced
by the originator in 1888. Tree not hardy as far north as Ames, Iowa;
fruit of medium size, oval; cavity shallow; stem slender; suture a line;
bright red; bloom thin; dots many; skin thin; flesh yellow, soft; quality
fair; stone oval, flattened, clinging; early.
=Murdy.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._ =169=:247. 1899. =2.= _Ohio
Sta. Bul._ =162=:256, 257. 1905.
The Murdy as tested by the Ohio Experiment Station is considered
identical with the Pond, but as tested at the Michigan Experiment
Station, it ripens two weeks later, has a deeper cavity, finer texture
and lighter colored spots on its skin.
=Muscat Free.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._ =118=:52. 1895. =2.=
_Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul._ =27=:15. 1904.
Evidently a strain of the Italian Prune; imported from Hungary in 1894
by the Department of Agriculture and tested at the Michigan Experiment
Station. Tree low, spreading, slow-growing; fruit of medium size,
long-oval, flattened on one side; suture broad, distinct; black with
thick bloom; flesh greenish-yellow, moderately firm, juicy; very good;
freestone; not as sweet as Italian Prune and a week later.
=Muscle.= Domestica. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 576, 577 fig. 1629. =2.=
Rea _Flora_ 207. 1676. =3.= Ray _Hist. Plant._ 1529. 1688. =4.= Prince
_Pom. Man._ =2=:105. 1832. =5.= Watkins _Cat._
Red Mussell 1. Black Muscle 4. Black Mussell 1. _Mussel_ 4. _Mussell_ 5.
Mussell Plum 1. Red Muscle 2, 3. White Mussell 1.
Of very early European origin, once considered of value but now only used
as a stock; the old writers described both a red and a black form. Fruit
small, oval, dark red; flesh not juicy; poor; stone large.
=Musk Damson.= Insititia? =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 68, 70. 1699. =2.=
Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:74. 1768. =3.= Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:33,
Tab. 180 fig. 2. 1796. =4.= Noisette _Man. Comp. Jard._ =2=:495. 1860.
=5.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 933. 1869. =6.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 425.
1889.
Christ’s Damascene 6. _Damas Fin_ 6. Damas Musque 2, 3, 4. _Damas Musque_
5, 6. _Damasquinée_ 6. _De Chypre_ 5. Die musquat Damaskuspflaume 3.
_Feine Damascene_ 6. _Musk Damask_ 6. Musk’d Damask 1. _Muskierte
Damascene_ 6. _Musque de Malta_ ?5, 6. _Prune de Chypre_ 2, 5, 6. _Prune
de Malte_ 2, 6. _Prune de Malthe_ 5. _Schwarze Muskateller Pflaume_ 6.
_Späte Schwarze Damascene_ 6. _Suisina Grossella Piccola_ 6.
Noisette suggests Damascus, Syria, as the probable place of origin of
Musk Damson. Fruit small, roundish; suture distinct; cavity small;
dark purple; bloom thick; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet, musky; good;
semi-clinging; mid-season.
=Musk Perdrigon.= Domestica. =1.= Langley _Pomona_ 92, Pl. 23 fig. 3.
1729.
Fruit nearly black, with a bloom; freestone; early.
=Mussey.= Americana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:40. 1892.
Found wild in Kansas; introduced by Abner Allen. Fruit large,
roundish-oblong, yellow, mottled with red; flesh firm, good;
semi-clinging; very late.
=Nagate-Maru.= Triflora. =1.= _Va. Sta. Bul._ =129=:114. 1901. =2.= _Ga.
Hort. Soc. Cat._ 13. 1904. =3.= _Ga. Sta. Bul._ =68=:13 fig., 31. 1905.
Nagatus maru 2. Nagats-Maru 2.
Resembles Abundance but is three weeks later. Fruit large,
oblate-conical, red over yellow; dots numerous; flesh yellow, firm; good.
=Naples.= Domestica. =1.= Wild Bros. _Cat._ 26. 1892. =2.= W. & T. Smith
_Nur. Cat._ 24. 1897. =3.= Storrs & Harrison _Cat._ 138. 1893-98.
Beauty of Naples 1, 2, 3.
Naples as catalogued by nurserymen is of the Yellow Egg type although
Lyon[228] and Thomas[229] knew a purple variety of this name. Tree
vigorous and productive; fruit of medium size, oval; cavity small; skin
thin, tender; golden yellow mottled with red in the sun; bloom thin;
flesh light yellow, firm, sweet, mild; good; stone oval, rough, clinging;
late.
=Native Red.= Species? =1.= _Ont. Fr. Gr. Assoc. Rpt._ 87. 1896.
Received by the Fruit Growers’ Association of Ontario from W. N. Snelling
of Ottawa. A very attractive bright red plum of medium size.
=Nebraska.= Hortulana mineri. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= Waugh _Plum
Cult._ 174. 1901. =3.= _Ga. Sta. Bul._ =67=:278. 1904.
Tree spreading, vigorous, short-lived, productive; fruit medium in size,
roundish-oval; cavity shallow; red with numerous yellow dots; skin thick,
tough; flesh yellow, juicy, melting; fair to good; stone medium in size,
oval, clinging; late.
=Nebraska Seedling.= Species? =1.= _Country Gent._ =26=:238. 1865.
Reported in 1865 by R. O. Thompson of Nebraska as a freestone plum of
great excellence; trees very productive and free from curculio.
=Nebraska Wonder.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:281. 1900.
Found wild in 1892 by A. Webster, Golden, Burt County, Nebraska;
introduced by H. P. Sayles, Ames, Iowa, in 1897. Tree dwarf, spreading,
prolific, bears early; fruit large, round, slight yellow tinge, mottled
red when over-ripe, without astringency when fully ripe; ships well;
early.
=Neils.= Species? =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2d Ser. =3=:54. 1900.
Under test at the Canadian Experimental Farm at Agassiz, British Columbia.
=Nellie.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._
=63=:49. 1897. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 158. 1901.
Nelly 1, 2.
Fruit large, oblate; suture faint; stem medium; yellow blushed with pink;
flesh firm, yellow; good; stone of medium size, round, semi-clinging;
medium to late.
=Nellie Blanche.= Americana. =1.= Terry _Cat._ 1900. =2.= _Rural N. Y._
=65=:726 fig., 730. 1906. =3.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =114=:141. 1910.
_Blanche_ 3.
Grown by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; fruited first in 1897. Tree
vigorous, upright, productive, bears early; fruit large, oblong; stem
medium, set in a small cavity; skin thick; yellow mottled with red; flesh
meaty, very sweet and rich; good; stone large, clinging; mid-season.
=Nelson.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 150. 1831. =2.= Hogg
_Fruit Man._ 373. 1866. =3.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:55. 1873. =4.= _W. N. Y.
Hort. Soc. Rpt._ =21=:20. 1876.
_Knevett’s Late Orleans_ 2, 3. _Monsieur tardif de Knevett_ 3. Nelson’s
Victory 1, 2, 4. _Nelson’s Victory_ 3. Victoire de Nelson 3.
An old variety renamed in honor of the famous English admiral. Fruit of
medium size, round, deep purple; flesh sweet and pleasant; freestone;
mid-season; suitable for culinary purposes.
=Never Fail.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:281. 1900.
Purchased of an Eastern nurseryman for Wolf but proved not true to
name; introduced by J. S. Haag, Hosper, Iowa. Tree vigorous, slightly
spreading; fruit large, round, red; good; ripe with De Soto.
=New American.= Americana. =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =26=:14. 1891. =2.=
_Ibid._ =93=:26. 1905.
Of no value in South Dakota because of its lateness.
=New Goderich.= Domestica. =1.= _Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt._ =4=:66, 102,
110. 1897.
Thought to be a seedling of Lombard. Tree vigorous, spreading, hardy,
productive; fruit medium to large, round; stem short, inserted in a
shallow cavity; suture distinct; brownish-red with heavy bloom; flesh
yellow, coarse; quality poor.
=New Green Gage.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 148. 1831.
Mentioned; probably obsolete.
=New Large Bullace.= Insititia? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 433.
1889.
Grosse Prunelle Nouvelle. _New Large Bullace._
=Newton.= Americana. =1.= Munson _Cat._ 8. 1894. =2.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._
=162=:256, 257. 1905. =3.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 23. 1905.
Received by T. V. Munson from Theodore Young of Wichita Falls, Kansas.
Munson says this variety is distinct from Newtown Egg. Tree vigorous,
healthy, productive; fruit large, oblong, irregular; stem short and
stout, set in a small cavity; suture indistinct; dull red; bloom thin;
flesh yellow; good; freestone; late.
=Newtown Egg.= Americana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:40. 1892. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 153. 1901.
Newton Egg 2.
Originated with Charles Luedloff, Carver, Minnesota. Tree open,
straggling, productive; fruit medium to large, oblong-oval, purplish-red
over yellow, thickly sprinkled with many yellow dots; flesh yellow, firm;
good; stone long, nearly flat, smooth, semi-clinging; mid-season.
=New Wine Sour.= Domestica. Listed in _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 154. 1831.
=Nienburger Egg Plum.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:183. 1873.
=2.= Koch _Deut. Obst._ 570. 1876. =3.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._
408. 1881. =4.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 548. 1901.
Niemburg Egg 4. _Nienburger Eierpflaume_ 1. Nienburger Eierpflaume 3.
Oeuf de Nienburg 1.
Found in the garden of a priest at Nienburg, Hanover, Germany, by M.
Oberdieck. Tree vigorous, an early and abundant bearer; fruit large,
obovate; suture broad and deep; dark brownish-red; bloom thin; flesh
yellow, firm, sweet; stone small, free; mid-season. Good for dessert and
drying.
=Nikitaer Blaue Fruhzwetsche.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
441. 1889. _Bal Erik._ _Blauer Spilling._ _Gus Erik._
=Nikitaer Dattelzwetsche.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._
444. 1881. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 441. 1889.
_Bardak Erik_ 2.
Mentioned as unproductive in dry soil at Jeinsen, Germany.
=Nikitaer Hahnenpflaume.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 441.
1889.
_Hahnenhode._ _Nikitaner Hahnenhode._ _Rognon-de-Coq de Nikita._
=Nikko.= Species? =1.= _Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:18. 1898.
Originated by Burbank and introduced in 1898; parentage unknown. Said to
be “a good, dark red, red-fleshed, conical plum.”
=Nimon.= Hortulana × Munsoniana. =1.= Munson _Cat._ 7. 1896. =2.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 181. 1901. =3.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 167. 1905.
A seedling of Wayland pollinated by Wild Goose; from T. V. Munson,
Denison, Texas. Tree moderately hardy, vigorous; fruit medium in size,
ovate; cavity shallow; crimson; dots numerous, white; flesh yellow, firm,
meaty, sweet; good; stone small, clinging; mid-season.
=Noire Americaine.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 441. 1889.
=Noire de Montreuil.= Domestica. =1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:68.
1768. =2.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:92. 1832. =3.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 714.
1884. =4.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 437. 1889.
_Bieler Pflaume_ 4. _Damas Noir Hâtif_ 4. _Early Large Black_ 1. _Frühe
Schwarze Pflaume_ 4. _Frühe Grosse Schwarze Pflaume_ 4. _Grosse Früh
Pflaume_ 4. _Grosse noir de Montreuil_ 2. _Grosse noire hâtive_ 2, 3,
4. Grosse Noire hâtive 1. Large Early Montreuil 2. Johannispflaume 4.
_Large early black_ 2. _La Madeleine_ 3. _Morocco Pflaume_ (of some) 4.
_Montreuil_ 2. _Noire de Montreuil_ 1, 2, 4. _Prune de Saint-Jean_ 4.
_Saint-Jean_ 4. _Waran Erik_ 4.
According to Duhamel, this name is used for two varieties. One is of
medium size, elongated, purplish-black, strongly resembling Gros Damas
de Tours; flesh firm, yellowish with a rather agreeable flavor; nearly
freestone; early. The other is large, round, of the same color as the
first, but its season is later and its flesh is coarse and insipid. For
historical notes see Précoce de Tours.
=Nolan.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Am. Jour. Hort._ =5=:148. 1869.
Probably a seedling of Wild Goose which it resembles very closely.
=Nolton Ungarische.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 441. 1889.
Reference found by Mathieu in _Monatsschrift für Pomologie_ 9. 1861.
=Nome.= Americana. =1.= Meneray _Cat._
From H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa. Tree vigorous; fruit large, round, red
over yellow; good.
=Nona.= Triflora? × Munsoniana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =12=:226. 1899.
=2.= _Ibid._ =14=:274, 277. 1901. =3.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =162=:252. 1905.
Originated with D. H. Watson, Brenham, Texas; introduced by W. A. Yates,
1897. Tree healthy, upright; foliage healthy, abundant; fruit medium to
large, oval; cavity abrupt; stem short; suture obscure; apex slightly
pointed; dark red, obscurely striped; dots numerous, small, yellow; bloom
light; skin thick, somewhat astringent; flesh yellow mottled with red,
fibrous, juicy; good; stone medium, roundish-oval, flattened, clinging;
early.
=Norbert.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 373. 1866. =2.= Mas _Pom.
Gen._ =2=:73. 1873. =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 441. 1889. =4.= _Guide
Prat._ 161, 360. 1895.
_De Prince_ 4. _Lepine_ 3 and 4 incor. _Norbert_ 3. Norbert’s Pflaume 3.
_Prune de Lepine_ 1, 3. _Prune de Prince_ 1, 3. _Schwarze Mirabelle_ 3.
Found wild in the woods of Halanzy, Luxembourg, France. Mas distinguishes
Prune de Lepine as a separate variety. Fruit very small, round; suture
obscure; dark purple; bloom thick; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, sweet;
stone small, free. Useful for drying.
=Norby.= Americana. =1.= Budd-Hansen _Am. Hort. Man._ =2=:298. 1903.
Originated with A. Norby, Madison, South Dakota; No. 13 of his seedlings.
Fruit large, roundish; sides unequal; dark red; stone round, flat;
mid-season.
=Norby No. 1.= Americana. =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:28. 1905.
Originated with A. Norby, Madison, South Dakota. Under test at the South
Dakota Experiment Station. The variety bears large, fine fruit of good
quality; mid-season.
=Norby No. 11.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:283. 1900. =2.= _S.
Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:28. 1905.
No. 11 1.
Another of A. Norby’s seedlings; grown from seed of selected varieties
in 1895. Reported by the South Dakota Experiment Station to be worthy of
propagation. Tree upright, hardy, productive; fruit above medium size,
oval to roundish-oblong; rich yellow overspread with red; bloom thin;
dots small, white, numerous; flesh yellow, firm; good; stone long, oval,
nearly free; early.
=Norman.= Munsoniana? =1.= _Gard. Mon._ =20=:177. 1878.
Mentioned by W. S. Carpenter of Rye, New York, in 1878 as an improved
variety of the “Chicasaw” group.
=Normand Perdrigon.= Domestica. =1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:87.
1768. =2.= Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:30, Tab. 177 fig. 1. 1796. =3.= Prince
_Pom. Man._ =2=:65. 1832. =4.= Poiteau _Pom. Franc_. 1. 1846. =5.=
Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 441. 1889.
Der blaue Rebhuhn aus der Normandie 2. Normannischer Perdrigon 5. _Norman
Perdrigon_ 5. Norman Perdrigon 3. _Perdrigon de Normandie_ 5. Perdrigon
Normand 1. _Perdrigon Normand_ 2, 3, 5. Prune Perdrigon Normand 4, 5.
_Prunus neustriensis_ 4. _Schwarzer Perdrigon_ 5.
A very good French variety. Fruit of medium size, roundish; suture
shallow; cavity small; reddish-purple; bloom heavy; flesh yellow,
melting, sweet; good; clingstone; mid-season.
Normand’s Seedlings. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =175=:151. 1899.
J. L. Normand,[230] Marksville, Louisiana, disseminated twenty hybrid
seedlings, numbered from one to twenty, which were selected from over
30,000 seedlings; most of these are crosses between Triflora and selected
native sorts.
Normand No. 5. See Alabama.
Normand No. 11. Triflora ×?
Fruit above medium size, oval to oblong-conic; apex pointed; stem medium,
set in a small cavity; yellow overspread with bright red; dots numerous,
yellow; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, aromatic, sweet, good; stone long and
narrow, clinging; late. Drops before ripe.
Normand No. 12. Triflora ×?
Inferior to No. 11 in color, flesh-characters and keeping quality. Drops
before ripe and has a tendency to crack.
Normand No. 15. See Louisiana.
Normand No. 16. Triflora ×?
Fruit resembles No. 12; greenish-white with red blush; flesh pale yellow,
soft, juicy, bitter; clingstone; drops before fully ripe.
Normand No. 17. Triflora ×?
Fruit the size of Burbank, somewhat similar in shape but less pointed,
greenish-yellow thinly covered with dark red, spattered with dots and
broken lines of paler color; flesh greenish, tinged with yellow, very
juicy, somewhat acid; poor; clingstone; drops before ripe.
Normand No. 18. Triflora ×?
Equal to No. 11 in size but inferior in quality; keeps and ships well.
Normand No. 19. Triflora ×?
Fruit about the size of Wild Goose, but not as regular in form; color and
bloom much the same as that variety; flesh of the same color but firmer
and of better quality than Wild Goose; stone medium, clinging; late.
Normand No. 20. See Georgia.
=North.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 934. 1869. =2.= Mas
_Pom. Gen._ =2=:143. 1873.
_North’s Seedling_ 1.
Raised by Professor North, Clinton, New York. Tree vigorous, bears
early, productive; fruit large, roundish-oval; suture broad and shallow;
reddish-purple; bloom thin; flesh yellow, melting, juicy, sweet; good;
clingstone; early.
=North Carolina.= Hortulana mineri. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Wis.
Sta. Bul._ =63=:50. 1897. =3.= Kerr _Cat._ 1897.
N. C. Seedling 1. _North Carolina Seedling_ 2, 3.
J. W. Kerr says this variety is subject to twig-blight; reported of value
in Iowa; fruit large, deep red.
=North Star.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:50. 1897. =2.=
_Ibid._ =87=:14. 1901.
Originated with Martin Penning, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, from seed of
Surprise; resembles its parent very closely. Tree hardy, dwarfish; fruit
large, juicy, sweet; clinging; mid-season.
=Nota Bene.= Domestica. =1.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 257. 1832. =2.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 293. 1845. =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 425. 1889.
Corse’s Nota Bena 1. Corse’s Nota Bene 2, 3. _Nota Bene de Corse_ 3.
One of the best of the seedlings raised by Henry Corse, Esq., Montreal,
Canada. Tree very vigorous, productive and hardy, short-lived; fruit
large, round, pale brown sometimes shading to green; flesh greenish,
firm, juicy, sweet and rich; good; freestone.
=November Gage.= Domestica. =1.= _Mag. Hort._ =6=:92. 1840.
Raised by Henry Corse of Montreal and distributed at the same time as his
Nota Bene.
=Noyes.= Americana? =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1897. =2.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:283.
1900. =3.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =87=:14. 1901.
_Noyes’ Seedling_ 1. Noyes Seedling 2.
Originated with a Mrs. Noyes, Springville, Iowa, about 1881, from pits
purchased for California plums; introduced by a Mr. Osborn about 1888.
Craig places Noyes in _Prunus hortulana_ and Waugh, while classifying
it with the Americanas, suggests that it is _Hortulana mineri_. Tree
vigorous, productive; fruit large, roundish to oblong; apex sometimes
flattened or depressed; cavity shallow; suture distinct; skin thick,
tough, rather acid; yellow nearly overspread with red; dots numerous,
yellow; flesh tinged with red, melting, rich and sweet; good; stone
large, clinging; early to mid-season.
=Nutmeg.= Insititia. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 576. 1629. =2.= Rea
_Flora_ 209. 1676.
Fruit the shape of a nutmeg, no larger than a Damson, greenish-yellow;
good; late; obsolete.
=Oakley Park Wild.= Species? Listed in _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 150. 1831.
=Oatey.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894.
In answer to an inquiry Kerr states that “The Oatey is above medium to
large, dull purplish-red when fully matured; clinging. Tree does not
succeed here.”
=Oberdieck Gestreifte Eierpflaume.= Domestica? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
442. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 157, 360. 1895.
Introduced into France by M. Oberdieck, the German pomologist. Fruit
large, long-oval, yellow blushed with red; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet;
good; early.
=Oberley.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. Mon._ =2=:120. 1860. =2.= Downing _Fr.
Trees Am._ 934. 1869. =3.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:131. 1873.
_Oberley’s Greenwood_ 2. Oberley’s Greenwood 1.
Originated in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, on the farm of a Mr.
Oberley. Tree thrifty, very productive; fruit medium in size, round;
suture distinct; skin amber, but nearly covered with rosy red; bloom
thin; flesh juicy; quality fair; clingstone.
=October.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Hort._ =20=:454 fig. 1257. 1897.
Sent to the office of the Canadian Horticulturist by A. M. Smith of St.
Catherines. Fruit medium in size, roundish; skin thin, dark purple; flesh
yellow, tender, juicy, rich, sweet and very agreeable.
=Oddy.= Domestica. Listed in _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 150. 1831.
Oddy’s.
=Odegard.= Nigra. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:50. 1897. =2.= _Minn. Hort.
Soc. Rpt._ 411. 1899. =3.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:28, 49 fig. 1905.
Odegaard 2.
Originated about 1888 near Brookings, South Dakota; found among a lot of
seedlings grown from wild plum pits sent from Minnesota; bought by H. T.
Odegard of Brookings; introduced by A. Norby of Madison, South Dakota.
Tree very productive, hardy and vigorous; foliage large; fruit large,
oblong; suture very shallow from basin to apex; dark red; flesh yellow,
juicy, sweet; good; early.
=Odell.= Domestica. =1.= _Col., O., Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 31. 1892. =2.= _Ohio
Sta. Bul._ =113=:160. 1899. =3.= _Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul._ =30=:119. 1905.
According to the introducers, Augustine and Company, Normal, Illinois,
this variety was found as a seedling growing in a fence corner at Odell,
Illinois; introduced about 1890. Resembles and may be identical with
Lombard; ripens at the same time.
=Ogeechee.= Angustifolia varians. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:64. 1892.
Found wild in Georgia; introduced by G. Bourquin. Fruit of medium size,
round, red; clingstone; early.
=Oglesby.= Species? =1.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 135. 1903. =2.= _Ibid._
424. 1905.
Reported by H. T. Thompson of Marengo, Illinois, as a small, handsome red
plum; freestone; very late.
=Ohio.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 154. 1883. =2.= Waugh _Plum
Cult._ 187. 1901. =3.= _Ga. Sta. Bul._ =67=:279. 1904.
_Ohio Prolific_ 2. Ohio Prolific 1, 3.
Tree vigorous, productive, irregular in growth; foliage dense; fruit
medium in size, roundish, yellow overspread with bright red; dots
numerous, yellow; flesh yellow, juicy, melting; fair in quality;
clingstone; mid-season.
=Okaw.= Species? Noted in Bailey _Ann. Hort._ 175. 1890.
=Oku Botan.= Triflora. =1.= _Va. Sta. Bul._ =129=:114. 1901.
A variety sent out by the United States Department of Agriculture.
=Old Gold.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._
=87=:14. 1901. =3.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:30. 1905.
Introduced by C. W. H. Heideman of Minnesota. Tree hardy, productive,
subject to shot-hole fungus; fruit medium in size, round to slightly
oblong; cavity shallow; stem slender; clear yellow with a dark red
blush; dots small; skin thick, tough; flesh yellow; quality fair; stone
roundish-oval, smooth, clinging; mid-season.
=Olive.= Domestica. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 578. 1629.
Noted by Parkinson as “shrubby; fruit like an olive in color and size;
very good; late.”
=Ollie.= Hortulana × Munsoniana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =12=:226. 1899.
Grown by A. L. Bruce, Basin Springs, Texas; from seed of Wayland crossed
with Wild Goose. Fruit medium, oval; cavity shallow; suture obscure; dark
red; flesh yellow with some red; stone medium, round, flattened, clinging.
=Olson.= Species? =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:30. 1905.
Found on the Vermilion River, near Vermilion, South Dakota. Tree
productive; fruit of fair size; stone very large; late.
=Omaha.= Triflora × Americana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =14=:272. 1901.
=2.= _Ibid._ =15=:266. 1902.
From Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska; a cross between Abundance and
Brittlewood. Fruit variable in size, nearly spherical; cavity deep,
rounded; stem long; suture faint; apex rounded; light red, a shade darker
than Wild Goose; dots many, small; bloom considerable; flesh moderately
firm, yellow, juicy, rich and sweet; stone rather large, oval, flattened;
early; not introduced.
=Omega.= Americana. =1.= Terry _Cat._ 1900. =2.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._
424. 1905.
Originated by H. A. Terry of Iowa. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit
large, slightly oblong, red over yellow with numerous light dots; good;
late.
=Onderka Damascene.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 442. 1889.
_Damas d’Onderka. Onderka._
=Ontario.= Species? =1.= _Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 38. 1874. =2.= _Can. Exp.
Farm Bul._ 2nd Ser. =3=:54. 1900.
Tree vigorous, very productive; fruit medium to large, roundish-oval,
marbled yellow; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; good; clingstone; early to
mid-season.
=Opata.= _Prunus besseyi_ × (Munsoniana × Triflora). =1.= _Circ S. Dak.
Exp. Sta._ 1910.
Opata was grown by N. E. Hansen of the South Dakota Experiment Station
from a cross between Golden and _Prunus besseyi_; introduced in a small
way in 1908. Tree productive; fruit of medium size, roundish; cavity
wide; dark red; bloom rather heavy; flesh green; said to be good; stone
small; very early.
=Orange.= Domestica. =1.= Knoop _Fructologie_ =2=:59. 1771.
_Prune de Orange_ 1.
Fruit of medium size, oval, yellow blushed with red; flesh soft and
juicy; good; freestone.
=Orange Cherry.= Species? =1.= _Kerr Cat._ 18. 1899.
_Orange’s Cherry Plum_ 1.
Originated in Florida where it is grown as a substitute for the cherry.
=Orel No. 21.= Domestica. =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:30. 1905.
Introduced from Russia by Professor J. L. Budd of Iowa about 1882.
Unproductive and deficient in hardiness.
=Orenge.= Domestica. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 576, 577 fig. 1629.
Mentioned by Parkinson as “a yellowish plum, moist and somewhat sweetish.”
=Oriental.= Triflora. =1.= _Rural N. Y._ =64=:743. 1905. =2.= _Am. Pom.
Soc. Rpt._ 234. 1907.
_Perry’s Seedling_ 1.
Introduced by F. L. Perry of Bridgeport, Connecticut, as a cross between
Burbank and Satsuma. Tree hardy, vigorous; fruit large; skin thin; flesh
dark, sweet; good; ripens two or three weeks earlier than Satsuma and
hangs a month after ripening.
=Orillia.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Hort._ =26=:422. 1903.
A seedling shown at the Orillia fruit exhibit in 1903; grown from a
Lombard seed by Frank Kean. Tree vigorous, bears regularly; fruit similar
in size and appearance to Quackenboss with a smaller stone and heavier
bloom.
=Osage.= Munsoniana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Me. Sta. An. Rpt._
=12=:66. 1896. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 188. 1901. =4.= _Tex. Dept. Agr.
Bul._ =12=:103. 1910.
Osage 48 2. _Wonder_ 4.
Tree productive, tender; fruit medium in size, round to oval; cavity
shallow; stem slender; bright red with numerous light dots flesh yellow;
quality fair; stone medium, oval, flattened, clinging; mid-season.
=Ottoman Seedling.= Domestica. =1.= _N. Y. Sta. Rpt._ =9=:347. 1900.
Received by this Station for testing in 1890 from L. M. Macomber, North
Ferrisburgh, Vermont, as a seedling of Imperial Ottoman. Tree productive;
fruit medium to large, oval, suture slight or lacking; stem an inch long,
slender, inserted with scarcely a depression; dull red or greenish-red;
bloom thin; flesh yellowish-green, juicy, sweet; very good; stone medium,
oval, small wing; early to mid-season.
=Outremont.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:38. 1903.
Under test at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa.
=Overall.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 716. 1884.
Fruit large, oval; suture faint; stem three-quarters of an inch long
inserted without a depression; dark purple; flesh coarse, pleasantly
flavored; clingstone; mid-season.
=Owatona.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:52. 1897. =2.= _Wis.
Hort. So. Rpt._ 137. 1899. =3.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:31. 1905.
A wild variety from Owatonna, Minnesota. Trees hardy, productive; fruit
medium in size, oblong; suture distinct; red; flesh yellow, tender,
bitter; lacking in flavor; mid-season.
=Owen Sound.= Species? =1.= _Can. Hort._ =11=:259. 1888. =2.= _Ibid._
=14=:350. 1891.
Owen Sound Beauty 1, 2.
A seedling grown by R. Trotter of Owen Sound, Ontario, from pits of
an unnamed plum. Tree strong, healthy; fruit large, roundish-oblong;
suture distinct, dividing the plum into unequal parts; brownish-purple;
dots light, numerous; bloom thick; flesh orange, very juicy, rich and
excellent; freestone; late.
=Oxford.= Nigra. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:52. 1897. =2.= _S. Dak. Sta.
Bul._ =93=:30. 1905.
This variety is from Minnesota and resembles Aitken, but is more
vigorous; lacks productiveness; fruit large, roundish-oval, deep red;
flesh orange-yellow; good; stone large, thin, clinging; very early.
=Oyama.= Triflora. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 119. 1904. =2.= _Am. Pom.
Soc. Rpt._ 66. 1905.
A seedling of the Red June grown at the Central Experimental Farm,
Ottawa, Canada, from seed planted in 1895. Fruit of medium size, roundish
to broad-oval; cavity narrow, of medium depth, abrupt; suture a distinct
line, not depressed; apex rounded; deep red; dots obscure; bloom thin;
flesh yellow, firm, juicy; sweet, not rich; quality medium; stone small,
oval, clinging.
=Paddock Magnum Bonum.= Domestica. =1.= Floy-Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._
420. 1846.
Originated from a pit brought from Russia in 1805 by a Captain Paddock.
Closely resembles the Red Magnum Bonum of which it may be a seedling;
clingstone.
=Paine.= Domestica. =1.= _Am. Jour. Hort._ =3=:97. 1868.
Paine’s Seedling 1.
A chance seedling raised by A. W. Paine of Bangor, Maine. Fruit medium
to large; oval; cavity shallow, one-sided with a small lip; stem long,
stout; suture slight; golden-yellow, blotched with red; bloom thin; flesh
yellow, coarse, rich, sweet; clingstone; early.
=Paisan Blanche.= Domestica. =1.= Knoop _Fructologie_ =2=:60. 1771.
Paisan Blanche et Double 1. _Prune de Paisan blanche and simple_ 1.
Fruit large, round; suture large, deep; greenish-yellow; flesh soft,
juicy; good; clingstone; very productive.
=Paisan Noire.= Domestica. =1.= Knoop _Fructologie_ =2=:60. 1771.
Prune de Paisan Noire 1.
Said to resemble “Paisan Blanche” in form, size and productiveness but is
purple and the suture is a little deeper, flesh more watery and inferior
in flavor.
=Palmer.= Triflora. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt._ 46. 1895. =2.= _Am. Pom.
Soc. Rpt._ 47. 1897.
Probably a seedling of Abundance, grown by J. S. Breece of Fayetteville,
North Carolina, about 1892. Fruit of medium size, roundish-conical,
coppery-red with numerous russet dots; bloom light; skin thin, bitter;
flesh yellowish, translucent with yellow veins, meaty, tender, juicy,
fibrous, mild subacid, rich; good to very good; stone large, long, oval,
clinging; very early.
=Pander.= Triflora. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 47. 1897.
A seedling of Abundance grown by J. S. Breece, Fayetteville, North
Carolina. Fruit large, roundish, light to dark crimson; dots minute
russet, raised; bloom slight; skin thin, slightly bitter; flesh yellow,
translucent, rather firm, meaty, juicy, sugary vinous, rich; very good;
stone oval, medium in size, clinging; season with Wild Goose.
=Pappaconi.= Domestica. =1.= Noisette _Man. Comp. Jard._ =2=:499. 1860.
Imported into France from the Royal Gardens of Naples. Fruit larger than
Dame Aubert, brilliant yellow, ripens in September.
=Papeleu.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 716. 1884.
Fruit medium in size, round, symmetrical; stem moderately long, set in a
narrow depression; suture very shallow; golden-yellow when ripe, mottled
with pale straw color; dots small, crimson; bloom light; flesh yellow,
tender and juicy, rich, sugary and highly flavored; freestone; mid-season.
=Paquet.= Domestica. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt._ 26, Col. Pl. 1894.
Originated in 1889 with Peter Paquet, Oregon City, Oregon. Fruit very
large, oval; cavity large, deep, regular; stem about an inch long, rather
stout, curved; suture moderate; apex truncated; yellow washed with red;
dots many, yellow; skin thick; flesh yellow; very good; stone oval,
semi-clinging; early.
=Park.= Domestica ×? =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Ibid._ 25. 1897. =3.=
_Ohio Sta. Bul._ =162=:256, 257. 1905.
Kerr says this is reputed to be a hybrid of _Prunus domestica_ with
a native variety. Tree upright-spreading; fruit above medium size,
oblong-oval; cavity broad and deep; stem of medium length, stout;
greenish-yellow; flesh yellow; good; stone of medium size, clinging;
mid-season.
=Parker.= Species? =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:52. 1897.
Reported as very productive and regular in bearing; fruit large; good;
early.
=Parrott.= Species? =1.= _Kan. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ =30=:63. 1908-09.
Parrott originated with A. H. Griesa, Lawrence, Kansas. Fruit small,
bright red; bloom thin; stone small; very late.
=Parsonage.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 367. 1857.
Originated at Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. Tree very vigorous,
upright, productive; fruit medium to large, oval; stem medium; cavity
small; pale yellow splashed with green; flesh yellow, juicy, rich;
freestone; mid-season.
=Partridge.= Species? =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2nd Ser. =3=:54. 1900.
=2.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 548. 1901.
Grown at the Experimental Farm, Agassiz, British Columbia. Tree vigorous;
fruit medium, round; suture distinct; red with white bloom; flesh
yellowish, sweet, pleasant; early.
=Pasqua.= Nigra? =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 426. 1900.
Sent out by Thomas Frankland, Stonewall, Manitoba. Fruit large, red; late.
=Pathfinder.= Triflora × (Triflora × Simonii?) =1.= _Rural N. Y._
=68=:752. 1909.
Pathfinder, a cross between Chabot and Wickson, was grown by William
Strong Arkansas. Fruit heart-shaped, strongly pointed, dark colored;
flesh firm, fine-grained and sweet.
=Patten A.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:286. 1900.
Received by the Iowa Experiment Station from C. G. Patten, Charles
City, Iowa, with whom the variety originated. Fruit medium in size,
ellipsoidal, flattened at both ends; cavity deep; suture a well-marked
groove; bright red to purplish-red; dots small, numerous; bloom thin;
flesh firm, meaty; good; stone of medium size, winged, flat, clinging;
not introduced.
=Patten B.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:286. 1900.
Of the Stoddard type, from C. G. Patten, Charles City, Iowa. Fruit medium
to large, conical, somewhat pointed; cavity shallow; stem long; suture
clearly outlined; apex pointed; dark purplish-red; dots numerous, small;
bloom thick; skin thick, brittle; flesh yellow-brown; good; stone large,
flat, clinging.
=Peach Leaf.= Hortulana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:52. 1897. 2. _Vt.
Sta. An. Rpt._ =11=:285. 1898.
_Peachleaf_ 2.
A variety of unknown origin grown for many years by B. A. Mathews of
Iowa. Given as synonymous to Kanawha by the American Pomological Society.
Waugh says this is an error. Fruit medium in size, round; cavity slight;
suture a faint line; deep wine red; dots many, small; flesh yellow, firm;
good; stone medium, rough.
=Peach-plum.= Domestica. =1.= _Ray Hist. Plant._ =2=:1529. 1688. =2.= Rea
_Flora_ 208. 1676.
Peach Plum 1.
A yellow variety grown in the Seventeenth Century.
=Peake.= Domestica. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 578. 1629.
Parkinson says of it, “long, whitish and very good.”
=Pearl.= Americana mollis. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 11. 1898. =2.= Terry _Cat._
5. 1900. =3.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 424. 1905.
From H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; grown from seed of Van Buren planted
about 1891. Tree very productive, vigorous, upright; fruit large, white
becoming pale red; of best quality; ripens last of August.
=Pear Plum.= Domestica. =1.= Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:45, Tab. 199 fig. 2.
1796. =2.= _N. E. Farmer Dict._ 266. 1797.
Die veilchenfarbige Birnpflaume 1. _Prune poire grosse violette_ 1.
Kraft in 1796 described a little-known Pear plum. Tree medium in size,
unproductive; fruit very large, pear-shaped; suture distinct; stem long;
reddish-purple; flesh juicy, unpleasant; freestone. This may or may not
be the same as the New England variety of this name mentioned in the
references.
=Peasant.= Species? =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2nd Ser. =3=:55. 1900.
Tested by the Experimental Farm at Agassiz, British Columbia. Tree
vigorous; fruit small, roundish, purple; flesh yellowish, juicy, sweet;
mid-season.
=Peerless.= Americana. =1.= Meneray _Cat._
A seedling of Harrison grown by H. A. Terry and introduced by F. W.
Meneray, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fruit large, oblong, dark red; skin thin;
flesh yellow, firm; good; freestone.
=Pekin.= Species? Letter from Kerr.
Originated by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska.
=Pendent.= Munsoniana × Hortulana mineri. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 19. 1898. =2.=
_Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:18. 1898.
A cross between Pottawattamie and Forest Garden from Theodore Williams of
Benson, Nebraska; introduced by J. W. Kerr in 1898. Tree slender, a rapid
grower, productive; fruit medium to large, roundish inclined to oblong,
red; semi-clinging; mid-season.
=Penning.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 11. 1897. =2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._
160. 1901.
_Penning’s Free_ 2. Penning’s Free 1.
Originated with Martin Penning of Minnesota; a perfect freestone.
=Penning Peach.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 7. 1896. =2.= _Wis. Sta.
Bul._ =63=:52. 1897. =3.= Kerr _Cat._ 11. 1899.
C. W. H. Heideman of Minnesota says this variety was introduced about
thirty years ago as the Peach plum and was sold under that name by
Northwestern nurserymen; he added the name Penning to avoid confusion; it
closely resembles Harrison and is by some considered identical with that
variety. Tree hardy and healthy, a shy bearer; fruit medium to large,
oblong, purplish-red; flesh sweet; semi-clinging; mid-season.
=Penobscot.= Domestica. =1.= _Horticulturist_ =1=:196. 1846. =2.= Elliott
_Fr. Book_ 428. 1854. =3.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 222, 244. 1858.
Originated about 1840 with James McLaughlin of Bangor, Maine. Rejected
by the American Pomological Society in 1858. Tree productive; fruit
large, oval; suture distinct; cavity small; stem of medium length;
greenish-yellow with a red blush in the sun; bloom thin; flesh yellow,
sweet; flavor pleasant; stone long, pointed at both ends, clinging; early.
=Pennock.= _Prunus besseyi_ × Domestica? =1.= _Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:18.
1898. =2.= _Colo. Sta. Bul._ =50=:43. 1898.
Pennock’s Hybrid 2.
Pennock was raised in 1893 by C. E. Pennock of Fort Collins, Colorado,
from seed of _Prunus besseyi_ supposed to have been pollinated by
Arctic. Tree dwarfish, upright; leaves of medium size, ovate, coarsely
serrate, thickish, finely tomentose on either side; petiole short, stiff,
sometimes with one gland at the base of the blade; fruit small, roundish;
suture slight; deep blue; bloom heavy; flavor intermediate between the
plum and cherry; stone small, round and cherry-like.
=Peoly Early Blue.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 309. 1845.
=2.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 346. 1849.
From Massachusetts. Fruit medium in size, oblong; stem short; suture
obscure; dark blue; bloom light; flesh yellow; pleasant; fair quality;
semi-clinging; early.
=Perdrigon des Alpes.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 151. 1831.
The London Horticultural Society listed Perdrigon des Alpes and Perdrigon
Violet des Alpes as distinct varieties but there seems to be little
difference between them.
=Perdrigon of Cernay.= Domestica. =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 68, 69.
1699.
_Cernay Perdrigon_ 1.
Mentioned in the preceding reference as round or oblate, with a dry and
mealy flesh.
=Perdrigon Tardif.= Domestica. =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 67. 1699. =2.=
_Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 151. 1831. =3.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:125. 1873.
=4.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 450. 1889.
_Damas de Septembre_ 4 incor. _Königs Pflaume aus Paris_ 4. Königspflaume
von _Paris_ 3. Later Perdrigon 1. _Royale de Paris Tardive_ 4. _September
Damascene_ 4 incor. _Späte Herrn Pflaume_ 4. _Späte Königs Pflaume_
4. _Späte Königs Pflaume aus Paris_ 4. Später Perdrigon 4. _Später
Perdrigon_ 3.
Quintinye, in 1699, mentioned a Later Perdrigon which is probably this
variety. Duhamel confused this variety with the Impératrice but they are
distinct. In America this Perdrigon is unknown. Tree small; leaves small,
obovate; flowers very small; fruit small, roundish-ellipsoid; suture
distinct; skin thick, purplish-black; stem short; cavity shallow; flesh
yellowish, fine, firm, sweet; freestone; late.
=Pershore.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 375. 1866. =2.= Mas _Pom.
Gen._ =2=:111. 1873. =3.= _Garden_ =49=:225. 1896.
Pershore Yellow Egg 3.
Grown largely in the Pershore district, Worcester County, England.
Tree vigorous, productive; fruit medium, obovate; suture indistinct;
golden-yellow; flesh clear yellow, neither juicy nor sweet; quality fair;
stone small, clinging; fit only for culinary purposes; propagated by
suckers.
=Petite Quetsche Sucrée.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:181. 1873.
=2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 437. 1889.
_Ananas Zwetsche_ 2. Kleine Zuckerzwetsche 2. _Kleine Zucker Zwetsche_ 1.
A German variety produced from seed of Violette Diaper. Fruit small,
oval; suture shallow; cavity small; stem slender; dark purple; bloom
thick; flesh yellow, fine-grained, juicy, sweet; freestone; mid-season.
=Phiolenartige Gelbe Zwetsche.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 442.
1889.
Mathieu found the name of this variety in _Wiener Garten-Zeitung_ 288.
1884.
=Pilot.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:24, 52. 1897. =2.= _Ibid._
=87=:15. 1901. =3.= _Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:31. 1904.
Originated with M. E. Hinckley at Marcus, Iowa, from seed of a wild plum
gathered on the Little Sioux River near Cherokee, Iowa; seed planted
in 1870. Tree open, spreading, drooping; fruit large, oblong-oval with
rounded apex; suture distinct; yellow mottled with light and dark red;
skin thick, tough; flesh firm, rich and sweet; good; stone long-oval,
pointed, margined; mid-season; cracks and rots in wet seasons.
=Pink Damson.= Insititia? =1.= _Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 93. 1885.
Fruit small, pinkish-red; flesh light pink, soft; quality fair; very
early.
=Pioneer Prune.= Domestica. =1.= _Pioneer Nur. Cat._ 1900.
A variety grown for several years by the Pioneer Nursery Company, Salt
Lake City, Utah; discarded because of its close resemblance to the
Italian Prune.
=Piper.= Americana. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 162. 1891. =2.= _Wis. Sta.
Bul._ =63=:52. 1897. =3.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:287. 1900. =4.= _Wis. Sta.
Bul._ =87=:15, 16 fig. 4. 1901.
Piper’s Peach 1, 2, 3. _Piper’s Peach_ 4.
Found wild near Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, about 1887 by
J. S. Harris of Crescent, Minnesota. Tree vigorous, upright, hardy,
productive; fruit large, round, bright red; flesh orange-yellow,
sweet and rich; good; stone roundish, slightly margined, nearly free;
mid-season; mentioned in the catalog of the American Pomological Society
in 1899.
=Piram.= Angustifolia varians. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:80. 1892.
=2.= _Tex. Sta. Bul._ =32=:490, 491. 1894. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 197.
1901.
A seedling from Goliad County, Texas, originated by G. Onderdonk; named
after Piram Hall about 1875. Tree hardy, productive; fruit medium to
large, roundish; suture indistinct; light yellow; dots white; bloom
thin; skin thin and tender; flesh yellow, soft, sweet; fair to good;
clingstone; mid-season.
=Pissardi.= Cerasifera. =1.= _Rev. Hort._ 191. 1881. =2.= _Gard. Mon._
=25=:367. 1883. =3.= _Rural N. Y._ =44=:479. 1885. =4.= _Gard. and For._
=1=:178. 1888. =5.= _Garden_ =55=:314. 1899. =6.= Bailey _Cyc. Hort._
1447. 1901.
_Prunus Cerasifera Atropurpurea_ 5. _Prunus Pissardi_ 5. _Prunus
Pissardii_ 3. Purple-leaved Plum 3. The Purple Myrobalan 5. Prunus
Pissardi 1, 2, 4.
See _Prunus cerasifera_, p. 000. Tree large; shoots purplish; foliage
while unfolding tinged with red, later becoming dark purple; fruit medium
in size; skin purplish, showing color in unripe stage, thin, tough;
suture obscure; flesh firm, juicy, moderately acid, inferior in quality;
clingstone.
=Plantz.= Domestica. =1.= _Cal. State Bd. Hort. Rpt._ 129, 130 fig. 1891.
Plantz’s Seedling 1.
A chance seedling found by W. A. Plantz of New Castle, California, about
1883. Tree thrifty, productive; fruit large, oval, tapering towards the
stem, reddish-purple; flesh yellow, sugary, rich, juicy and sweet; ripens
in California about three weeks before the Hungarian Prune.
=Plunk.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:44. 1897. =2.= Kerr _Cat._
9. 1897. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 160. 1901.
_Large Red Sweet_ 3. Large Red Sweet 1, 2.
Introduced by Charles Luedloff, Cologne, Minnesota. Tree a rapid grower
with good foliage; fruit large, round, dark red or purplish-red; flesh
reddish, not juicy, very sweet; good; clingstone; early.
=Pomaria.= Domestica. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 189. 1867.
A seedling of the Reine Claude from South Carolina, about 1867. Tree
productive; fruit medium in size, blue; bloom heavy; superior to its
parent in flavor.
=Pomona.= Americana × Hortulana mineri? =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:31.
1904.
Originated by E. D. Cowles, Vermilion, South Dakota; under test at the
South Dakota Experiment Station. Said to be “a natural cross of Forest
Garden and Miner.”
=Pond Purple.= Domestica. =1.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 209. 1835. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 309. 1845. =3.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 344 fig.
368. 1867.
_Pond’s Purple_ 2. Pond’s Seedling 2, 3.
Grown in the garden of Henry Hill, Boston; introduced by Samuel Pond of
Cambridge, Massachusetts. As it resembles the well-known Pond, it has
been confused with that variety. Young branches downy; fruit of medium
size, roundish; stem short; purple; flesh yellowish, rather dry, sweet,
mingled with acid; quality fair; freestone; early.
=Pontbriant.= Domestica. =1.= _Pom. France_ =7=:30 fig. 1871. =2.= _Cat.
Cong. Pom. France_ 344. 1887.
De Pontbriant 2. Prune De Pontbriant 1.
Raised by M. F. Morel, Lyons, France, from seed of the Purple Gage
planted in 1851. Tree of medium vigor; fruit large, round, a little more
truncated at the base than at the apex; cavity narrow, shallow; stem long
and stout; suture shallow and wide; reddish-purple, deeper on the sunny
side; bloom heavy; flesh pale yellow, medium fine grained, melting, very
juicy, with a very sweet and aromatic flavor; freestone.
=Pontford.= Domestica. =1.= Watkins _Cat._ 46. 1892?
Tree very productive; fruit of medium size, purple; mid-season; suitable
for market.
=Pontotoc.= Hortulana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =11=:286. 1898.
Mentioned in the catalog of F. T. Ramsey in 1898 as not yet well tested.
=Porsch Rote Zwetsche.= Species? Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 443. 1889.
=Potter.= Americana? =1.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 233. 1901.
Mentioned by Waugh who says it originated in Cherokee County, Iowa, and
is probably an Americana.
=Poupart.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 717. 1884.
Poupart’s 1.
Mr. Poupart, market gardener at Brompton, grew this variety, according to
Hogg, who says it is an enormous bearer and an excellent preserving plum.
Fruit medium, nearly round, resembling Purple Gage; light purple, dotted
and streaked with darker shades; flesh reddish, firm, sweet, with a Sloe
flavor; freestone.
=Powell Damson.= Insititia. =1.= Watkins _Cat._ 48. 1892?
Mentioned in the preceding reference as a new variety. Tree vigorous,
productive and large.
=Prairie Flower.= Hortulana mineri. =1.= _Col., O., Hort. Soc. Rpt._
=5=:10. 1890. =2.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 276. 1893. =3.= _Mich. Sta.
Bul._ =118=:54. 1895. =4.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 175. 1901.
Prairie 3. _Prairie Flower_ 3.
Prairie Flower, a supposed seedling of Miner, originated in Adrian
County, Missouri; introduced by Stark Brothers about 1884. Fruit of
medium size, roundish-oval; suture a line; cavity shallow; skin thick,
red over yellow; bloom thin; flesh yellow; good; stone oval, slightly
flattened, clinging; season late. Mentioned in the last two issues of the
catalog of the American Pomological Society.
=Prairie Rose.= Nigra? =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 426. 1900.
A seedling raised at the Experimental Farm at Indian Head, Northwest
Territory, Canada. Fruit of medium size, red; good; mid-season.
=Précoce Defresne.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 443. 1889.
=Précoce de Freudenberg.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 430. 1889.
=2.= _Guide Prat._ 156, 361. 1895.
Freudenberger Früh Pflaume 1. _Freudenberger Früh Pflaume_ 2. _Précoce de
Freudenberg_ 1.
This variety is of German origin. Fruit of medium size, oval,
reddish-brown; flesh yellow, firm; good; early.
=Précoce de Lucas.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 2d App. 156.
1876. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889. =3.= Lucas _Vollst. Hand.
Obst._ 474. 1894.
Lucas Frühzwetsche 2, 3. _Précoce de Lucas_ 2. _Quetsche Précoce de
Lucas_ 2.
Of foreign origin; tree vigorous, an early and abundant bearer; fruit
large, oval; stem long, slender; dark blue; bloom heavy; flesh greenish,
juicy, sweet; freestone; mid-season.
=Précoce de Reutlinger.= Domestica. _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 433. 1905.
Précoce de Reutlinger Prune 1.
Tested at the Experimental Farm at Agassiz, British Columbia. Fruit below
medium size, oval; stem short; cavity small; suture well defined and one
side enlarged; deep purple; flesh yellowish, tender, sweet, juicy, rich;
stone small, free; mid-season.
=Premium.= Americana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:41. 1892. =2.= _Colo.
Sta. Bul._ =50=:43. 1898. Peffer’s Premium 1, 2.
Introduced by George P. Peffer of Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Tree vigorous with
an open top, productive; leaves of medium size, broad-ovate; fruit medium
in size, round or inclining to oblate; cavity very shallow; stem medium;
suture nearly obsolete; deep red over orange-yellow; dots numerous,
small; bloom thin; flesh yellow, firm; fair to good; stone circular,
smooth, clinging; mid-season.
=Preserver.= Triflora × Angustifolia varians. 1. _Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:18.
1898. 2. Kerr _Cat._ 11. 1900.
A supposed cross between Kelsey and Early Red; from D. H. Watson,
Brenham, Texas; introduced by William A. Yates in 1897. Tree vigorous,
compact; fruit of medium size, roundish, dark red; flesh red, firm;
mid-season.
=President.= Americana. 1. Meneray _Cat._ The President 1.
A seedling of Harrison grown by H. A. Terry, and introduced by F. W.
Meneray, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Tree productive; fruit large, yellow,
covered with red; flesh yellow, sweet, rich, firm; semi-clinging.
=President.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. World_ =12=:123. 1895. =2.= _Garden_
=58=:294. 1900. =3.= _Ibid._ =64=:262. 1903.
Raised by Thomas Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, England; first fruited in 1894
and introduced in 1901 by the originator. Tree compact, productive; fruit
large, oval, deep purple almost black; bloom heavy; flesh with a sweet,
rich flavor; freestone; late. Recommended for culinary and market use.
=President.= Triflora × Simonii. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =12=:226. 1899.
Grown by Luther Burbank as a seedling of Wickson; named by Waugh in 1899.
Fruit large, heart-shaped; cavity deep, rounded; stem short, very stout;
suture shallow; apex pointed; dark, fire-red; dots many, minute; bloom
thin; skin thin; flesh firm, meaty, yellow; flavor peculiar, a trifle
like musk-melon; quality poor; stone large, oval, pointed, flattened,
semi-clinging.
=President Courcelles.= Domestica. =1.= _Guide Prat._ 162, 361. 1895.
=2.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 401. 1898. =3.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2nd
Ser. =3=:55. 1900.
President Courcelle 3.
Tested at the Experimental Farm at Agassiz, British Columbia. Tree
vigorous; fruit of medium size, globular or sometimes heart-shaped;
suture shallow; purple; flesh pale yellow or greenish, juicy, sweet,
pleasant; mid-season.
=Presley.= Hortulana mineri × Hortulana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._
=12=:227. 1899.
From A. L. Bruce, Basin Springs, Texas. Waugh says its parentage is
probably Miner by Wayland. Fruit of medium size, inclined to oval; cavity
shallow; bright red; dots numerous, indistinct; flesh yellow; good; stone
small, round, flattened, clinging.
=Price.= Americana. =1.= Meneray _Cat._
Prof. Price 1.
A seedling grown by H. A. Terry; introduced by F. W. Meneray, Council
Bluffs, Iowa. Fruit large, oblong, yellow, tinged with red; good;
clingstone.
=Pride of Waterloo.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 3rd App. 182
fig. 1881. =2.= _W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ =44=:92. 1899.
_Pride of Waterloo?_ 2.
Raised by A. H. Doles, Waterloo, New York, from seed of Smith Orleans;
distinct from Pond with which it is sometimes confused. Tree upright,
vigorous, very productive; branches smooth, reddish-brown; fruit large,
oval, narrowing towards the stem; suture indistinct; cavity large;
stem medium in length and thickness; reddish-purple; bloom thin; flesh
deep yellow, coarse, juicy, sweet, sprightly, not rich; stone slightly
adherent; mid-season.
=Primate.= Domestica. =1.= Rivers _Cat._ 35. 1898-9. =2.= Thompson _Gard.
Ass’t_ =4=:159. 1901. =3.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 433. 1905.
A seedling first fruited by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, in
1890, and introduced by him in 1897. Fruit large, round; stem short, set
in a medium cavity; suture distinct; sides often unequal; purplish-red;
dots numerous, small, golden; bloom thin; flesh yellowish, juicy, sweet;
good; stone small, free; ripens late and hangs well after maturing.
=Prince.= Domestica. =1.= Ray _Hist. Plant._ =2=:1529. 1688.
Ray mentions a variety by this name. It may be the same as
Gloucestershire Violet.
=Prince Early Damson.= Insititia. =1.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:87. 1832.
_Prince’s Early Purple_ 1.
A seedling raised by William Prince. Fruit of medium size, ovate, dark
purple, pleasant; freestone; early.
=Prince Orange Egg.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 392. 1857.
=2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:187. 1873.
Oeuf Orange De Prince 2. _Prince’s Orange Egg_ 2.
Grown by William Prince. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large,
globular; cavity medium; stem short, stout; reddish-purple; dots
brownish-yellow; bloom thick; flesh greenish-yellow, a little coarse,
juicy, sweet and sprightly, not rich; semi-clinging; mid-season.
=Prince Orange Gage.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 405. 1857.
Noted only by Downing, who describes it as follows: “Fruit medium,
roundish-oval; suture moderate; skin yellow; stalk long, set in an open
cavity; flesh light yellow, coarse, juicy, pleasant, but not rich;
adheres to the stone; first of September.”
=Prince Primordian.= Domestica. =1.= Prince _Treat. Hort._ 25. 1828. =2.=
Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:79. 1832.
Prince’s Blue Primordian 1. _Prince’s Blue Primordian_ 2.
A seedling of White Primordian, grown by William Prince. A very early
variety, of about the same size as its parent, oval in shape, blue; flesh
pleasantly flavored.
=Pringle.= Insititia? =1.= _U. S. D. A. Rpt._ 503, Pl. 63. 1905.
Pringle is a Damson-like variety originating as a sprout from the stock
of a Lombard tree in the orchard of A. C. Pringle, Mears, Michigan;
introduced by E. Hawley & Sons of Hart, Michigan, about 1896.
=Pringle Blue.= Domestica. =1.= _N. Y. Sta. Rpt._ =12=:612. 1893.
Received by the New York Experiment Station in 1890 from L. M.
Macomber, North Ferrisburg, Vermont. Tree very productive; fruit large,
irregular-oval; cavity medium; suture shallow; skin thin, tender;
purplish-black; bloom thick; dots small, numerous; flesh pale yellow,
dry, firm; flavor flat; fair; stone semi-clinging; mid-season; of no
value.
=Pringle Purple.= Domestica. =1.= _N. Y. Sta. Rpt._ =9=:347. 1890.
Received by the New York Experiment Station in 1890 from L. M. Macomber,
North Ferrisburg, Vermont. Tree productive; fruit of medium size,
roundish, compressed; cavity small; suture a line; skin thin, tender;
reddish-purple, unattractive; bloom thinnish; dots small, numerous; flesh
light yellow, moderately juicy, slightly fibrous, firm, mild; good; stone
nearly free; mid-season; of no value.
=Procureur.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:63. 1873.
_Platte Hellrothe Königspflaume_ 1.
Probably of French origin. Tree vigorous, early, productive; fruit large,
round, flattened at the ends; suture well defined; dull yellow, almost
covered with bright purple; bloom thin; flesh pale yellow, juicy, sweet,
aromatic; quality fair; stone small, free; mid-season.
=Profuse.= Species? Letter from Kerr.
Originated by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska.
=Prof. Wittmack.= Insititia? × Domestica? =1.= _Gard. Chron._ =3=:364.
1888.
The parentage of this variety is not definitely known but it is thought
to be a Mirabelle crossed with Italian Prune; grown by Herr Ulhorn,
Grevenbroich, Lower Rhenish Prussia. A sweet plum of the prune type;
freestone; good for either dessert or drying.
=Pruneau.= Species? =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 117. 1875.
Reported from Quebec, Canada, in 1875; commonly grown from suckers.
=Prune d’Agen Double.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 420.
1889.
=Prune d’Amour.= Domestica. Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 421. 1889.
=Prune d’Automne.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:9. 1873.
_Herbstpflaume_ 1.
Raised by Dr. Dorell of Kuttenberg, Bohemia. Tree of capricious growth;
fruit small, globular; suture indistinct; purplish-black; flesh
greenish-yellow, juicy; good; freestone; late.
=Prune de Laghouat.= Domestica? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 438.
1889.
=Prune d’Ente Impériale.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
429. 1889.
=Prune de Rudolphe.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:189. 1873.
_Rudolph’s Pflaume_ 1.
Liegel received this variety in 1842 from Count Bressler of Hungary.
Origin uncertain. Tree vigorous, an early and prolific bearer; fruit
medium in size, obovate; suture indistinct; golden-yellow, dotted with
red; flesh clear yellow, sweet, juicy; good; stone obovate, clinging;
mid-season.
=Prune de Seigneur.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 450. 1889.
Prune de Prince.
=Prune Tardive.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 2nd App. 157.
1876.
Tree vigorous, very productive; fruit below medium size, oval; stem
long, slender, set in a small cavity; black; bloom thick; flesh
greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet; freestone; very late.
=Pseudo Mirabelle.= Insititia. Mentioned in _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 152.
1831.
=Purple Favorite.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 307. fig.
126. 1845. =2.= _N. Y. Agr. Soc. Rpt._ 293 fig. 1848. =3.= _Mag. Hort._
=16=:455, 456 fig. 27. 1850. =4.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:83, fig. 42.
1866-73.
Favorite Pourpre 4. _Purple Favourite_ 4.
The original tree of Purple Favorite was planted at Newburgh, New York,
by the father of A. J. Downing; from whence it came is not known. Fruit
of medium size, roundish; cavity slight; suture lacking; brownish-purple;
bloom thin; flesh pale yellow, tender, juicy, sweet; quality very good;
stone small, round, free; mid-season. Listed in the American Pomological
Society catalog since 1852.
=Purple Flesh.= Triflora. =1.= Stark Bros. _Cat._ 1909.
A purple-fleshed variety introduced by Stark Brothers and recommended by
them as being hardy.
=Purple-leaved Hybrid.= Triflora × Cerasifera. =1.= Burbank _Cat._ 16
fig. 1893.
_K. P. 193_ 1.
A seedling of Kelsey pollinated by Pissardi; from Luther Burbank, Santa
Rosa, California. Resembles the male parent in wood, bark, leaves,
flowers and fruit; very ornamental on account of its large purple leaves.
Fruit larger than Pissardi, dark purple with many white dots; bloom thin;
flesh reddish-purple throughout, firm, subacid; good; ripens several
weeks before Kelsey.
=Purple Panhandle.= Angustifolia watsoni. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.=
_Ibid._ 21. 1897. =3.= Bailey _Ev. Nat. Fruits_ 222, 223. 1898. =4.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 233. 1901.
Introduced from the Panhandle of Texas by F. T. Ramsey, Austin, Texas.
Tree small, rapid in growth; fruit below medium in size, round-oblong,
inclining to conic, purplish-red; quality poor; clingstone; early to
mid-season.
=Purple Yosemite.= Species? =1.= _Gard. Mon._ =20=:176. 1878. =2.=
_Penin. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 65. 1891. =3.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:32.
1903.
Yosemite 1. Yosemite Purple 3.
Introduced by W. S. Carpenter of Rye, New York, who secured it from
the “Rocky Mountains.” Fruit large, roundish; cavity shallow; suture a
line; skin thick, deep, dull red; dots yellow, distinct; bloom medium
thick; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; quality fair; stone oval, flattened,
clinging; mid-season.
=Puymirol d’Ente.= Domestica. =1.= Wickson _Cal. Fruits_ 356. 1891.
Originated at Puymirol in the southwest of France; introduced into
California; a type of the Agen. Tree productive; fruit large, inclined to
oblong; flesh very sweet; ripens a little earlier than Agen.
=Quaker.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 308. 1884. =2.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 160. 1901.
Found in the wild by Joseph Bundy of Springville, Linn County, Iowa;
introduced about 1862 by H. C. Raymond, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fruit
large, roundish; cavity shallow; suture a line; stem long; skin thick,
dark red; bloom thick; dots many; flesh yellow, sweet, pleasant; good;
stone large, oblique-oval, flattened, semi-clinging; mid-season.
=Quality.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:24, 55. 1897. =2.= _Ia.
Sta. Bul._ =46=:287. 1900. =3.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =87=:15. 1907.
_Gaylord Quality_ 2.
Of unknown origin; top-grafted about 1880 by Edson Gaylord of Nora
Springs, Iowa, who afterwards distributed the variety. Fruit below medium
in size, round, dull purplish-red; dots white; bloom heavy; flesh soft;
quality fair; stone turgid; mid-season.
=Quebec.= Domestica. Mentioned in _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:38. 1903.
=Queen.= Americana. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:31. 1903.
_Golden Queen_ 1.
From H. A. Terry coming from unknown parents and bearing its first crop
in 1897. Tree upright; fruit large, round, bright golden-yellow; very
good; said to be excellent for canning or dessert.
=Queen May.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:36. 1903.
First grown by Thomas Clark, Chateaugay, Quebec. Tree strong and
productive; fruit large, round; cavity narrow; suture indistinct;
greenish-yellow; bloom thin; dots indistinct; flesh greenish-yellow,
juicy, firm, sweet, rich; very good; clingstone.
=Queen Mother.= Domestica? =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 576, 577, 578.
1629. =2.= Rea _Flora_ 207. 1676. =3.= Ray _Hist. Plant._ =2=:1529. 1688.
=4.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 69, 70. 1699. =5.= Langley _Pomona_ 94, Pl.
XXIV fig. 3. 1729. =6.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:87. 1832. =7.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 310. 1845. =8.= Floy-Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 291.
1846. =9.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:41. 1866-73. =10.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 719.
1884. =11.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 437, 448. 1889. =12.= _Guide Prat._ 160,
361. 1895.
_Cherry_ of some ?1, ?3. _Coeur de Pigeon_ 11. Damaske Violet ?1. _Damas
Violet_ 7, 11, 12. Königin Mutter 11. _Moschatelle_ of some 3. Muscadine
?1. Petit Damas Rouge 9, 12. _Petit Damas Rouge_ 6, 11. _Pigeon’s Heart_
7, 10, 11, 12. Pigeons Heart 4. _Queene Mother_ of some 1. _Queen Mother_
9, 11, 12. _Red Queen Mother_ 7, 11. _Rotes Taubenherz_ 11. Rotes
Taubenherz 11. _Small Red Damask_ 6. Small Red Damson 6.
Queen Mother and Damas Violet have been confused for nearly three
centuries, yet they are distinct, as our descriptions show. Hogg thought
the Queen Mother mentioned by Ray and pictured as a cordate-shaped fruit
by Parkinson, was the Myrobalan. Tree medium in size, compact, spherical;
fruit small, nearly round; suture slightly pronounced, halves equal;
cavity nearly lacking; stem medium in length; skin red to violet on the
sunny side; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, sweet; good; freestone; mid-season.
=Queen of Arkansas.= Species? Mentioned in _Tex. Sta. Bul._ =32=:490.
1894.
=Quetsche à feuille argentee.= Species? =1.= _Guide Prat._ 162, 362. 1895.
_Frühzwetsche mit Silberblatt_ 1. _Silberblattrige Zwetsche_ 1.
A variety from Hungary having silvery-colored leaves; said to ripen two
weeks before the German Prune.
=Quetsche Aplatie.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:23. 1873. =2.=
Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 423. 1889.
Breitgedrückte Zwetsche 2. Breitgedrückte Kaiser Zwetsche 2.
_Breitgedrückte Zwetsche_ 1. _Donauers Zusammen Gedrückte Zwetsche_ 1, 2.
_Plattrunde Zwetsche_ 1, 2. _Quetsche Aplatie_ 2.
Found in a garden by M. Donauer of Saxe-Cobourg, Gotha. Fruit of medium
size, obovate, compressed; suture broad, shallow; dark purple; bloom
thick; flesh green, sweet, aromatic; good; stone rough, free; mid-season.
=Quetsche Buhl-Eltershofen.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:159.
1866-73.
A seedling raised by M. Liegel of Germany and named in honor of M.
Buhl-Eltershofen. Fruit above medium size, long-ovate; suture distinct;
deep purple; bloom light; flesh greenish-white, juicy; quality good;
stone large.
=Quetsche Datte des Allemands.= Domestica. =1.= _Guide Prat._ 160, 362.
1895.
Fruit large, irregular-oval, darker color than German Prune; flesh
yellow, sweet; good; late.
=Quetsche de Dobrowitz.= Species? =1.= _Guide Prat._ 160, 362. 1895.
_Dobrowitzer Frühzwetsche_ 1. _Quetsche de Doubrawie_ 1.
A Hungarian variety maturing about fifteen days earlier than German Prune.
=Quetsche de Kreuter.= Domestica? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 438. 1889.
=2.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 363. 1895.
Kreuter’s Zwetsche 1. _Kreuters Zwetsche_ 2. _Quetsche de Kreuter_ 1.
A variety of little merit.
=Quetsche de Millot.= Domestica. =1.= Baltet _Cult. Fr._ 496. 1908.
Mentioned by Baltet as a better variety than the German Prune.
=Quetsche De Ransleben.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:153. 1873.
_Ranslebens Pflaume_ 1. _Ranslebens Zwetsche_ 1.
A seedling of Reine Claude raised by M. Ransleben of Berlin, Germany.
Tree vigorous, an early and abundant bearer; fruit small, long-oval;
suture indistinct; purplish-brown; thick bloom; flesh green, juicy; stone
rough, free.
=Quetsche de Transylvanie.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 450. 1889.
=2.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 362. 1895.
_Quetsche de Transilvanie_ 2. Siebenburger Zwetsche 1. _Siebenburger
Zwetsche_ 2.
Mentioned as “of very doubtful value.”
=Quetsche Dr. Létricourt.= Domestica. =1.= _Le Bon Jard._ Preface XLVII.
1882. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 455. 1889. =3.= _Guide Prat._ 161, 362.
1895.
_De Pologne_ 3. _Impériale Blanche?_ 2, 3. _Prune de Pologne_ 2.
_Quetsche de Létricourt_ 2. Quetsche de Létricourt 3. _Quetsche Jaune_ 2,
3. Zwetsche Von Létricourt 2.
Fruit elliptical, elongated at both ends; skin yellow, sometimes washed
red; flesh yellowish, very juicy, sweet.
=Quetsche Freestone.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._ =205=:37. 1903.
=2.= _Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul._ =27=:15. 1904.
Probably a seedling of German Prune imported by the United States
Department of Agriculture in 1894. Fruit small, oval; suture distinct;
dark blue; flesh yellow, juicy, tart; late; inferior to German Prune.
=Quetsche Hâtive.= Domestica. =1.= Baltet _Cult. Fr._ 494. 1908.
A medium sized, long-oval, dark purple prune; good; early.
=Quetsche Jaune Précoce.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:99, fig.
50. 1866-73. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 431. 1889.
_Gelbe Frühzwetsche_ 1. Gelbe Frühzwetsche 2. _Quetsche Jaune Précoce_ 2.
Fruit of medium size, oval, yellow; flesh yellow, sprightly, tender,
juicy; said to make good prunes; early.
=Quetsche Longue Précoce.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 444. 1889.
=2.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 362. 1895.
A variety of little merit.
=Quetsche Maraichère.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:107. 1873.
=2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 431. 1889. =3.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 362. 1895.
_Die Gartenzwetsche_ 3. Gartenpflaume 2, 3. _Garten Pflaume_ 1. _Garten
Zwetsche_ 1,2. _Maraichère_ 3. _Prune Maraichère_ 1, 2. _Quetsche
Maraichère_ 2.
From M. M. Bauman & Sons, Bollwiller, Germany. Tree of medium vigor, an
early and abundant bearer; fruit medium, ellipsoidal; suture indistinct;
skin dark purple; bloom thin; flesh yellow, sweet, aromatic; freestone;
excellent for drying.
=Quetsche Pointue.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:51. 1873. =2.=
Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 450. 1889.
_Provinz Zwetsche_ 2. _Quetsche de Province_ 1. _Spitszwetsche_ 1.
Spitzzwetsche 2.
Liegel received this variety in 1816 from M. Grob of Eichelstadt,
Bavaria, under the name of Quetsche de Province. Tree vigorous, an early
and productive bearer; fruit large, long-ovate, obtuse at the stem end,
acute-pointed at the apex; suture broad, deep; deep purple; bloom thick;
flesh yellowish, sweet; good for culinary purposes; stone long, narrow,
clinging.
=Quetsche Précoce de Buhlerthal.= Domestica? =1.= _Guide Prat._ 164, 363.
1895.
_Frühzwetsche von Buhlerthal_ 1. _Zwetsche Frühe Von Buhlerthal_ 1.
A new variety from Germany maturing very early.
=Quetsche Précoce De Frauendorf.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:97.
1873.
_Frauendorfer Frühe Zwetsche_ 1.
Introduced by Eugene Furst, Frauendorf, Bavaria; distinguished from the
German Prune by its larger size, earlier maturity and superior quality.
=Quetsche Précoce Liegel.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:53. 1873.
=2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889.
_Liegels Frühzwetsche_ 1. Liegels Frühzwetsche 2. _Quetsche Hâtive de
Liegel_ 2. _Quetsche Précoce de Liegel_ 2.
Found growing among German Prune trees by M. Liegel; differs from the
German Prune only in that its fruit matures a few days earlier.
=Quetsche Précoce De Schamal.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:5.
1873.
_Schamals Frühzwetsche_ 1.
Originated by M. Schamal of Jungbunzlau, Bohemia. Fruit small, obovate;
suture narrow, shallow; dark purple; flesh yellow, sweet, perfumed; good;
freestone.
=Quetsche Ronde.= Domestica. =1.= Knoop _Fructologie_ =2=:62. 1771.
A strain of the German Prune.
=Quetsche Verte D’Italie.= Domestica. =1.= Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:34,
Tab. 182 fig. 2. 1796. =2.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 152. 1831. =3.= Mas.
_Le Verger_ =6=:97. 1866-73. =4.= _Guide Prat._ 162, 363. 1895.
Die lange, grüne und grosses welsche Pflaume? 1. _Grüne Eierpflaume_
4. _Grüne Zwetsche_ 4. _Italienische Grüne Zwetsche_ 3, 4. _Verdage
D’Italie_ 3, 4. _Vertage d’Italie tres-grosse_ 1.
A European plum of unknown origin. Tree large; fruit large, ellipsoidal;
suture very shallow; skin tender, not adherent, greenish-yellow, specked
with red; stem short; flesh greenish-yellow, melting, juicy, aromatic; of
first quality; clingstone; mid-season.
=Quitique.= Species? Letter from F. T. Ramsey.
Selected from the wild near Quitique, Texas.
=Rachel.= Hortulana mineri. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:58, 86. 1892.
=2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 175. 1901. =3.= _Ga. Sta. Bul._ =67=:280. 1904.
Fruit small, roundish; suture a line; cavity shallow; bright red;
dots yellow, conspicuous; blue; flesh yellow, melting; quality fair;
clingstone; mid-season.
=Rademakers.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 444. 1889. =2.= _Can.
Exp. Farm Bul._ 2nd Ser. =3=:53. 1900.
_Brugnon de Neerveteren_ 1. Rademaker’s Prune 1.
Under test at the British Columbia Experimental Station.
=Ragland.= Triflora × Angustifolia varians. =1.= _Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:19.
1898. =2.= Kerr _Cat._ 11. 1900. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 223. 1901.
A hybrid grown by D. H. Watson, Brenham, Texas, supposedly from seed
of Kelsey pollinated by Yellow Transparent; introduced by W. A. Yates
in 1897. Fruit of medium size, oblate; cavity broad, rounded; suture
lacking; bright clear yellow; dots yellow; bloom white; flesh yellow,
firm, juicy, sweet, rich; very good; stone small, clinging; early.
=Raisin.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 152. 1831. =2.= _Mag.
Hort._ =9=:165. 1843.
An old European variety now obsolete. Fruit small, round, greenish; of
medium quality; clingstone.
=Ramsey Last.= Munsoniana. Letter from Kerr.
Originated with F. T. Ramsey, Austin, Texas. Fruit small; good; late for
its group.
=Ranette.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 444. 1889. =2.= _Guide
Prat._ 160, 363. 1895.
Fruit large, roundish-oval, reddish-brown; flesh yellow, juicy, good;
freestone; late.
=Rangheri.= Insititia. =1.= Koch _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 571. 1876. =2.=
Lange _Allgem. Garten_ =2=:420. 1879. =3.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:155.
1866-73. =4.= Lauche _Deut. Pom._ Pl. IV. 14. 1882. =5.= Mathieu _Nom.
Pom._ 444. 1889. =6.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 465. 1900.
Mirabelle de Rangheri 3. _Mirabelle Hâtive de Rangheri_ 5. _Mirabelle
Rangheri_ 5. _Mirabelle de Rangheri_ 5. Mirabelle Rangheris 2.
_Rangheri’s Aprikosen Pflaume_ 5. _Rangheri’s Frühe Gelbe Mirabelle_
4, 5. _Rangheri’s Frühe Mirabelle_ 5. _Rangheri’s Gelbe Mirabelle_ 5.
Rangheris Mirabelle 1. _Rangheris Mirabelle_ 3. Rangheri’s Mirabelle 4,
5, 6.
Raised by Liegel from the stone of the Abricotée de Braunau plum, and
dedicated by him to M. Henri Rangheri, a merchant at Prague, Bohemia.
Tree of medium vigor; fruit medium, roundish-oval; suture indistinct;
cavity shallow; skin golden-yellow with red spots on the sunny side;
flesh yellow, juicy, tender, sweet, aromatic; of first quality;
freestone; mid-season; valuable for table and household purposes.
=Rareripe.= Americana. =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =26=:14. 1891. =2.=
_Ibid._ =93=:32. 1905.
_Rare Ripe_ 1.
Tree hardy and productive; fruit small, dark red; flesh sweet;
clingstone; inferior to Harrison but better than De Soto; mid-season.
=Ray.= Hortulana mineri × Munsoniana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =12=:227.
1899.
A supposed cross between Miner and Wild Goose from A. L. Bruce of Basin
Springs, Texas. Fruit small to medium, oval to roundish; cavity medium
deep; suture faint; dark red; flesh yellow; clingstone.
=Raymond.= Species? =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:80. 1892.
Mentioned by Bailey in 1892 in an unclassified list of plums.
=Raynes.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:36. 1903. =2.= _Am.
Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 66. 1905.
_Dunlop 53_ 1.
Disseminated by W. W. Dunlop, Outremont, Quebec. Fruit of the prune type,
above medium size, oval; suture distinct; dark reddish-purple; bloom
moderate; flesh yellowish-green, firm, sweet; good; freestone; mid-season.
=Reagan.= Hortulana × Americana. =1.= Tex. _Cat._ 1907.
An offspring of Wayland crossed with an Americana; introduced by the
Texas Nursery Company in 1907. Fruit large, red, rich; good; very late.
=Reagles Gage.= Domestica. =1.= Cultivator =6=:269. 1858. =2.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 941. 1869. =3.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 720. 1884.
Reagles’ Gage 1, 2.
A seedling of Washington raised by C. Reagles, Schenectady, New York.
Tree vigorous, upright; fruit of medium size, spherical; suture broad,
shallow; greenish-yellow, splashed with darker green; bloom light; flesh
greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet, vinous; good; freestone; mid-season.
=Rebecca.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894-1900.
Fruit above medium in size, roundish-oblong, purplish-red; clingstone;
mid-season.
=Reche.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894-1901.
Tree strong and productive; fruit large for the species, globular; dull
purplish-red; clingstone.
=Red Cloud.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1897-1900.
Fruit small, roundish, mottled red; inferior; clingstone.
=Red Gage.= Domestica. =1.= _Am. Gard. Cal._ 588. 1806. =2.= _N. Y. Agr.
Soc. Rpt._ 292 fig. 1848. 3. Hooper _W. Fr. Book_ 251. 1857. =4.= Mathieu
_Nom. Pom._ 443. 1889. =5.= _Guide Prat._ 157, 162, 364. 1895.
_Auserlesene Rote Reine-Claude_ 4. _Auserlesene rothe Reineclaude_
5. _Lombard_ 3 incor. _Prince’s Red Gage_ 2, 4, 5. Prince’s Rote
Reine-Claude 4. _Prinzens rothe Reineclaude_ 5. _Red Gage_ 4, 5.
Reine-Claude Rouge Americaine 5. Reine-Claude rouge de Prince 5.
_Reine-Claude Rouge de Prince_ 4.
Red Gage was grown from a seed of Reine Claude in 1790 by William Prince,
Flushing, Long Island, New York. Fruit of medium size, oval; suture
lacking; stem short; dark red in the sun ranging to pale red in the
shade; flesh greenish, tender, juicy, sweet; very good; stone small,
free; mid-season.
=Red Gage of Dutchess County.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._
942. 1869.
Originated in Dutchess County, New York. Fruit of medium size,
roundish-oval, slightly compressed; suture distinct; cavity large; color
yellow overlaid with a light reddish-purple; dots numerous; flesh yellow,
juicy; good; clingstone; mid-season.
=Red Glass.= Hortulana mineri × Domestica. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._
=14=:272. 1901. =2.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =114=:143. 1910.
Red Glass originated with Theodore Williams of Benson, Nebraska, as a
seedling of Miner pollinated by Quackenboss. Fruit large, oval, red;
bloom thick; flesh firm, meaty, tender, sweet; good; mid-season.
=Red Glass Junior.= (Hortulana mineri × Domestica) × Domestica. =1.= _Am.
Br. Assoc. Rpt._ =2=:185. 1906.
A hybrid from Theodore Williams of Benson, Nebraska, from seed of Red
Glass crossed with Quackenboss. The variety is hardy and gives promise of
value in Nebraska.
=Red Horse.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1897.
Fruit of medium size, roundish-oblong, dull red; inferior; clingstone.
=Redick.= Americana. Mentioned in _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 228. 1909.
=Red Magdalene.= Domestica. Mentioned in Watkins _Cat._ 1892.
=Red May.= Triflora × Munsoniana. =1.= Sherman _Cat._ 1898. =2.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 224, 1901.
A seedling of Abundance fertilized by Wild Goose from A. L. Bruce[231],
Texas; introduced by J. S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas, in 1898. Fruit of
medium size, oblong, pointed, deep red; similar to Red June but ten days
earlier.
=Red October.= Species? =1.= _Tex. Dept. Agr. Bul._ =12=:103. 1910.
A variety reported as worthless in Hale County, Texas.
=Red Panhandle.= Angustifolia watsoni. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.=
_Ibid_. 1897. =3.= Bailey _Ev. of Nat. Fr._ 222, 223. 1898. =4.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 233. 1901.
Of the same origin as Purple Panhandle. Tree irregular and straggling
in habit, very productive; fruit small to medium, irregular-oval or
oblong, dull dark red with scattering dots; bloom thick; skin tough;
flesh reddish-yellow; very poor; stone large, roundish-oval, slightly
flattened, clinging; early.
=Red Pear.= Domestica. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 576. 1629. =2.= Rea
_Flora_ 208. 1676. =3.= Ray _Hist. Plant._ =2=:1528. 1688.
Mentioned as poor in quality. May be identical with the Pear Plum.
=Red Peascod.= Domestica. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 576, 577. 1629. =2.=
Rea _Flora_ 208. 1676. =3.= Ray _Hist. Plant._ =2=:1529. 1688.
Red Pescod 1.
Cultivated in the Seventeenth Century. Fruit elongated, watery; poor in
quality; very late.
=Red Perdrigon.= Domestica. =1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:86. 1768.
=2.= Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:27, Tab. 172 fig. 2. 1796. =3.= Willich
_Dom. Enc._ =4=:299. 1803. =4.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 312. 1845. =5.=
Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 445. 1881. =6.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 448.
1889.
Die rothe Rebhuhnpflaume 2. Perdrigon rouge 1. _Perdrigon rouge_ 2, 4,
6. _Podiebrader Pflaume_ 6. _Red Perdrigon_ 6. Roter Perdrigon 6. Rother
Perdrigon 5.
Red Perdrigon was first described by Duhamel; probably introduced into
America during the latter part of the Eighteenth Century. Tree very
productive; fruit small, oval; cavity small; suture lacking; dark red;
dots small; bloom heavy; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, sweet, aromatic;
freestone; late mid-season.
=Red Primordian.= Domestica. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 575. 1629. =2.=
Floy-Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 286, 382. 1846. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees
Am._ 943. 1869. =4.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:149, fig. 75. 1873.
Early Red Primordian 2. _Red Primordian_ 2, 4. Rouge Hâtive 4.
Common in Europe nearly three centuries ago. Fruit of medium size,
pear-shaped, reddish, pleasant; good; early. Downing and Mas described a
variety under this name supposed to have originated with William Prince.
It is very similar to the older variety of which it may be a seedling.
=Red Prune.= Domestica. =1.= _Horticulturist_ =8=:536. 1853.
_Bottle Plum_ =1.=
From Pennsylvania. Fruit long-pyriform, with a slender neck; suture
distinct; pale red; good; it closely resembles the Red Date.
=Red Skin.= Munsoniana. Letter from Kerr.
Originated by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska.
=Red Violet.= =1.= Ray _Hist. Plant._ =2=:1528. 1688.
Mentioned by Ray in the preceding reference together with blue and amber
sorts but without description.
=Red Virginal.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 153. 1831. =2.=
Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:74. 1832. =3.= Elliott _Fr. Book_ 429. 1854. =4.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 950. 1869. =5.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 448. 1889.
Rote Jungfernpflaume 5. _Virgin_ 2. Virgin 3, 4. _Virginal à Fruit Blanc_
4 incor. _Virginal à gros Fruit blanc_ 4 incor. Virginal Blanc 4 incor.
_Virginale_ 3. _Virginale à Fruit Rouge_ 5. _Virginale Blanc_ 4 incor.
_Virginale Rouge_ 2, 5. _Virginal Rouge_ 1. _White Virginale_ 4 incor.
Fruit of medium size, roundish, reddish-purple; bloom thick; flesh
greenish-yellow, juicy; good; semi-free.
=Red Winter.= Domestica. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 61. 1887.
_Krasnaya osimaya_ 1.
Imported by the Iowa Agricultural College.
=Reed.= Hortulana. =1.= _N. J. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 12. 1882. =2.= _Vt. Sta.
An. Rpt._ =11=:286 fig. 1898.
Originated with P. H. Reed of Hightstown, New Jersey, from pits brought
from Illinois; introduced by Charles Black of the same place. Tree
vigorous; leaves large, dark green; fruit small, round; suture a faint
line; skin thick; dark red; dots yellow; flesh yellow, meaty; quality
fair; stone turgid, semi-clinging; late.
=Reel.= Americana mollis. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1898. =2.= Terry _Cat._ 1900.
Grown by H. A. Terry of Crescent, Iowa; a seedling of Van Buren; first
fruited in 1896. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, pale yellow with
a red cheek; good.
=Regina.= Nigra? =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 426. 1900.
A seedling raised at Indian Head Experimental Farm, Northwest Territory,
Canada. Fruit small, red; skin thick; good.
=Reine-Claude Abricotine.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 445. 1889.
=2.= _Guide Prat._ 156, 363. 1895.
Fruit small, whitish; flesh light yellow, sweet; good; early.
=Reine Claude d’Écully.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 445. 1889.
=2.= _Guide Prat._ 153, 364. 1895.
Tree vigorous; fruit large, round; cavity small; suture distinct;
greenish-yellow; bloom thin; flesh firm, sweet, juicy; good; freestone;
mid-season.
=Reine Claude d’Oberdieck.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
446. 1889.
=Reine Claude de Brignais.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 452.
1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 162, 364. 1895.
_Reine-Claude de Brignais_ 1. Violette Reine-Claude Von Brignais 1.
Said to be superior to Reine Claude.
=Reine Claude de l’Echoisier.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2nd
Ser. =3=:55. 1900.
Of French origin. Not hardy in Canada.
=Reine Claude de Mezel.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2nd Ser.
=3=:55. 1900.
Of French origin. Tree vigorous; fruit medium, globular; suture shallow;
skin greenish-yellow; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; early.
=Reine Claude de Razaimbaut.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 446.
1889. =2.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2nd Ser. =3=:55. 1900.
_Reine-Claude de Razaimbaut_ 1. Reine-Claude de Razimbaud 1.
_Reine-Claude Précoce de Razimbaud_ 1.
Imported from France by the Canadian Experimental Farm at Agassiz,
British Columbia. Tree vigorous; fruit small, roundish; skin green; flesh
green, juicy, sweet; mid-season.
=Reine Claude de Saint-Avertin.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 446.
1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 155, 364. 1895.
Fruit rather large, roundish, greenish-yellow blushed with red; flesh
yellow, juicy, sweet, aromatic; very good; late.
=Reine Claude de Vandenbrok.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
446. 1889.
=Reine Claude de Wazon.= Domestica. =1.= _Guide Prat._ 160, 364. 1895.
=2.= Baltet _Cult. Fr_. 491. 1908.
Tree vigorous, productive; fruit nearly large, obovate, greenish-yellow,
washed with red; flesh juicy, sweet and acidulated; very good; mid-season.
=Reine Claude Descarde.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 445. 1889.
=2.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 364. 1895.
An inferior variety of the Reine Claude type.
=Reine Claude Hamaitre.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 446. 1889.
=2.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 364. 1895.
A variety of the Reine Claude type of doubtful value.
=Reine Claude Monstrueuse de Mezel.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu
_Nom. Pom._ 446. 1889.
=Reine Claude Sagot.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2nd Ser.
=3=:56. 1900.
Probably of French origin; as tested in Canada, tree weak; foliage small,
scanty; fruit medium in size, globular; stem one-half inch long; cavity
small; suture distinct; skin whitish-yellow; flesh yellowish, rather dry,
tender, fine-grained, very sweet; stone small, roundish, free; mid-season.
=Reine Claude Von Bollwiller.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom.
Pom._ 445. 1889.
=Reine des Mirabelles.= Insititia × Domestica. =1.= _Guide Prat._ 164,
364. 1895. =2.= _Rev. Hort._ 476. 1901.
_Königin der Mirabellen_ 1.
Produced by crossing the Mirabelle and the Reine Claude. Tree vigorous
and productive; fruit large, yellow, dotted with red on the sunny side,
juicy; good; mid-season.
=Reine Victoria.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 380. 1866.
According to Hogg this is a French variety distinct from Victoria. Fruit
roundish-oval, reddish-purple; flesh juicy, rich, agreeable, freestone;
similar to Kirke but two or three weeks later.
=Reisenzwetsche.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 447. 1889.
_Reine-Claude Geante_ 1.
Mathieu gives reference to _Monatsschrift für Pomologie_ 281. 1858.
=Reizenstein Yellow Prune.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 943.
1869. =2.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:119. 1866-73. =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
446. 1889. =4.= _Guide Prat._ 161, 362. 1895.
_De Reizeinstein_ 4. _Jaune de Reizenstein_ 4. _Pruneau Jaune de
Reizenstein_ 2, 3. _Prune de Reizenstein_ 2, 3. _Quetsche Jaune de
Reizenstein_ 3. Quetsche Jaune de Reizenstein 2, 4. Reizensteiner Gelbe
Zwetsche 3. _Reizensteiner Gelbe Zwetsche_ 2, 4. _Reizensteiner Pflaume_
2, 3, 4. _Reizensteiner Zwetsche_ 3, 4. _Reizenstein’s Yellow Prune_ 2,
3, 4. _Susina Settembrica Quialla_ 3, 4.
Probably originated in Italy. Tree of medium vigor, very prolific, not
hardy; fruit of medium size, irregularly ovate; suture indistinct; skin
golden-yellow; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; stone rough, free.
=Reutlinger Frühzwetsche.= Domestica? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 447. 1889.
=2.= _Guide Prat._ 162, 363. 1895.
Quetsche Précoce de Reutlingen 2. _Reutlinger Frühzwetsche_ 2.
An attractive variety ripening in early mid-season.
=Rhinebeck Yellow Gage.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 405.
1857.
Rhinebeck Yellow Gage 1.
Originated at Rhinebeck, New York. Tree vigorous; fruit large, oval;
suture deep; cavity shallow; yellow; flesh coarse, juicy, sweet,
pleasant; clingstone; mid-season.
=Rhodes.= Domestica. =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 68, 69. 1699.
Mentioned by Quintinye “as long and black.”
=Rhue.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 944. 1869.
_Rhue’s Seedling_ 1.
A seedling from Pennsylvania. Fruit large, oval; suture broad, shallow;
cavity deep; reddish-purple; flesh greenish-yellow, coarse, juicy, sweet,
vinous; semi-clinging; good; early.
=Richard Trotter.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 98. 1898.
Reported as one of the hardiest of the European varieties tested by the
Experimental Farm at Ottawa, Canada.
=Richland.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. Mon._ =1=:2, 154 fig. 1859. =2.=
_Ibid._ =5=:18. 1863. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 944. 1869. =4.= _Can.
Exp. Farm. Bul._ =43=:36. 1903.
_Copper_ 2.
Originated on the farm of Randall Elden, Richland, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, about 1820. Tree hardy, vigorous, productive and said to
be resistant to the curculio; fruit medium in size, oval; cavity small;
suture a line; skin thick, bluish; dots small; flesh greenish-yellow,
firm, slightly sweet; quality fair; stone large, oval, flat, clinging;
mid-season; listed in the catalog of the American Pomological Society in
1875.
=Riga 11.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich. Sta. Rpt._ 111. 1887.
Imported from Russia by J. L. Budd of the Iowa Experiment Station.
=Rigny.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 683. 1884. =2.= Mathieu _Nom.
Pom._ 420. 1889.
Admiral Rigny 2. Admiral de Rigny 1. _Amiral de Rigny_ 2. _Georg IV_ 2.
_Jackson?_ 2.
Described as of medium size, roundish-oval; suture shallow;
yellowish-green flaked and striped with darker green, with a few crimson
dots on the sunny side; stem of medium length; cavity shallow; flesh
yellow, tender, melting, juicy and rich; nearly freestone; early.
=Rising Sun.= Domestica. =1.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 258. 1832.
Corse’s Rising Sun 1.
Originated by Henry Corse, Montreal, Canada. Fruit large, bright yellow,
tinged with red next to the sun; good; productive.
=Rivers Early.= Insititia. =1.= _Jour. Hort._ N. S. =29=:177. 1875. =2.=
Hogg _Fruit Man._ 695. 1884. =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 447. 1889. =4.=
Rivers _Cat._ 35. 1898.
_Damas Précoce de Rivers_ 3. Rivers’ Early Damson 1, 3, 4.
Grown by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, from a seed of St.
Etienne. Fruit of medium size, sweet and juicy; good.
=Robert.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =87=:15. 1901.
Robert’s Freestone 1.
Fruit of medium size, oblong, flattened; suture a line; light
greenish-yellow overlaid with purplish-red; skin thick, tough; flesh
moderately firm, sweet but not rich; stone nearly free.
=Roby Yellow.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 944. 1869.
A seedling raised by H. R. Roby, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Tree
moderately vigorous; fruit small, round; suture broad, shallow; cavity
small; greenish-yellow; bloom heavy; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet;
good; clingstone; mid-season.
=Rockford.= Americana. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Rpt._ 392. 1891. =2.= Waugh
_Plum Cult._ 161 fig. 1901. =3.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 128. 1906.
Introduced in 1889 by C. G. Patten of Charles City, Iowa, who found the
variety in 1871 on the farm of O. J. Green who, in turn, had brought it
as a young tree from a grove near Rockford. Tree productive; fruit medium
in size, roundish; cavity medium; suture shallow; skin thick, tough;
dark and somewhat purplish-red; bloom thick; dots small; flesh yellow;
good; stone large, oval, flattened, clinging; mid-season; listed by the
American Pomological Society since 1897.
=Rocky Mountain.= Species? =1.= _Can. Hort._ =15=:157. 1892. =2.=
_Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:80. 1892.
_Rocky Mountain Seedling_ 2.
Reported in the Canadian Horticulturist as a “heavy cropper and of first
quality.” Bailey mentions a “Rocky Mountain Seedling” in an unclassified
list. The Rocky Mountain described by Waugh is not to be confused with
these two varieties as it is undoubtedly a Sand Cherry.
=Rodney.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 152. 1831.
_Rodney Gage_ 1.
Described in the London Horticultural Society catalog as large, oval,
purple; quality fair; clingstone.
=Rodt Blaue Zwetsche.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 447. 1889. =2.=
_Guide Prat._ 163, 365. 1895.
“A variety of little merit.”
=Rodt Frühe Grosse Pflaumenzwetsche.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom.
Pom._ 447. 1889.
_Grosse Hâtive de Rodt._
=Rognon D’Ane.= Domestica. =1.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:100. 1832.
Fruit large, oval, dark purple; mid-season; similar to Yellow Egg except
in color.
=Rognon de Coq.= Domestica. =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 68. 1699. =2.=
Miller _Gard. Dict._ =3=:1754. =3.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 152. 1831.
Quetsche Rognon de Coq 3.
Mentioned only by the earlier writers. Fruit long; suture deep,
prominent; light yellow streaked with red; clingstone; late.
=Rollande Galloppi.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 944. 1869.
Fruit of medium size, long-oval, necked; suture distinct; cavity small;
yellowish-green, dotted with crimson in the sun; bloom light; flesh
yellowish-green, juicy, sweet; good; clingstone; late.
=Ronald Fancy.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 945. 1869.
Fruit of medium size, oval; suture distinct; cavity medium deep; yellow,
striped with green; bloom thin; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sugary,
vinous, sprightly; good; freestone; very late.
=Roselle.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:287. 1900.
_Hoffman Seedling_ 1.
A chance seedling grown by Ernest Hoffman, Roselle, Carroll County, Iowa,
in 1892. Fruit large, roundish-oval, yellow blushed with red; sweet;
semi-free; mid-season.
=Ros-Pruim Double.= Domestica. =1.= Knoop _Fructologie_ =2=:62. 1771.
Similar to the Horse plum except that it is smaller.
=Ross.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Hort._ =23=:438. 1900.
Ross Seedling 1.
A seedling, supposedly of Bradshaw, grown by J. T. Ross, Hamilton,
Canada. Fruit of much the same appearance as Bradshaw but inferior in
quality; earlier in season.
=Rossy Frühe Zwetsche.= Species? Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 447. 1889.
_Rossy’s Früh Zwetsche._
=Rostrave Bell.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 945. 1869.
Originated with John D. Stephens, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Tree
vigorous, productive; fruit large, roundish-oval; suture broad, shallow;
cavity deep; reddish-purple; dots brown; flesh yellow, coarse, rather
dry, vinous; good; semi-clinging; mid-season.
=Rote Mirabelle.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 448. 1889.
_Damasine Kleine Kirsch Pflaume._ _Mirabelle Rouge._
=Rotes Zeiberl.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 448. 1889.
_Rote Herbst Zeiberl_ 1.
Referenced by Mathieu from _Wiener Garten-Zeitung_ 288. 1884.
=Rote Zwetsche.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 448. 1889.
_Rosinen Pflaume._ _Spitzige Rote Pflaume._ _Spitz Pflaume._
=Rothe Jungfernpflaume.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._
445. 1881.
A German variety said to be unproductive in dry soil.
=Rouge Hâtive de Nitka.= Domestica. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 96. 1877.
Mentioned in the preceding reference as of medium size, purple, juicy,
rich; good; mid-season.
=Roulette.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:50, 86. 1892. =2.=
_Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 142. 1897. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 188. 1901.
Rowlett 2.
Supposed to have originated in Texas. Fruit of medium size, oval; cavity
small; suture a line; skin thin; bright red; dots numerous; bloom thin;
flesh yellow; quality fair; stone oval, flattened, clinging; mid-season.
Listed in the catalog of the American Pomological Society since 1899.
=Round.= Species? =1.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 83. 1888.
J. Webster of Centralia, Illinois, states that he received this variety
from a Mr. Spears of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Of high quality; especially
adapted for canning.
=Round Leaf Wonderful.= Domestica. =1.= _N. Y. Sta. Rpt._ =12=:612. 1893.
An obscure variety found only in a few collections. Fruit of medium size,
long-oval; suture a line; cavity small; dark purple; bloom thick; dots
small; flesh yellow, fine-grained, tender, sweet, mild; very good; stone
flattened, oval, free; mid-season.
=Rowley.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:36. 1903.
Originated with Jos. Rowley, Cummings Bridge, Ontario. Tree very
productive; fruit above medium size, round; suture a line; purplish-red;
flesh yellow, moderately juicy, firm, sweet, rich; good; clingstone;
mid-season.
=Royal.= Domestica. =1.= Rea _Flora_ 207. 1676. =2.= Quintinye _Com.
Gard._ 69. 1699. =3.= Langley _Pomona_ 92, Pl. XX fig. 8. 1729. =4.=
Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:40, Tab. 191 fig. 1. 1796. =5.= Downing _Fr. Trees
Am._ 945. 1869. =6.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 438. 1889.
Die Königliche grosse Pflaume 4. _French Royal_ 4, 5, 6. Kings Plum 1.
Königspflaume 6. _La Royale_ 5, 6. La Royal 2. _Prune Royale_ 5, 6.
_Royal tres-grosse_ 4, 6. _Royal Red_ 5, 6. _Royal_ 5, 6. Royal 2. _Royal
Plumb_ 3. Royale 5. _Royale_ 6. _Sir Charles Worsley’s_ 3, 5, 6. _Wahre
Königspflaume_ 6.
Royal is an Old World variety supposed to have originated in France.
Tree a slow grower; top bushy; shoots pubescent; fruit medium in size,
roundish; suture distinct; cavity narrow; reddish-purple; dots small,
brownish; bloom thick; flesh yellow, melting, juicy, rich, subacid;
quality very good; stone small, roundish, pointed, free; mid-season.
=Royal Bullace.= Insititia. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 689. 1884.
Royal Bullace is the largest of the Bullaces. Fruit round; suture faint;
cavity wide, deep; stem short, slender; greenish-yellow, mottled with
red; bloom thin; flesh green, sprightly; good; freestone; late.
=Royal Dauphine.= Domestica. =1.= Miller _Gard. Kal._ 184. 1734. =2.=
Forsyth _Treat. Fr. Trees_ 21. 1803.
Royal Dauphin 2. Royale Dauphin 1.
Fruit large, oval, dark red shading to light red, mottled; bloom thick;
flesh greenish-yellow, sweet; good; freestone; mid-season.
=Royal de Braunac.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 2nd App. 157.
1876.
Fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; suture very slight; light red
with dark purple blush; dots numerous, brown; bloom heavy; flesh
greenish-yellow, coarse, rather firm, juicy, rich; clingstone; mid-season.
=Royale de Behrens.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 422. 1889. =2.=
_Guide Prat._ 163, 365. 1895.
Behren’s Königspflaume 1. _Behrens Königspflaume_ 2. _Royale de Behrens_
1.
Listed in the preceding references.
=Royale de Siebenfreud.= Domestica? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 450. 1889.
=2.= _Guide Prat._ 158, 365. 1895.
_Royale de Siebenfreund_ 1. Siebenfreund’s Königspflaume 1.
_Siebenfreud’s Königspflaume_ 2.
Grown by Liegel and named by him in honor of M. Siebenfreud, of Tyrnau,
Hungary. Fruit large, long-oval, brownish-red; flesh pale yellow, juicy;
good; mid-season.
=Royale Hâtive de Liegel.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._
420. 1881. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 430. 1889. =3.= _Guide Prat._ 163,
365. 1895.
Frühe Königspflaume 2. _Frühe Königspflaume_ 3. Königspflaume Frühe 1.
_Rouge de Liegel_ 2. _Royale Hâtive de Liegel_ 2. _Royale Hâtive_ 2.
Similar to the Royal Hâtive but inferior in quality.
=Royale Violette de Keindl.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 437. 1889.
=2.= _Guide Prat._ 157, 365. 1895.
_Keindl’s Violette Königspflaume_ 2. Keindt’s Violette Königspflaume 1.
_Royale Violette de Keindt_ 1.
Originated by Liegel and named after Mr. Keindl, a German pomologist.
Fruit large, oval, violet; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, juicy; good;
early.
=Royal Pea.= Domestica. Mentioned in Forsyth _Treat. Fr. Trees_ 21. 1803.
=Royer Aprikosen Pflaume.= Domestica. Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 449.
1889.
_Abricotée de Royer._ _Prune-Abricot de Royer._
=Ruben Burgunder Zwetsche.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
449. 1889.
=Ruby.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. and For._ =7=:243. 1894.
Charles H. Shinn of Berkeley, California, describes this variety as a
dark red prune coming from Lake County, California.
=Ruby.= Triflora × Munsoniana. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt._ 46. 1895.
=2.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =12=:228. 1899. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 224.
1901.
Originated by J. S. Breece, Fayetteville, North Carolina, from seed
of Abundance pollinated with Wild Goose; fruit borne in 1894. Fruit
of medium size, oval; suture faint; dark, wine-red; skin thick; flesh
yellow, firm, meaty, slightly fibrous, sweet, rich; good; clingstone.
=Ruby.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Orchard Home Nur. Cat._ 7. 1891. =2.= Terry
_Cat._ 8. 1900.
A seedling of Wild Goose introduced by L. T. Sanders of the Orchard Home
Nursery, Plain Dealing, Louisiana, in 1891. Fruit slightly smaller than
the parent, round, red with small dots; flesh solid; good; a good shipper.
=Rudolph.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 438. 1881. =2.=
Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 449. 1889.
_Frankfurter Pflaume_ 2. _Rudolphspflaume_ 1. Rudolph Pflaume 2.
In Germany considered valuable for dessert, compotes and market. Tree
quick in growth, large; shoots almost glabrous, dark brownish-red; fruit
large, of prune shape; suture shallow; halves usually equal; stem hairy;
cavity shallow; skin easily removed, yellow often flecked with red,
sometimes reddish; flesh yellow, tender, juicy, very sweet, sprightly;
nearly freestone; mid-season.
=Rue.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:288. 1900. =2.= Budd-Hansen
_Am. Hort. Man._ 300. 1903. =3.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:34. 1905.
_J. B. Rue_ 1, 2, 3.
Originated with J. B. Rue, Pottawattamie County, Iowa; distributed by
Professor J. L. Budd. The fruit closely resembles Stoddard except in the
stone, that of the latter being large and flat, while that of the former
is small and round.
=Ruff Choice.= Domestica. =1.= _Tex. Sta. Bul._ =32=:484. 1894.
Under test at the Texas Experiment Station.
=Ruff Spanish.= Species? =1.= _Tex. Sta. Bul._ =32=:490. 1894.
Under test at the Texas Experiment Station.
=Russian Mirabelle.= Insititia. =1.= Budd-Hansen _Am. Hort. Man._ 324.
1903.
Described by Budd and Hansen as a Russian plum; hardier than the
Mirabelle of western Europe and differing in tree and fruit. Fruit small,
roundish-oblate, bright yellow; suture indistinct to distinct at the
apex; cavity narrow; stem medium in length and thickness; flesh yellow,
juicy, rich; quality best; freestone.
=Russian No. 2.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich. Sta. Rpt._ 111. 1887. =2.= _Colo.
Sta. Bul._ =50=:45. 1898.
Imported from Russia. Fruit of medium size, irregular in shape; suture a
line; deep purple with heavy bloom; flesh firm, subacid; quality fair;
freestone.
=Russian No. 3.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich. Sta. Rpt._ 111. 1887. =2.= _S.
Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:35. 1905.
Said to be unproductive and not hardy.
=Sada.= Americana mollis. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:59. 1897. =2.=
_Ibid._ =87=:15. 1901. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 163. 1901.
A seedling of Van Buren grown by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; first
fruited in 1893. Fruit large, round; suture a line; cavity shallow; red
over a yellow ground with many conspicuous dots; skin thick, tough,
astringent; flesh dark yellow, mushy; quality fair; semi-clinging;
mid-season.
=Saffold.= Species? =1.= _Am. Gard._ =14=:51. 1893. =2.= Bailey _Ev. Nat.
Fruits_ 175. 1898.
A variety brought into Texas from Alabama about 1853 by General Saffold
of Sequin, Texas, where for years it was the only cultivated plum.
Although inferior to later introductions, it is excellent for preserves
and still retains a place among Texan varieties.
=Sagetsuna.= Triflora. =1.= Normand _Sp. Cir._ 1895. =2.= Kerr _Cat._ 8.
1901. =3.= _Ga. Sta. Bul._ =68=:6, 33. 1905.
Sagetsuma 3. _Wasse Botankyo_ 2.
A variety imported from Japan by J. L. Normand, Marksville, Louisiana.
In 1901, J. W. Kerr fruited Sagetsuna and Wasse Botankyo and found them
identical. Tree vigorous with straggling habit; fruit large, conic, red
over a yellow ground, with numerous dots; flesh yellow, firm; good;
clingstone; earlier than Abundance.
=St. Anne.= Domestica. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 40. 1899.
Bonne St. Ann 1.
Originated in Vermont; catalogued by the American Pomological Society in
1899 and 1901. Fruit blue; good.
=Saint Antoine.= Domestica. =1.= _Traité Prat. Sech. Fruits_ 172. 1893.
Prune de Bordeaux 1.
A plum found in the neighborhood of Gironde, France. The prunes from this
variety are know as Prunes de Bordeaux. The fruits are less esteemed than
those of the Agen.
=Saint Antonio.= Domestica. Mentioned in _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 153.
1831.
=St. Aubert.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. Chron._ =36=:1205. 1873. =2.= _Guide
Prat._ 157, 365. 1895.
Saint Aubert 2.
Of Belgian origin; resembles Golden Drop but is a month earlier and is
superior in quality and productiveness; fruit oval, rounded at both ends,
greenish spotted and marked with a crimson blush; color and flavor of the
flesh like Reine Claude.
=Sainte Therese.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 449. 1889. =2.=
_Guide Prat._ 160, 365. 1895.
Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, long-oval, reddish-purple; flesh
fine-grained; good; clingstone; mid-season.
=St. Etienne.= Insititia. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 381. 1866. =2.=
Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 431. 1881. =3.= _Gard. Chron._ =24=:187.
1885. =4.= _Guide Prat._ 160, 365. 1895. =5.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 480.
1904.
_Mamelonnee?_ 4. _Pflaume von St. Etienne_ 4. Pflaume von St. Etienne 2.
Tree vigorous; fruit globular or frequently roundish-oval; suture
distinct dividing the sides equally; stem medium; cavity narrow; skin not
adherent; yellow blushed and spotted with red on the sunny side; flesh
yellow, tender, melting, juicy, sweet with a fine flavor; stone small;
free; early.
=St. James.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 152. 1831. =2.=
_Mag. Hort._ =9=:165. 1843. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 311. 1845.
St. James’ Quetsche 1, 2, 3.
A strain of the German Prune; tree very productive; fruit of medium size,
oblong, purple; good; clingstone; mid-season.
=St. John.= Domestica. =1.= Willich _Dom. Enc._ =4=:195. 1803. =2.=
_Horticulturist_ =3=:396. 1848. =3.= Elliott _Fr. Book_ 429. 1854.
_Prune de St. Jean_ 3. Prune de St. Jean 2.
A foreign variety of unknown origin. Tree very productive; fruit of
medium size, round, purplish-blue; flesh greenish-yellow; early.
=St. Lawrence.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 38. 1874. =2.=
Barry _Fr. Garden_ 416. 1883. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 122. 1901.
A seedling of Smith Orleans grown on the grounds of Ellwanger & Barry,
Rochester, New York. Tree vigorous and productive; fruit variable in
size, averages medium, roundish-oval; cavity deep, rounded; stem short;
suture shallow; dark reddish-purple; bloom heavy; flesh yellow, juicy,
melting, sweet; quality poor to fair; clingstone; mid-season.
=Saint Martin Quetsche.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 152.
1831. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 283. 1845. =3.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._
55. 1852. =4.= Elliott _Fr. Book_ 414. 1854. =5.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:49.
1866-73.
_Coe’s Late Red_ 5. _Prune Violette D’Octobre_ 5. _Rouge Tardive De
Coe_ 5. Saint-Martin 5. Saint Martin’s 4. _Saint Martin’s Quetsche_ 4.
_Violette October Pflaume_ 5.
Of German origin; introduced into this country during the second quarter
of the Nineteenth Century. Fruit of medium size, ovate, yellow, sometimes
blushed; covered with a thin bloom; flesh yellowish, juicy, rich; good;
late; fruit hangs to the tree long after maturity.
=Saint Pierre.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 449. 1889. =2.= _Guide
Prat._ 156, 366. 1895.
Fruit resembles Mirabelle, though it is larger; yellow marbled with red;
flesh yellow; good; stone nearly free; very early.
=St. Remo.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 153. 1831.
Cultivated in the garden of the Horticultural Society of London.
=Sandalls.= Domestica. =1.= _Jour. Hort._ N. S. =15=:247. 1868. =2.=
_Gard. Chron._ =30=:1311, 1347. 1870.
Sandall’s Plum 2.
Originated about 1800 with a Mr. Sandall at Crab Tree, Fulton, England.
Tree vigorous and attains great size; fruit of medium size, round, dark
purple; flesh firm, reddish-yellow, juicy, pleasant; good; clingstone;
very late.
=Sanders.= Angustifolia varians? =1.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 200. 1901.
_Honey Grove_ 1.
Introduced by J. S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas, in 1898. Fruit small,
purplish-red; quality fair; very early.
=Sanderson.= Americana. =1.= Budd-Hansen _Am. Hort. Man._ 300. 1903.
Originated in Minnesota. Fruit large, roundish-oval, light red over a
yellow ground; skin slightly astringent; good; semi-clinging.
=Sandle.= Domestica. Mentioned in Watkins _Cat._ 1892?
=Sandoz.= Species? =1.= Crete _Cat._ 1906.
Introduced by E. F. Stephens of the Crete Nursery, Crete, Nebraska. Tree
hardy; productive; fruit red; early.
=Sand Plum.= Angustifolia watsoni. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 889.
1869. =2.= _Neb. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 173. 1895. =3.= Kansas “_The Plum_” 20,
45. 1900.
Sand Plum is the common name for _Prunus angustifolia watsoni._
=Sannois.= Domestica. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Div. Pom. Bul._ =10=:20. 1901.
Sannois Quetsche 1.
Originated in Sannois, France. A rather unattractive plum in appearance,
but with a fine flavor and high quality. As grown at this Station
the tree is small, vigorous, upright-spreading; fruit above medium
to large, roundish-oblate, slightly compressed; suture shallow; stem
medium in thickness and length; cavity wide, deep; apex flattened; dull,
reddish-purple with darker shades in the sun; bloom moderate; dots
numerous, brownish; skin thick, tough; flesh dark coppery-yellow, juicy,
rather coarse, very fibrous, tough, firm, sweet; very good; stone medium,
irregular-oval, turgid, rough, clinging; very late.
=Sansoto.= _Prunus besseyi_ × Americana. =1.= _Cir. S. Dak. Sta._ 1910.
Sansoto originated in 1907 as a cross between De Soto and _Prunus
besseyi_ made by N. E. Hansen of the South Dakota Experiment Station;
introduced in 1910. Tree productive; fruit small, round, black; bloom
heavy; flesh yellowish-green, sprightly; clingstone.
=Santa Rosa.= Triflora. =1.= _Fancher Creek Nur. Cat._ 1907. =2.= _Ibid._
1909.
Originated by Burbank; introduced by the Fancher Creek Nursery Company in
1907. Fruit very large, round, suture distinct; cavity medium deep; dark
purplish crimson with thin bloom; flesh reddish near the skin shading to
amber near the center; good; clingstone; keeps and ships well.
=Sapa.= _Prunus besseyi_ × Triflora. =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ 108. 1908.
Grown by Hansen of the South Dakota Experiment Station from a cross of
Sultan and a selected seedling of the _Prunus besseyi_; fruited in 1907.
Fruit small, round, glossy, dark purple; flesh dark red.
=Saratoga.= Domestica. =1.= Bailey _Ann. Hort._ 103. 1889. =2.= _Am. Pom.
Soc. Cat._ 25. 1897. =3.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._ =169=:243, 247. 1899. =4.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 121. 1901. =5.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =162=:256, 257. 1905.
Introduced by Green’s Nursery Company in 1889. Found in a garden at
Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1897. The American Pomological Society
placed it on its fruit catalog list. As tested at this Station it is
identical to the Lombard in fruit-characters but differs in foliage. It
is safe to assume that it is a seedling of the Lombard.
=Saskatchewan.= Nigra? =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 426. 1900.
Taken from the wild by Thomas Stonewall, Manitoba; tested at the Indian
Head Experimental Farm, Northwest Territory. Fruit of medium size, red;
good; early.
=Satin.= Hortulana × Triflora. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =12=:228. 1899.
Grown by J. S. Breece, Fayetteville, North Carolina, supposedly from a
cross between Moreman and some Japanese variety. Fruit of medium size,
roundish-oval; suture a line; red with numerous large, yellow dots; skin
thick, tough; flesh firm, yellow; good; clingstone.
=Satsugon.= Triflora. =1.= _Rural N. Y._ =64=:677. 1905.
Originated in 1900 with Levi Bell, Sparkill, New York, from a cross
between Ogon and Satsuma. Fruit large, roundish; cavity deep; dark
red; flesh red, firm, meaty; freestone; quality good; mid-season. The
originator states that this variety will keep in an ordinary cellar for
two months after picking.
=Satsuland.= Triflora × Domestica? =1.= _Rural N. Y._ =64=:677. 1905.
A cross between Satsuma and Richland grown by Levi Bell, Sparkill, New
York, about 1900. Fruit below medium size, oval, cavity lacking; stem
long; purplish-red; clingstone.
=Sauvageon.= Domestica. =1.= _Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 94. 1885.
_Corse’s Sauvageon_ 1.
Raised from seed by Henry Corse of Montreal, Canada. Tree strong,
vigorous, hardy, productive; fruit dark blue; flesh reddish tinged, firm,
sweet and pleasant; late.
=Sayer Favorite.= Domestica. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 94. 1877.
In 1877 J. E. Johnson in a report to the American Pomological Society
mentioned this as a very fine seedling variety growing in Utah.
=Scaldatone.= Domestica. Mentioned in _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 153. 1831.
=Scanarda.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 449. 1889.
_Die Scanarda._ _Scanarda._
=Scaudatella.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 153. 1831. =2.=
Gallesio _Pom. Ital._ =2=: Pl. 1839.
Scaldatello 1. Susino Scaudatella 2.
An old variety well known in Italy. Fruit medium, obovate, yellow; flesh
yellow, meaty, juicy and sweet.
=Schamal.= Domestica. =1.= _Ann. Pom. Belge_ =7=:31, Pl. 1859. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 897. 1869. =3.= _Le Bon Jard._ LII. 1884. =4.=
_Guide Prat._ 161, 354. 1895.
Automne de Schamali 2. _Damascena Schamali_ 1, 2, 4. _D’Automne de
Schamal_ 2. Prune d’Automne de Schamal 1, 3, 4. _Prune d’Automne de
Schamali_ 2. _Schamal_ 4. _Schamals Herbstpflaume_ 4.
Obtained by M. Schamal, nurseryman and pomologist at Jungbunzlau,
Bohemia; first noted by Liegel in 1844. Tree vigorous, productive; young
branches smooth, brownish-red; fruit large, pear-shaped; suture deep;
halves unequal; stem slender, smooth; purplish-red; flesh yellowish,
juicy, tender, sweet, vinous; stone oval, free; mid-season.
=Schenectady.= Domestica. =1.= _Mag. Hort._ 446. 1847. =2.= Thomas
_Am. Fruit Cult._ 342. 1849. =3.= Elliott _Fr. Book_ 414. 1854. =4.=
_Cultivator_ =6=:52, 269. 1858. =5.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 947. 1869.
=6.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 402. 1881.
Catharinenpflaume von Schenectady 6. _Schenectady Catharine_ 4.
Schenectady Catherine Plum 1, 2, 5. _Schenectady Catherine_ 3.
Originated at Schenectady, New York, about 1800; introduced by Dr.
Herman Wendell. It was described in the American Pomological Society’s
catalog for twenty-two years. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit small,
roundish-oval; suture shallow; cavity small; reddish-purple; bloom thin;
flesh greenish-yellow, melting, juicy, rich, sweet; very good; freestone;
mid-season; said to reproduce itself from seed.
=Schieblers Eier Pflaume.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._
449. 1889.
=Schiebler Luisante.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 409.
1881.
A seedling of the Red Egg plum, similar, but not an improvement.
=Schlachter Früh Zwetsche.= Domestica? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 449.
1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 366. 1895.
A variety resembling German Prune.
=Schley.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:65, 87. 1892. =2.=
Waugh _Plum Cult._ 188. 1901.
_Schley’s Large Red_ 1, 2.
Originated near Augusta, Georgia; introduced by J. W. K. Nelson of that
state. Fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; suture slight; cavity of
medium depth; bright red with numerous dots; skin tough; flesh yellow;
poor; clingstone; mid-season.
=Schmidt Rote Zwetsche.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 449. 1889.
_Quetsche Rouge de Schmidt_ 1.
Mathieu found it referred to in _Wiener Garten-Zeitung_ 289. 1884.
=Schoenthal.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894-1900.
Fruit of medium size, globular, dull red; stone semi-clinging.
=Schöne von Riom.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 445.
1881.
Mentioned as an unproductive variety on dry soils.
=Schuyler Gage.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 147. 1831. =2.=
_Cultivator_ =1=:306. 1844. =3.= _Ibid._ =3=:19. 1855. =4.= Downing _Fr.
Trees Am._ 947. 1869. =5.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:103. 1866-73.
Reine-Claude de Schuyler 5. _Schuyler Gage_ 5.
A seedling of Reine Claude grown at Albany, New York, by General Schuyler
of revolutionary fame, who refused to disseminate it. His successor
in the ownership of the tree, John Bryan, also guarded the variety
jealously, so that it was not until about 1847 when E. C. McIntosh came
into possession of the estate that the variety was introduced. Fruit of
medium size, oval; suture shallow; cavity small; yellow splashed with
green and dotted with red; bloom thin; flesh yellow, juicy, rich, sweet;
very good; freestone; late.
=Scioto.= Insititia. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Yearbook_ 502. 1905.
_Mussel_ 1. _Chickasaw_ 1.
Cultivated for nearly eighty years in the noted Damson district at
Chillicothe, Ohio. It was brought there in 1831 by Miss Palace Hill from
the nursery of her brother, Joseph C. Hill, Petersburg, Virginia, who
in turn had found it on the farm of Thomas Hill near Bollings Bridge,
North Carolina. The variety is of the Damson type and the seed of it was
probably brought from Europe by the early colonists. Fruit small, oval,
necked; suture slight; cavity lacking; dark blue; bloom heavy; good.
=Scribner.= Triflora × Munsoniana. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt._ 46, Col.
Pl. 1895. =2.= _Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:19. 1898. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._
225. 1901.
From J. S. Breece, Fayetteville, North Carolina, supposedly from a cross
of Abundance pollinated by Wild Goose. Fruit large, roundish-oval; suture
faint; cavity large; stem short, stout; dark red with many small dots;
bloom heavy; flesh yellow, firm, meaty; quality very poor; clingstone.
=Sea-Egg.= Triflora. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =106=:62. 1906.
Bailey mentions this variety as coming from Burbank and describes it
as; “globular heart shaped in outline and mottled red; flesh very thick
and meaty; orange-yellow, sweet and excellent, with a slight muskiness,
cling.”
=Semiana.= Domestica. =1.= Forsyth _Treat. Fr. Trees_ 21. 1803. =2.=
Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 344, 346. 1849. =3.= Cole _Am. Fr. Book_ 217.
1849. =4.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 947. 1869.
_Blue Impératrice_ 2, 3, 4. Semiana of Boston 4. Semina 1. _Simiana_ 2.
At one time grown extensively around Boston; often confused with Blue
Impératrice and the Semiana or Suisse of Europe. It is, however, much
inferior to either of the above. Tree vigorous, very productive; fruit
of medium size, oval, necked; cavity very small; deep purple; flesh
greenish, juicy, subacid, not rich; clingstone; very late.
=Seper.= Nigra? =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1897-1900. =2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 171.
1901.
_Seper’s Peach_ 2. Seper’s Peach 1.
Introduced by J. W. Kerr, Denton, Maryland. Fruit large, roundish-oblong,
dark red; quality poor; clingstone.
=September.= Americana =1.= Meneray _Cat._
One of H. A. Terry’s numerous varieties; introduced by F. W. Meneray of
Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fruit large, round, bright red; fair quality.
=September Damask.= Insititia. =1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:77.
1768. =2.= Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:45, Tab. 200 fig. 1. 1796. =3.= Prince
_Pom. Man._ =2=:84. 1832. =4.= Poiteau _Pom. Franc._ 1. 1846. =5.= Hogg
_Fruit Man._ 357. 1866. =6.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 947. 1869. =7.= Mas
_Pom. Gen._ =2=:1. 1873. =8.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 451. 1889.
Damas de Septembre 1, 2, 5, 7. _Damas de Septembre_ 3, 6, 8. Die späte
oder September Damaskpflaume 2. _Michaelis Pflaume_ 8. _Münchenpflaume_
8. Prune Damas de Septembre 4. _Prune de Vacance_ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
_Prunier des Vacances_ 3, 6, 8. _Sankt-Michel’s Pflaume_ 8. _September
Damascene_ 8. September Damask 3. _September Damask_ 7, 8. _September
Damson_ 1. Vakanzpflaume 8.
An old variety probably of French origin. Tree of medium vigor,
productive; shoots downy; fruit small, roundish to slightly elongated;
suture shallow; stem short; cavity shallow; skin tender, purplish-black,
covered with a thick bloom; flesh greenish, fine, melting, sweet,
agreeable when well ripened; freestone; late.
=Shaker.= Americana? =1.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 80. 1880.
Grown in Iowa from seed brought from Ohio. Fruit red, coloring a month
before maturity; ripening period very long.
=Shaw.= Species? =1.= Bailey _Ann. Hort._ 103. 1889.
Mentioned by Bailey in the Annals of Horticulture as introduced by Lovett
in 1889; not listed in Lovett’s catalogs.
=Shedd Cluster.= Munsoniana? Letter from F. T. Ramsey.
A prolific variety resembling Robinson selected from the wild on the line
between Lampasas and Coryelle counties, Texas, by a Mr. Shedd.
=Sheldon.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 948. 1869.
Originated on the farm of Wareham Sheldon, Huron, Wayne County, New
York. Tree vigorous and prolific; fruit large, oval; suture a line;
cavity small; purplish-black; bloom thick; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy,
aromatic; good; freestone; mid-season.
=Shepherd Bullace.= Insititia. =1.= Watkins _Nur. Cat._ 48. 1892? =2.=
Thompson _Gard. Ass’t_ =4=:160. 1901.
Shepherd’s White 2.
A large Bullace mentioned without description in the preceding references.
=Shepway Bulleis.= Insititia. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 576. 1629.
Parkinson mentions under this name a large “dark bluish-brown” plum of
the Bullace type inferior to the common variety.
=Shilling.= Domestica. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._
=162=:256, 257. 1905.
A variety introduced by J. W. Kerr in 1894. Fruit of medium size,
oblong-oval, pointed at the apex; cavity shallow; suture a line; stem
short, stout; dull red; bloom light; flesh yellow; quality poor;
clingstone; mid-season.
=Shipper.= Triflora. 1. Burbank _Cat._ 18. 1893. =2.= Childs _Cat._ 62.
1896.
A seedling of Satsuma grown by Burbank; introduced in 1896 by John Lewis
Childs, Floral Park, New York. Fruit oval, light red; flesh very firm,
juicy, sweet; keeps and ships well; mid-season.
=Shirata Bene.= Triflora. =1.= Lovett _Cat._ 1892. =2.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._
=162=:256, 257. 1905.
Introduced as a crimson plum but described at the Ohio Experiment Station
as yellow.
=Shviata Bene.= Triflora. =1.= _Gard. Mon._ 367. 1887.
_Uwase_ 1. _Blood Plum_ 1.
H. H. Berger states that the above name and synonyms were applied to a
red-fleshed variety indigenous to Japan. Probably a class name.
=Siamese.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 284. 1845.
Fruit in pairs firmly attached on one side and hanging from a single
stem. The original tree grew in the garden of Wm. Roe, Newburgh, New
York. Fruit of medium size, obovate; cavity small; skin pale yellow;
flesh yellow, juicy, sprightly; quality fair; clingstone; mid-season.