234 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Pomological Society added this variety to its fruit catalog list and recom- 

 mended it for this State and neighboring regions with similar climatic 

 conditions. 



Tree above medium in size, moderately vigorous, upright to slightly spreading, 

 usually hardy, productive; branches ash-gray, with small, numerous lenticels; branch- 

 lets slender, short, with internodes of medium length, greenish-red changing to brownish- 

 red, many twigs retaining a tinge of green, shining, glabrous, with numerous, small 

 lenticels; leaf-buds large, long, pointed, strongly appressed; leaf-scars large. 



Leaves nearly flat, obovate, one and one-half inches wide, three inches long, thick; 

 upper surface shining, slightly rugose, pubescent only along the grooved midrib; lower 

 surface yellowish-green, lightly pubescent; apex taper-pointed, base acute, margin 

 serrate, eglandular or with small, dark glands; petiole three-quarters inch long, nearly 

 glabrous, slightly tinged red along one side, glandless or with from one to three globose 

 yellowish glands on the stalk and base of the leaf. 



Blooming season intermediate, short; flowers appearing after the leaves, one inch 

 across, white; borne in clusters on short lateral spurs and buds, singly or in pairs; 

 pedicels one-half inch long, slender, glabrous, greenish; calyx-tube green, campanulate, 

 glabrous; calyx-lobes lightly pubescent, glandular-ciliate, slightly refiexed; petals 

 obovate, entire, short-clawed; anthers yellowish; filaments one-quarter inch long; 

 pistil pubescent at the base, longer than the stamens. 



Fruit late, season medium; unusually large when well grown, two and one-eighth 

 inches by two inches in size, elongated-oval or slightly obovate, halves unequal; cavity 

 shallow, narrow, abrupt; suture wide, variable in depth; apex flattened, somewhat 

 depressed or occasionally with a short, blunt tip; color dark reddish-purple or purplish- 

 black, overspread with thick bloom; dots numerous, small, brownish, inconspicuous; 

 stem three-quarters inch long, adhering well to the fruit; skin variable in toughness, 

 somewhat astringent, separating readily; flesh golden-yellow, juicy, firm, sweet, mild, 

 not high in flavor; good; stone cHnging, sometimes tinged red, one and one-eighth 

 inches by seven-eighths inch in size, irregularly oval, slightly flattened, roughish, acute 

 at the base and apex; ventral suture broad, slightly winged; dorsal suture with a broad, 

 shallow groove. 



GUEII 

 Primus domestica 



I. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 3rd App. 181. 1881. 2. Can. Hort. 14:293, PI. 1891. 3. I^Iich. 

 Sta. Bui. 103:34, fig. 6. 1894. 4. Cornell Sta. Bui. 131:187. 1897. 5. Out. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpi. 

 120. 1898. 6. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:242, 245. 1899. 7- Ohio Sta. Bui. 113:159. 1899. 8. .Am. 

 Pom. Soc. Cat. 39. 1899. 9. Waugh Plum Cult. 107. 1901. 10. \'a. Sla. Bid. 134:42, 43 fig. 

 14. 1902. 



Big Blue I. Blue Magnum Bonum i, 9. Bradshaw i incor. Geuii 3. Giu-ii i. Guii i, 6. 

 Gweii I. 



Gueii is one of the standard plums of its season in New York, ranking 

 among the first half-dozen in number of trees growing in the State, with 



