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THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



heavily pubescent; apex obtuse or acute, base acute, margin finely serrate, eglandular 

 or with few, small dark glands; petiole one -half inch long, thick, heavily pubescent, 

 with a faint red tinge, glandless or with from one to three large, globose, greenish- 

 yellow glands usually at the base of the leaf. 



Blooming season early to medium, short; flowers appearing after the leaves, one 

 inch across, white; borne on lateral spurs, singly or in pairs; pedicels nine-sixteenths 

 inch long, pubescent, greenish; calyx-tube green, campanulate, lightly pubescent; calyx- 

 lobes, broad, obtuse, somewhat pubescent, glandular-serrate, erect; petals unusually 

 large, roundish, finely crenate, not clawed; anthers yellowish; filaments five-sixteenths 

 inch long; pistil glabrous, longer than the stamens, with a large style and stigma. 



Fruit mid-season, ripening period short; one and five-eighths inches by one and 

 one-half inches in size, roundish-oblong, somewhat oblique, truncate, compressed, 

 halves unequal; cavity narrow, abrupt, usually russeted; suture a line; apex flattened 

 or depressed; color dark purplish-red, lighter colored on the shaded side, overspread 

 with thick bloom; dots characteristic, numerous, large, russet, conspicuous, clustered 

 about the apex; stem thick, three-quarters inch long, thickly pubescent, adhering 

 well to the fruit; skin thin, sour, separating readily; flesh golden-yellow, rather dry, 

 firm, sweet, of mild, pleasant flavor; fair to good; stone free, seven-eighths inch by 

 three-quarters inch in size, roundish-oval, somewhat flattened, blunt at the base 

 and apex, roughened and irregularly furrowed; ventral suture wide, winged, heavily 

 furrowed; dorsal suture with a wide groove variable in depth. 



GONZALES 



Pruiius triflora X 

 1. Kerr Cat. 1899-1900. 2. Vt. Sta. Bid. 67:13. 1S9S. 3. Ohio Sta. Bid. 162:252. 1905. 

 4. Penin. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 36. 1905. 5. Stark Bros. Cat. 1906. 

 Gonzales 5. Red Gold 4. Red Gold 5. 



Judging from the several published descriptions, Gonzales is a very- 

 promising plum, for the South at least. The writers have not seen the 

 variety in the North, but there appear to be no reasons why it should not 

 succeed in some northern soils and climates. It is a chance seedling found 

 in Gonzales, Texas, about 1894, and was introduced by F. T. Ramsey, 

 Austin, Texas, in 1897. About all that can be determined regarding its 

 parentage is that it is the pi-oduct of some Japanese variety pollinated by 

 a native. In 1901, Waugh used this variety to typify a new species, Prumts 

 hortulana robusta, composed of a number of hybrids between Prumts tri- 

 flora and native species. The following description is compiled: 



Tree vigorous, upright-spreading, open; leaves narrow, oval, tapering at both 

 ends; upper surface glabrous; margin minutely glandular, finely crenulate; petiole 

 short and slender, with two glands. 



