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tmknown in America, but, judging from its behavior at Geneva, well de- 

 serves widespread trial, as do all the Mirabelles. The history of this 

 variety is unknown other than that it is an old sort, having been mentioned 

 in the London Horticultural Society catalog as long ago as 183 1. In 185 1, 

 Barry, of Rochester, New York, described the Mirabelle d'Octobre, which 

 is identical with Late Mirabelle, and said that it had been recently intro- 

 duced from France. 



Tree medium in size and vigor, very hardy, productive; branches smooth; leaves 

 small, oval, one and one-quarter inches wide, two inches long; margin finely serrate, 

 with few, dark glands; petiole slender, glandless or with one or two glands at the base 

 of the leaf. 



Fruit late; small, roundish-oval, greenish-yellow, often with a light blush on the 

 sunny side, covered with thin bloom; stem short, slender; flesh yellow, very juicy, 

 aromatic, sweet; good; stone semi-free. 



LATE MUSCATELLE 



Primus domcslica 



I. Lucas Vollst. Hand. Obst. 470. 1894. 2. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2nd Ser. 3:53. 1900. 3. U. S. 

 D. A. Div. Pom. Bui. 10:22. 1901. 



Late Muscatel 2. Spate Muskateller 3. Spate Muskatellerpflaume i. 



This variety was obtained by the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture from the Pomological Institute at Reutlingen, Germany, in 1900, 

 and was soon after sent to this Station to test. In some respects, in fruit- 

 characters in particular, the variety is promising, but not svifficiently so 

 to recommend it to fruit-growers, even for trial. 



Tree of medium size and vigor, upright-spreading, productive; branchlets thick; 

 with short internodes, pubescent; leaf-scars prominent; leaves drooping, folded upward, 

 obovate, one and five-eighths inches wide, three and three-eighths inches long, leathery; 

 margin crenate, eglandular or with few, small, dark glands; petiole thick, pubescent, 

 glandless or with from one to three glands; blooming season intermediate in time; 

 and length; flowers appearing after the leaves, one inch across; borne in scattering 

 clusters, singly or in pairs; petals white, creamy- white as they open; anthers 

 tinged red. 



Fruit late, season short; medium in size, roundish, slightly truncate, purplish- 

 brown, splashed and mottled with russet about the base, overspread with thick bloom; 

 flesh greenish-yellow, sweet; good to very good; stone often reddish, clinging, three- 

 quarters inch by one-half inch in size, somewhat flat, irregular-oval, with slightly pitted 

 surfaces. 



