326 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



20. Large Orlean 7. Mogul Rouge 16, 18. Octif Rouge 16, 18. Prune d'Oeuj Violette 18. Pri)i- 

 zessinpflaume 15. Prune-figue 13. Prune Iinpdriale Violette 11. Prune d'oeuj 7, 14, 18. Purple 

 Egg 7, 12, 14, 16, 18. Prune-oeuj 7. Purple Magnum Bonutn 12, 14, 18. Red Magnum Bonunt &, 12, 

 20. i?<7d Magnum 6. i?(?ii Iinperiale 7, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. i?«?(i Bonum Magnum 3, 7, 18, 20. 

 Red Egg Plum 10. Red Egg 12. Red Imperial 12. i?(7(i fgg 14, 16, 18. Red Aubert 17. Ko/? 

 Eier Pflaume 18. Rote Kaiserpflaume 18. Rote Kaiser Zwetsche 18. 116 Riga 19. i?o(/if Kaiser- 

 pflaume 20. /?o/yie Kaiserzwetsche 20. Shepler ?i4, ?i8. Sainle-Catherine (Belgien) 18, 20. The 

 Imperial Plum 2. Violette oder Blaue Kaiserpflaume 15. 



Once popular, Red Magnum Bonum is now but of historical interest. 

 Three centuries ago this variety was cultivated in England by John Trades- 

 cant under the name Imperiall. It was mentioned by all of the early 

 horticultural writers and it seems clear that the variety was well estab- 

 lished in Europe at least as early as the beginning of the Seventeenth Cen- 

 tury. As all plums at that time were propagated from seed, a large nxmiber 

 of sub-varieties of this sort were produced and as these became estab- 

 lished the nomenclature of the variety became much involved. In 1729 

 Langley called it the Red Magnum Bonum, a name it has since retained. 

 It is not known when the variety was introduced into this country but 

 its first appearance in American literature was in 1803. After its introduc- 

 tion nurserymen sold any large red plum as Red Magnum Bonum and 

 it became difficult to find the true variety. Professor J. L. Budd appar- 

 ently reintroduced this plum in 1881-1882 tinder the name Dame Aubert 

 Rouge. Although very extensively grown in America at one time it has 

 never been a favorite because of its poor quality. The American Pomo- 

 logical Society rejected it in 1858 from a list of candidates for its catalog. 

 The following description is compiled. 



Tree hardy, vigorous, productive; young shoots glabrous. Fruit mid-season; large, 

 oval, deep red in the sun, pale red in the shade, covered with thin bloom; stem one inch 

 long; flesh greenish, firm, slightly coarse, dry, brisk subacid; of fair quality ; stone oval, 

 free. 



REINE CLAUDE 

 PruiiHS domesiica 



I. Quintinye Com. Card. 67, 68, 69. 1699. 2. Langley Pomona 93, PI. XXIII fig. 7. 1729. 

 3. Duliamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:89, PI. XI. 1768. 4. Knoop Fructologie 2:62. 1771. $. Kraft Pom. 

 Aust. 28, Tab. 173 fig. 2, 41, Tab. 193 fig. 2. 1796. 6. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 20. 1803. 7. Mil- 

 ler Card. Diet. 3. 1807. 8. Co.xe CiM. Fr. Trees 237, fig. 14. 1817. 9. Phillips Com. Orch. 306. 

 1831. 10. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 147, 148. 1831. 11. Prince Pom. Man. 2:48. 1832. 12. Gal- 

 lesio Pom. Ital., PI. 1839. 13. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 276 fig. 106. 1845. 14. Floy-Lindley 

 Guide Orch. Card. 283, 382, 419. 1846. 15. Poiteau Pom. Franc. 1:1846. 16. Horticulturist 2: 

 178, 179 fig. 30, 291. 1847. 17. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 326 fig. 253, 329. 1849. 18. Hovey 

 Fr. Am. 2:69, PI. 1851. ig. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. S4- 1852. 20. Elliott Fr. Boofe 410. 1854. 21. 

 Thompson Card Ass't 517. 1859. 22. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 917. 1869. 23. Mas Le Verger 



