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for breeding purposes as there are so few sorts of its kind having satis- 

 factory trees. 



This variety, probably a Reine Claude seedHng, was found at Coligny, 

 France, on the estate of M. Filliaud; it was propagated by M. Corsaint, 

 gardener to the Baron de Toisy, near Cuiseaux (Department of Saone- 

 et-Loire) and was introduced at Oullins (Department of Rhone) by M. 

 Massot, nurseryman. The name is seldom spelled correctly in American 

 fniit books, being either written with an apostrophe and s or with both 

 left off, these spellings coming from the supposition that the name comes 

 from that of a man, a mistake as the history shows. Oullins was placed 

 on the American Pomological Society catalog fruit list in 1875 but was 

 dropped when the catalog was revised in 1897. 



Tree large, vigorous, spreading, open-topped, hardy, productive; branches ash- 

 gray, somewhat rough, with numerous, large, raised lenticels; branchlets stout, the 

 bark rough, medium to above in thickness, short, with short internodes, greenish- 

 red changing to brownish-red, dull, lightly pubescent, overspread with faint bloom, 

 with numerous, small lenticels; leaf-buds large, long, pointed, free; leaf-scars 

 swollen. 



Leaves oval or obovate, two inches wide, four and one-quarter inches long, thick; 

 upper surface dark green, covered with fine hairs, the midrib grooved; lower surface 

 pale green, pubescent; apex acute or abruptly pointed, base acute, margin serrate 

 or crenate, with small black glands; petiole three-quarters inch long, thick, pubescent, 

 tinged red, with from two to four globose, greenish-brown glands variable in size, usually 

 on the stalk. 



Blooming season medium to late, of average length; flowers appearing after the 

 leaves, one and one-quarter inches across, white, with a faint yellowish tinge; arranged 

 on lateral spurs, singly or in pairs; pedicels eleven-sixteenths inch long, pubescent, 

 greenish; calyx-tube green, campanulate, pubescent; calyx-lobes broad, obtuse, pu- 

 bescent on both surfaces, glandular-serrate, reflexed; petals broadly obovate, crenate, 

 tapering to short, broad claws; anthers yellowish; filaments three-eighths inch long; 

 pistil glabrous, equal to the stamens in length. 



Fruit early, season short; medium to below in size, roundish, halves equal; cavity 

 shallow, below medium in width, abrupt; suture an indistinct line; apex flattened 

 or depressed; color greenish-yellow changing to dull light yellow, overspread with 

 thin bloom; dots numerous, small, whitish, inconspicuous, clustered about the apex; 

 stem of medium thickness and length, adhering well to the fruit; skin thin, slightly 

 astringent, separating readily; flesh greenish-yellow or pale yellow, somewhat dry, 

 firm, sweet, not high in flavor; good; stone half -free or free, three-quarters inch by 

 five-eighths inch in size, broadly oval, flattened, roughened and pitted, blunt at the 

 base and apex; ventral suture rather narrow, furrowed, with a distinct but not promi- 

 nent wing; dorsal suture broadly and deeply grooved. 



