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A seedling of Kelsey grown in the yard of a Mrs. Stumpe, Putnam County, Florida; 

 introduced by Griffing Brothers in 1906. Fruit large, roundish, red; bloom delicate; 

 suture a line; skin thin, leathery; flesh yellow, firm, juicy; good; stone small, oval, 

 clinging; early. 



Howell. Domestica. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 302. 1845. 2. Horticulturist 7:402. 

 1852. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 921. 1869. 



Chapin's Early 3. Early Purple 2, 3. Howell's Early i. Sea 2. Sea 3. 



This variety derives its name from B. Howell of Newburgh, New York, who brought 

 the original tree from Virginia as a sucker. It was supposed to have been introduced 

 into the Southern States by cions from Germany. Tree of slow growth; fruit below 

 medium, oval; suture indistinct; red; flesh juicy, rich, sweet; good; freestone; very 

 early. 

 Hoyo Smomo. Triflora. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 62:23. 1894. 



A name used by J. L. Normand, Marksville, Louisiana; probably a synonym. 

 H. T. S. 84,761. Species? i. Rural N. Y. 61:674. 1902. 



One of Burbank's plums. Fruit large, yellow with crimson blush; flesh yellow, firm, 

 sweet, vinous, juicy; clingstone; a good shipper. 

 Huankume. Triflora. i. A'^. Mex. Sta. Bui. 39:122. 1901. 



Reported from New Mexico as weak in growth; fruit small, roundish, downy; 

 yellowish- red ; slightly acid; clingstone; resembles the apricot in flavor and appearance. 

 Hudson Gage. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 277. 1845. 2. Hogg Fruit 

 Man. 365. 1866. 3. Guide Prat. 163, 364. 1895. 



Hudson 2. Hudson 3. Hudson Gage 2,3. Hudson's gelbe Friihpflaume 3. Reine- 

 Claude d'Hudson 3. 



Hudson Gage is one of several good varieties originated by L. V. Lawrence of Hudson 

 New York. Fruit of medium size, oval; suture slight; yellow, obscurely streaked 

 with green; bloom thin; flesh greenish, juicy, melting, sprightly; good; freestone; 

 early; placed in the catalog of the American Pomological Society in 1877. 

 Hughes. Munsoniana. i. Am. Pom. Sac. Rpt. 166. 1885. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 

 195-6. 1901. 3. Ga. Sta. Bui. 67:275. 1904. 



Originated in northeastern Mississippi where it is said to be one of the best of its 

 species. Fruit of medium size, roundish; stem long, slender; cavity shallow; suture 

 a line; bright red, striped with yellow; dots large, white; skin thin; flesh yellow, 

 fibrous, watery, sprightly, subacid quality fair; stone of medium size, turgid, cling- 

 ing; late. 



Himgarian Musk Prune. Domestica. i. Guide Prat. 158, 363. 1895. 2. Can. Exp. 

 Farms Rpt. 432. 1905. 



Basilic 1. Musquee de Besztercze i. Proune bissioquc ^Roumanie) i. Quetsche 

 musquee dc Hongrie i. 



Hungarian Musk Prune is very similar to the German Prune; frmt of medium 

 size, necked; cavity small; suture shallow; deep purple; bloom thick; flesh yellow, 

 juicy, sweet, musky, aromatic; stone small, free; mid-season. 

 Hungarian No. i. Domestica. i. la. Sta. Bid. 31:349. 1895. 



