4i6 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Giallo. As early as 1839 it was well known in parts of Italy and was then ranked next 

 to the Reine Claude in quality. Fruit large, oval, dull yellow, tinged with red; pulp 

 yellow, tender, sweet and highly flavored. 

 Catelano Violaceo. Domestica. i. Gallesio Potn. Ital. 2: PI. 18,39. 



Catelana Morella? i. Susina Vccchietti i. Susino Veccliietti i. 



Gallesio described this plum as a strain of the Catelano and adds that it is grown 

 in abundance at Florence. Tree medium in size; fruit large, oval; suture distinct; 

 violet; pulp yellowish, tender, juicy, sweet and highly flavored. 

 Catherine. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bid. 2d Ser. 3:50. 1900. 



Tree strong, moderately productive; fruit above medium size, egg-shaped; suture 

 a line; cavity small; reddish-purple; bloom thin; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, juicy, 

 sweet; pleasant; good; stone large, clinging; mid-season. 

 Cel. Cerasifera X (Triflora X Simonii). i. Vt. Sta. Bui. 67:8. 1898. 



Originated and named by Luther Burbank, who states that it is a cross between 

 Myrobalan and Wickson. Fruit of medium size, egg-shaped; cavity rounded; suture 

 indistinct; apex pointed; bright, transparent yellow; flavor resembling the Americanas ; 

 good; stone of medium size, clinging. 

 Centennial. Species? i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpi. 308. 1884. 



Originated in 1877 by George U. Oberholtzer, Sioux City, Iowa. Fruit of medium 

 size; skin firm; good; ten days later than Miner. 



Centralia. Domestica. i. Wild Bros. Cat. 1892? 2. Can. Exp. Farm Bid. 2d Ser. 

 3:50. 1900. 



A vigorous variety from J. B. Webster of Centralia, Illinois. 

 Cemey Perdrigon. Domestica. i. Quintinye Com. Card. 69. 1699. 2. Langley 

 Pomona 93, 97. 1729. Cemay Perdrigon 2. 



A variety long since obsolete. Fruit roundish, slightly flattened, red; good. 

 Ceur de Beuf. Domestica. i. Quintinye Com. Card. 69. 1699. 



Mentioned by Quintinye in 1699 as a violet-red plum. Its relationship to Coeur 

 (le Boeuf is unknown. 

 Chabot Blood. Triflora X Simonii. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. io6:4g. 1S96. 



Fruit of medium size, dull red or cinnabar; flesh firm, brick red, very juicy, sw^eet, 

 aromatic; late. 



Champion. Americana, i. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 392. 1891. 2. Terry Cat. 1900. 3. 

 Waugh Plum Cult. 145 fig. 1901. 



A seedling of Hawkeye grown by H. A. Tern,'; first fruited in 1891. Fruit large, 

 roundish; suture a line; red over yellow; dots many, conspicuous; skin firm; flesh 

 yellow, firm; flavor not high; quality fair; stone large, oval, flattened, clinging; late. 

 Chancellor Gage. Domestica. i. Lmtd. Hort. Soc. Cat. 147. 1831. 



Fruit of medium size, round, yellow; quality fair; a table plum. 

 Chapin. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 903. 1869. 



Grown by Aaron Chapin, Hartford, Connecticut. Tree vigorous; fruit of medium 

 size, oval; suture shallow; stem long, slender; cavity deep; light reddish-purple; 

 flesh yellow, juicy, vinous; good; semi-clinging; late. 



