428 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Dana's Gage 2. Dana's Yellow Gage 3. Reine-Claude Jaune De Dana 3. 

 Dana Yellow Gage was raised by a Rev. Mr. Dana of Ipswich, Massachusetts. 

 Fruit of medium size, oval, pale yellow; bloom thin; flesh sweet, juicy, clingstone; 

 mid-season. 

 Daniel Weeping. Species? i. Vt. Sta. Bui. 67:10. 1898. 



A hybrid which originated with a Dr. Daniel in Louisiana; introduced by J. L. 

 Normand. Tree bushy, spreading and drooping; leaves thick and tough, ovate, acutely 

 pointed, glandular. 



Danish Damson. Insititia. i. Kerr Cat. 25. 1897. 2. la. Sta. Bid. 46:266. 1900. 

 3. Budd-Hansen ylm. //or/. Man. 310. 1903. 4. S. Dak. Sta. Bui. g^-.is 1905- 

 Kreger i. Kregcr 2. Krueger 3. 



H. Knudson, Springfield, Minnesota, imported this variety in the spring of 1884 

 and introduced it a few years later. It seems to be grown only in Iowa, Minnesota, 

 South Dakota and adjoining states, being practically unknown in the East. Fruit 

 small, roundish, dark blue; good; freestone; mid-season. 

 Darst. Domestica. i. Mag. Hort. 11:112. 1845. 



A seedling originated at Dayton, Ohio, m the garden of a Mr. Darst. Fruit medium 

 in size, of excellent quality. 



Date. Domestica. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 575, 576. 1629. 2. Rea Flora 208. 1676. 



3. Quintinye Cow. Garc/. 68, 69. 1699. 4. Duhamel Tra/i. ylrf). Fr. 2:113. 1768. 



S. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 908. 1869. 6. Koch Deut. Obst. 560. 1876. 



Date Plum 5. Dattelpflaumen 6. Dattelzwetsche 5. D'Autriche 5. Great Date 3. 



lenua i. Prune Datte 4. Prune Dattc 5. Prune d'Autriche 5. Quetsche Datte 5. 



Quetsche de Hongrie 5. "White Date 2. White Date Plum i. Yellow Date 2. 



During the four centuries in which this variety has been cultivated in Europe 

 numerous strains have arisen which have been designated by the general term Dattel- 

 pflaumen. The group is characterized by roundish or oval fruits, yellow or greenish 

 in color, sometimes marKed with red on the sunny side; flesh yellow, soft; poor in 

 quality; clingstone; mid-season or later. The original variety is probably obsolete. 

 Datilles. Domestica. i. Quintinye Com. Card. 68, 70. 1699. 

 Little Date i. Little Date 1. 



A long-shaped red plum, mentioned by Quintinye, which has either disappeared 

 or is now grown under a different name. 



Datte Hongroise Jaune. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 427. 1889. 2. Guide 

 Prat. 159, 354. 1895. 

 This variety was sent into France by M. Bereczki Mate, of Hungary. The tree is 

 vigorous, productive; fruit large, long, greenish-yellow dotted with red; flesh greenish- 

 yellow, juicy; good; mid-season. 

 Dauphine. Domestica. i. Poiteau Pom. Franc 1:1846. Prune Dauphine i. 



Poiteau says, " Duhamel regarded as synonyms the names Reine Claude and 

 Dauphine. Since then a new plum has been shown, and I know not who named it 

 Dauphine ; but it is under this name that it has been introduced and cultivated in the 

 nursery of the Jardin des Plantes and of Luxembourg." 



