436 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Grown by the famous horticulturist, Thomas A. Knight, from pits produced by 

 pollinating Yellow Egg with Blue Imperatrice. Fruit medium, oval; suture slightly 

 marked; skin thin, tender, pale yellow; flesh yellow, juicy, melting, agreeably sub- 

 acid; good for preserving; stone clinging; late. 

 Drake Seedling. Domestica. 1. Can. Hort. 24:406. 1901. Drake's Seedling i. 



A seedling raised in the orchard of George Drake, Clarksburg, Ontario. Skin yel- 

 low, dull red on the sunny side; flesh yellow; a good cooking plum. 

 Drouth King. Munsoniana. i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 194. 1901. 



Of unknown origin. Fruit small, oval, bright red; dots many, conspicuous; flesh 

 yellow; good; stone of medium size, oval, clinging; mid-season. 



Dr. Uff. Domestica. i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 118:51. 1895. 2. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bnl. 27: 

 14. 1904. 



Imported by the United States Department of Agriculture from Hungary. Fruit 

 medium to large, roundish-ovate, dark purple; bloom light; flesh medium firm, juicy, 

 yellow; good; clingstone; early. 

 Dr. Uff Szilvaja. Domestica. i. Mich. Sta. Bid. 152:209. 1898. 



Imported from Hungary as Dr. Uff but it differs markedly from this variety. 



Fruit small to medium, roundish-oblong; skin greenish-yellow with a faint red tinge; 



stem one-half inch long; flesh greenish-yellow, tender, juicy, sweet, rich; good; freestone. 



Dry Seedling. Domestica. i. Card. Chron. 29:898. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 698. 



1884. 3. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2d Ser. 3:51. 1900. 4. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 



428. 1S89. Dry's Seedling i, 2. Semis de Dry 2. 



A seedling raised by a Mr. Dry, at Hayes, Middlesex, England; awarded a first 

 class- certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1869. Fruit large, roundish- 

 oval; suture slight; reddish-purple; bloom thin; flesh dull greenish-yellow, firm yet 

 juicy; freestone; early. 

 Duke. Munsoniana X ? i. Kerr Cat. 1900. 2. Vi. Sta. An. Rpt. 14:271. 1901. 



A supposed cross between Pottawattamie and the Duke Cherry, originating with 

 Theodore WiUiams, Nebraska. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit larger than Wild 

 Goose, of nearly the same form; cavity narrow, deep; suture a line; bright red; flesh 

 yellow, firm, mild subacid; clingstone; mid-season. Waugh states that this variety 

 resembles a Wild Goose crossed with an Americana and that he is unable to detect any 

 cherry characters. 



Duke of Devonshire. Domestica. Mentioned in Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 146. 1831. 

 Duke of Edinburgh. Domestica. i. Jour. Hort. 21:216. 1S69. 2. Flor. & Pom. 

 7:193. 1S71. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 6g8. 18S4. 4. Mathieu .Vt>jn. Pow. 428. 18S9. 



Due d' Edinhourg 4. 



A variety raised by a Mr. Dry, Hayes, Middlesex, England. Fruit large, roundish- 

 obovate; suture shallow; skin thin, light purple; flesh reddish-yellow, juicy, richly 

 flavored; freestone; good culinary plum. 

 Dumberline. Domestica. i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 146. 1831. 



A variety under test in the London Horticultural Society Gardens in 183 1. 

 Dummer. Domestica. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 698. 1884. 



