THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 439 



Early Honey. Angustifolia varians. i. Cornell Sta. Bid. 38:79. 1892. 2. Waugh 

 Plum Cult. 195. 1901. 

 From Grayson County, Texas. 

 Early Mirabelle. Insititia. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 360, 376. 1866. 2. Mas Le Verger 

 6:1. 1866-73. 3. Oberdieck Dent. Obst. Sort. 410. 1881. 4. Guide Prat. 152, 

 360. 1895. 

 Friihe von Bergthold 3. Mirabelle Precoce i. Mirabelle Prc^coce 4, 5. Prdcoce 

 de Bergthold i, 2. Mirabelle de Berthold 4. Prdcoce de Bergthold 4. 



Thought to be of English origin; first noted by Hogg. Resembles the Mirabelle 

 very closely, with which it is confused. Tree medium in vigor, very productive; shoots 

 downy; fruit small, nearly round; suture indistinct; skin pale yellow, specked with red 

 on the sunny side; flesh yellowish, sweet, juicy, agreeably aromatic; freestone; early. 

 Early Minnesota. Americana, i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:36. 1897. 2. 5. Dak. Sta. Bui. 

 93:17- 1903- 

 Found wild by Joseph Wood of Windom, Minnesota. Tree low, spreading, hardy, 

 very productive; fruit small, round, yellowish-red; flesh sweet, juicy; stone free; 

 very early 



Early Normandy. Domestica. i. Horticulturist 30:256. 1875. 2, Le Bon Jard. 340. 1882. 

 Normandc precoce 2. 



Noted in the Horticulturist as originating in France. Tree vigorous; fruit as large 

 as a Reine Claude, purple on the sunny side, light flesh-colored on the shady side; bloom 

 light; flesh greenish, fine and melting, juicy, sweet; good; early. 

 Early Pale. Species? Letter from Burbank. 



Originated with Luther Burbank and sold to Judge S. F. Lieb in 1897. 

 Early Pear. Domestica. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 577 fig. 1629. 2. Rea Flora 209. 1676. 

 Prunum Pyrinum praecox 1. 

 An earh' strain of White Pear. 

 Early Perdrigon. Domestica. i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 151. 1831. 2. Prince Pom. 

 Man. 2:65. 1832. 3. Poiteau Pom. Franc, i. 1846. 4. Hogg Fruit Man. 375. 

 1866. 5. Downing Fr. Tr^e^ ylw. 936. 1869. 6. Mas Le Verger 6:147. 1866-73. 

 7. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 431. 1S89. 8. Guide Prat. 153, 361. 1895. 

 Friiher Perdrigon 7. Friiher Violetter Perdrigon 7. Moyeu de Bourgogne l-j, 8. 

 Perdrigon hatif i. Perdrigon hdtif 2, 7, 8. Perdrigon hdtive 2. Perdrigon Violet 

 Hatif 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Prune Perdrigon hatif 3. Prunus Calvellana 3. 



There arc two plums known under this name. Both arc small, oval, purplish 

 and are covered with a thick bloom. One, however, which seems to have been earliest 

 known, is sweet, rich and of very good quality, ripening about the middle of August. 

 The second variety was named by Calvel. It is vastly inferior in quality to the first 

 and ripens in July. Neither variety is well known in America. 



Early Red. Angustifolia varians. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 160, 162. 1881. 2. Cornell 

 Sta Bui. 80:62. 1892. 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 195. 1901. 



Grown by G. Onderdonk of Mission Valley, Victoria County, Texas; introduced 

 by the originator in 1879. Fruit small, roundish; cavity large; suture lacking; 



