442 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Eldridge. Americana, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 42. 1883. 



A variety from Wisconsin listed for eight years by the American Pomological Society. 

 Elfrey. Domestica. i. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 234. 181 7. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 2:98. 

 1832. 3. Horticulturist 7:403. 1852. 4, Mathieu Nam. Pom. 429. 1889. 

 Elfrey' s Prune 2. Eljreth's Prune 2. Eljry's Plum 4. 



Of unknown origin; quite widely disseminated and highly recommended in the 

 South about fifty years ago. Tree vigorous; fruit medium in size, oval, blue; flesh 

 greenish, firm, rich, slightly dry; mid-season. 

 Elisabeth Pflaume. Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 429. 1889. 



Elisabeth d' Eisner. Eisner's Elisabeth Pflaume. 

 Ella. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2d Ser. 3:52. 1900. 



A seedling of the Peach plum grown at the British Columbia E.Kperimental Sta- 

 tion; not introduced; closely resembles the parent. 



Ellis. Munsoniana X Hortulana. i. Cornell Sta. Bid. 38:79. 1892. 2. Waugh Plum 

 Cult. 231. 1901. 

 Ellis is said to be a cross between Wild Goose and Golden Beauty, and to have 

 originated in northern Te.x.as; introduced by T. L. Ellis. Fruit large, round; skin 

 very thin, red; good; semi-clinging. 



EUwood. Domestica. i. Col., 0., Hort. Soc. Rpt. 31. 1892. 2. Ohio Sta. Bui. 162: 

 254, 255- 1905- Elwood I. 

 Introduced by Augustine and Company, Normal, Illinois; very similar to Lom- 

 bard if not identical with it. 

 Elmore. Domestica. i. Card. & For. 7:243. 1894. 



An early variety from Shasta, Sacramento County, California. 

 Eisner Grune Zwetsche. Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 429. 1889. 



Eisner's Von Gronow Griine Zwetsche. Prune Celeste. 

 Elton. Domestica. i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 147. 183 1. 



Grown on the grounds of the London Horticultural Society. 

 Emerald. Domestica. i. Can. Hort. 12:265. 1889. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. loi. 

 1891. 3. Smith Cat. 35. 1898. 4. Can. Hort. 22:340. 1899. 

 Early Green i, 2, 4. 



Originated with Warren Holton, Hamilton, Ontario; supposedly a seedling of 

 Rcine Claude. It was first called Early Green but was introduced by E. D. Smith 

 of Winona, Ontario, under the name Emerald. Tree hardy and productive; fruit 

 large, roundish; stem slender; suture medium deep; yellowish-green; very good; 

 stone free, smooth; very early. 



Emerald. Triflora X Americana, i. 7a. Sta. Bui. 46:270, 1900. 2. Waugh Plum 



Cult. 209. 1901. 3. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 296. 1903. 4. 7a. Sta. 



Bui. 114:133. 1910. Bunvood 4. 



Emerald came from a cross between Brittlewood and Burbank made by Theodore 



Williams, Benson, Nebraska, in 1895. Tree resembles an Early Richmond cherry, 



hardy, productive; buds conspicuous; fruit large, roundish, yellow marbled with 



coppery-red; flesh yellowish, tender, fibrous, juicy, mild subacid; good. 



