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THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



York growers. Tree vigorous, unproductive; fruit small, obovate, necked; cavity 

 nearly lacking; suture a line; purplish-black; bloom thick; dots inconspicuous; flesh 

 greenish-yellow, juicy, firm, sweetish, mild; quality not high; stone small, oval, dark 

 colored, clinging; mid-season. 



Essex Bullace. Insititia. i. Lotid. Hort. Soc. Cat. 144. 1831. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 

 689. 1884. 3. Rivers Cat. 37. 1909. 

 New Large Bullace 1,3. New Large Bullace 2. 



Tree vigorous, very productive; fruit large, roundish, greenish-yellow; flesh juicy; 

 late. 



Esslinger Fiuhzwetsche. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 429. 1889. 2. Lucas 

 Vollst. Hand. Obst. 473. 1894. Quetsdie Precoce d' Esslingen i. 

 Tree vigorous; an early and abundant bearer; fruit of medium size, bluish-black; 

 bloom light; valuable for dessert and drying. 



Esther. Hortulana mineri. i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 287. 1887. 2. Cornell Sta. Bui. 

 38:79. 1892. 3. Terry Cat. 1900. 4. Waugh Plum Cult. 173. 1901. 

 A seedling of Miner, grown by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; first fruited in 1885. 

 Fruit medium in size, round-oval; suture a line; dark red; dots numerous; bloom 

 thin; flesh yellow; good; stone oval, clinging; late. 

 Etopa. Prunus besseyi X Triflora. Cir. S. Dak. Exp. Sta. 1910. 



Introduced in 1908 by the originator, N. E. Hansen of the South Dakota Experi- 

 ment Station. It is a cross of Occident with Prunus besseyi in which the dark purplish 

 flesh of the male parent is conspicuous. 



Etta. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1900. 2. Terry Ca^ 1900. 3. Wis. Sta. Bui. Ss'-'^ 3- 19°^- 

 A seedling first fruited in 1895 by H. A. Terry, Iowa. Fruit large, nearly round; 

 suture distinct; skin yellow, striped and splashed with red; flesh sweet, rich; good; 

 stone oval, free; mid-season. 

 Eureka. Nigra, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:270. 1900. 



Grown in 1896 by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska, from seed of Cheney. 

 Tree upright, vigorous, unproductive; fruit large; roundish, yellowish-red to purple; 

 flesh firm, juicy; good; clingstone; very early. 

 Eureka. Munsoniana. i. Am. Jour. Hort. 5:148. 1S69. 



Similar to Wild Goose. 

 Eva. Nigra, i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 426. 1900. 



From Manitoba; tested at the Indian Head Experimental Farm, Northwest Terri- 

 tory, Canada. Fruit small, red; excellent; mid-season. 



Evelyn. Domestica. i. Ont. Fr. Gr. Assoc. Rpt. 'j2,- i894- 2. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 

 137. 1894. 

 A seedling grown in the neighborhood of Owen's Sound, Canada; of local reputation. 

 Excelsior Damson. Insititia. i. Green River Cat. 1899. 



A freestone introduced in 1892 by the Green River Nursery Company and described 

 in their catalog as being a particularly fine strain of the Damson. 

 Fairchild. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:271. 1900. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 148. 

 1901. 



