THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 397 



yellow ground; dots small, numerous; bloom thin; Hcsh yellow; good; clingstone; 



mid-season. 



A-248. Munsoniana X Triflora. i. Burbank Ca^ 22. 1893. 2. l'^ S/a. Bh/. 5:67. 1898. 



An early, dark crimson, heart-shaped plum of medium size, yellow flesh and 

 inferior quality. 



Aubert. Domestica. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 61. 1887. 2. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 86. 

 1890. 3. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 292, PI. V c and d. 1893. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 

 25. 1S97. 5. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 328. 1903. 



Dame Aubert Jaune i, 2. Datne Aubert Jaime 3. Riga 115 2. Yellow Aubert 

 ?i, 3, 5. Yellow Aubert 4. 



Introduced from Russia by J. L. Budd of the Iowa Experiment Station in 1882. 

 According to the introducer this variety was found in southwest Russia and Poland; 

 said to have come from central Asia. Evidently related to the Yellow Egg, differing 

 in being earlier and of better quality. 

 Auburn. Domestica. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 897. 1869. 



A variety said by Downing to be a native of western New York. Fruit medium 

 in size, oval; suture shallow; skin light reddish-purple with a thin bloom; stem short; 

 flesh coarse, orange-yellow, not juicy, sweet, pleasant; good; freestone; early. 

 Auchtertyre. Domestica. i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 143. 1831. 



A small, oval, purple, early plum; quality medium; freestone; obsolete. 

 August. Nigra, i. Bailey Ann. Hort. 20. 1889. 2. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:27. 1897. 



Augiist Red I . 



A large purplish-red variety introduced by J. W. Kerr, Maryland. Fruit oblong; 

 clingstone; tree upright, vigorous, unproductive; foliage resembling that of an apricot. 

 August Zwetsche. Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu ATom. Pom. 421. 1889. 



Liegel's August Zwetsche. 

 Aunt Ann. Domestica. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 351. 1866. 2. Downing Fr. Trees 

 Am. 918. 1869. 3. Mas Po^n. Gen. 275. 1873. 



Guthrie's Aunt Ann i. Guthrie's Aunt Ann 2. Aunt Ann 2, 3. Tante Anne 3. 



This variety was grown in Scotland by a Mr. Guthrie. A large, round, greenish- 

 yellow plum; flesh rich, juicy; freestone; tree hardy, productive. 

 Aurora. Hortulana. i. Kerr Cat. 1900-03. Moreman's Clierry i. 



Originated l>y Theodore Williams of Nebraska and introduced in 1898 by J. W. 

 Kerr of Maryland under the name " Moreman's Cherry;" in 1900, Mr. Kerr changed 

 the name to Aurora. Fruit large, round, cherr\'-red deepening to dark red; cling- 

 stone; season late; tree vigorous, productive. 



Austrian Quetsche. Domestica. i. Lojtd. Hort. Soc. Cat. 152. 1831. 2. Prince Pom. 

 Man. 2:78. 1832. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 311. 1845. 



Bremen Prune 2, 3. Quetsclie de Breme 3. 



A strain of the Gennan Prune from which it differs in being a little later and of 

 somewhat better flavor. 



Autumn Gage. Domestica. i. Cultivator 10:167. 1843. 2. Ann. Pom. Beige 7:43, 

 PI. 1859. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 380. 1866. 4. Mas Le Verger 6:33, fig. 1866- 

 73. 5. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 435. 18S9. 



