398 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Autumn Gage 3, 5. Herbst Reine Claude 5. Prune Autumn Gage 2. Reine- 

 Claude d'Autoni>w 2, 5. Reine-Claude d'Automne 4. Roe's Autumn 3. Roe's Autumn 

 Gage 3, 5. 



Raised by Wm. Roe, Newburgh, New York. Tree spreading, hardy, productive; 

 fruit of medium size, oval; suture shallow; stem of medium length; pale yellow with 

 a thin bloom; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy and sweet with a rich and excellent fiavor; 

 stone long, compressed, pointed at both ends, free; season late. 

 Azure. Domestica. i. Mas Pomj. Gcw. 2:67, fig. 34. 1873. Reine-Claude Azur^e i. 



Mas states that this variety grew in his garden from a sucker. Tree vigorous, me- 

 dium in productiveness; fruit medium in size, roundish-oblate; suture a line; skin 

 tender; purplish-black; stem long, slender to medium; cavity deep; flesh green, fine, 

 tender, soft, juicy, sweet, aromatic; freestone; mid-season. 

 Bailey. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1901-1902. 



A variety sent J. W. Kerr, Denton, Maryland, by the Division of Pomolog}% United 

 States Department of Agriculture, for testing. Tree vigorous, upright, productive; 

 fruit above medium in size, oblong, very dark red; good; clingstone; said to be free 

 from rot. 

 Bailey. Domestica. i. Cornell Sta. Bui 62:20. 1894. 



Known only from a plate in the possession of the Rochester Lithographing Com- 

 pany, made some time prior to 1886, representing this plum and stating that it " has 

 not failed to bear for twenty-five successive years." 

 Baker. Insititia. i. Mich. Sta. Bid. 177:41. 43- 1899. 2. Ibid. 187:77, 78. 1901. 



Baker Damson i. 



Tree upright, vigorous, unproductive; fruit small, roundish-ovate; stem slender, 

 inserted in a slight cavity; dark blue or black; flesh greenish-amber, juicy; good; 

 stone small, roundish, clinging. 



Baker. Domestica. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. loi. 1891. 2. Cornell Sta. Bui. 131: 

 182. 1897. 3. Brown Bros. Cat. 1900. Baker's German Prune i, 3. 



A seedling of the German Prune which had its origin at Collingwood, Canada, 

 with a Mr. Baker. Tree hardy, an annual bearer, productive; fruit resembles the 

 Italian Prune in color and quality but is a trifle smaller and two weeks later. 

 Baldwin. Americana, i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. ;i:i:i. 1S88. 2. 5. Dak. Sta. Bid. 93:9, 51 



fig- 1905- 



A wild variety found by D. L. Royer of Iowa. Tree vigorous ; fruit large, round; 

 apex flat; cavity deep, narrow; dark red, mottled with dull yellow; bloom hea\'y; 

 dots whitish, minute, numerous; skin thick, astringent; flesh dark yellow, flavor 

 pleasant, acid; good; stone semi-free, rounded, thick, of medium size. 

 Ballonartige Gelbe Zwetsche. Domestica? Mentioned in Mathieu .Vom. Pom. 421. 1889. 



Damas-Ballon Jaune. Damas-Ballon Panachee Variete. 

 Ballonartige Rote Damascene. Domestica? Mentioned in Mathieu Xom. Pom. 421. 



1 889. Damas-Ballon Rouge. 



Bankalari Fruh Damascene. Domestica? Mentioned in Mathieu Norn. Pom. 421. 1889. 



Bankalari's Rote Fruh Damascene i. 



