402 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Benson originated with Theodore WiUiams of Benson, Nebraska; was first called 

 Moreman Prune but was renamed and introduced by J. W. Kerr in 1898. Tree 

 vigorous; fruit medium in size, roundish; cavity shallow; stem slender; suture dis- 

 tinct; deep cherry-red, with numerous, yellowish dots; bloom thin; flesh yellow; 

 quality fair; stone medium in size, oval, clinging; season late. 



Berlepsch. Domcstica. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:175. 1873. 2. Mathieu Noni. Pom. 

 422. 18S9. 



Berlcpsch's Grosse Griine Reine-Claude 2. Berlepchs Renclode Grosse Griine i. 

 Grosse Reine-Claude de Berlepsch 2. Grosse Reine-Claude Verte De Berlepsch i. 



A seedling raised by Liegel of Braunau, Germany. Tree vigorous, medium in 

 productiveness; fruit of the same flavor and quality as the Reine Claude, of which it is 

 probably a strain to be distinguished by earlier maturity, slightly more depressed form 

 and a paler-colored skin. 



Berlet Fruh Damascene. Domestica? Listed in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 422. 1889. 

 Bernsteinzwetsche. Domestica. i, Mathieu Nom. Pom. 422. 1S89. 2, Guide Prat. 

 163, 351. 1895. 



Ambre de Provence 2. Amhre de Provence i. Bernsteinzwetsclie 2. 



Mentioned in the references cited without description. 

 Berryhill. Americana, i. Meneray Cat. 



Originated with H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; introduced by F. W. Meneray, Council 

 Bluffs, Iowa. Tree productive; fruit large, red over a yellow ground; skin thin, tender; 

 flesh firm; good; clingstone. 

 Berry Plum. Species? i. Cornell Sta. Bid. 38:78. 1892. 



Mentioned as a variety growing on the grounds of the New York State College of 

 Agriculture. 

 Best Black Blood. Triflora. i. Rural N. Y. 59:655 fig. 245. 1900. 



Originated by Burbank and described by him as being productive and vigorous; 

 leaves resembling Simon; fruit large; flesh juicy and firm. 



Best of All. Hortulana mineri X Triflora. i. Vt. Sta. Bui. 67:7. 1898. 2. Rural 

 N. Y. 65:730. 1906. Bestovall i. 



This is a seedling of Miner pollinated by Abundance originating with T. V. Munson, 

 Denison, Texas. Tree vigorous, proHfic; fruit of medium size, round, dark red; flesh 

 firm, meaty; good; late. 

 Beta. Maritima. i. Kerr Cat. 1S99-1900. 



Selected from wild plants by E. W. Winsor of New York. Fruit yellow, small 

 and round; very prolific; early. 

 Betterave. Domestica. i. Noisette Man. Comp. Jard. 2:496. i860. 



Tree large and vigorous; fruit large, round, pale yellow, juicy, not pleasant. 

 Beztercser Grosse Zwetsche. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 422. 1889. 2, Guide 

 Prat. 163, 352. 1895. 



Mentioned in the preceding references; said to resemble Washington. 

 Biconical. Triflora X ? i. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 14:270. 1901. 



A cross between Abundance and "a Chicasaw, " originating with A. L. Bruce, 



