THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 4II 



Buel. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 272. 1845. 2. Ann. Pom. Beige 8:59, 

 PI. i860. 3. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 424. i88g. 



Bud's Favorite i. Bud's Licbling's Zwetsche 3. Buel's Favorite 3. Favorite de 

 Bucl 3. Pi-une Buel's Favorite 2. 



Raised about 1840 by Isaac Denniston of Albany and named after the distinguished 

 agriculturist, Judge Buel. Fruit large, ovate, broadest toward the stem; stalk long 

 and thick; pale green, thickly sprinkled with lighter dots and speckled red near the 

 stalk; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, juicy and rich; good; stone nearly free; mid-season. 

 Buffalo Bill. Species? i. Letter from F. T. Ramsey. 



Selected from the wild plums of Texas. 

 Buhl-Eltershofen. Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu Nam. Pom. 424. 1889. 



Biihl-Eltershojen Zwetsche. 

 Buhler. Domestica. i. Lucas Vollst. Hand. Obst. 473. 1894. 



Buhler's Early Prune i. 



Fruit of medium size, egg-shaped, beautiful blue; table and market plum: early. 

 Bulah No. 4. Hortulana mineri. i. la. Sta. Bid. 46:263. 1900. 



A seedling from a Miner tree pollinated by wild plums, from J. F. Wagner, Bennett, 

 Cedar County, Iowa, in 1894. Fruit medium to large, dark red; late. 

 Bullman. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 464. 1900. 



A vigorous variety from Germany. Fruit above medium, oval; suture deep; 

 sides unequal; yellow with red dots; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet, pleasant; 

 freestone; early. 

 Bulgaria. Domestica? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 424. 1889. 



Mathieu refers this variety to Pomologische Monatsheije 323. 1887. 

 Bulgarian. Domestica. i. Cat. Sta. Bd. Hort. 292. 1885-6. 2, Ibid. 107 fig. 1891. 

 3. Wickson Cal. Fruits 357. 1891. 4. N. Mex. Sta. Bui. 27:126. 1898. 



Belgarian Prune i. 



A variety grown chiefly in the vicinity of Hay^vards, Alameda County, California, 

 for drying. Tree vigorous, bears early and regularly, productive; fruit above medium, 

 roundish-obovate, having a short neck; suture shallow; apex slightly compressed; 

 stem slender, one inch long; cavity narrow and shallow; dark purple; flesh greenish- 

 yellow, sweet and rich with a pleasant flavor ; good; stone semi-clinging; season early. 

 Bullock. Domestica. i. Quintinye Com. Card. 69. 1699. Bullock's Heart i. 



Described as an "extream large plum." 

 Bull Plum. Domestica. 1. Quintinye Com. Card. 63. 1699. 



Mentioned by Quintinye as a "dry plum." 

 Bunker Hill. Domestica. i. Bailey Ann. Hort. 196. 1891. 2. Me. Sta. An. Rpt. 12: 

 64. 1896. 3. Vt. Sta. Bui. 134:41. 1902. 



Plattman's Bunker Hill 1. 



Orignated at the Yates County Nurseries near Seneca Lake, New York, by J. H. 

 Plattman, from a seed of a plum which grew near a Washington and a Reinc Claude. 

 Tree upright, vigorous and productive; fruit medium to large, blue; good; mid-season. 

 Bunte Fruh Pflaume. Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 424. 1889. 



