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Lange Violette Damascene. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 438. 1889. 

 Blaiie Dainascenerin. Damas Violet?. Damas Violet Allonge. Damas Violet 

 Longnet. Das Blatie Auge. Langlidie Blaue Damascene!. The Great Damask 

 Plum. 



Langsdon. Hortulana mineri. i. Am. Jour. Hart. 5:144. 1869. 2. Barry Fr. Garden 

 418. 1883. 3. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:56. 1892. 

 Illinois Plum i. Langdon 2. 



Grown in Illinois previous to 1869. Tree medium in vigor; leaves obovate or 

 elliptic-obovate, pointed, with small glands; fruit small, roundish-oblong, light red; 

 bloom thin; skin thick; flesh firm; quality fair; stone clinging, small, nearly smooth, 

 turgid, short, pointed; mid-season or later. 



Lannix. Triflora X Munsoniana. i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 45. 1895. 2. Vt. Sta. Bui. 

 67:15. 1898. 

 Supposed to have been produced from Abundance crossed with Wild Goose. Leaves 

 large, oval, pointed, leathery; petiole short, stout, usually glandless; fruit oval, of 

 medium size, coppery-red; bloom light; skin thin, tough, bitter; flesh yellowish, trans- 

 lucent, tender, juicy, slightly fibrous, mild subacid, rich, slightly bitter at the center; 

 good; stone large, oval, clinging. 



La Prairie. Americana, i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:44. 1897. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 155. 1901. 

 Taken from the woods about 1844 at Shopiere, Wisconsin; brought to notice by 

 B. H. Smith. Tree productive; fruit large, golden, slightly astringent. 

 Large English Damson. Insititia. Mentioned in Can. Exp. Farm Bid. 2d Ser. 



3:51. 1900. 

 Large Golden Prolific. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bid. 2d Ser. 3:53. 1900. 

 2. Albertson & Hobbs Cat. 1904. 3. Stone & Wellington Cat. 1907. 

 V ail's Seedling 3. 



Originated in Canada; a seedling of Yellow Egg. Tree vigorous, spreading; fruit 

 above medium size, oblong, golden-yellow; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet, pleasant; 

 early. 



Large Green Drying. Domestica. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 149. 1831. 2. Mag. Hort. 



6:94. 1840. 3. Thompson Card. Ass't 518. 1859. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 



927. 1869. 5. Mas. Pom. Gen. 2:191. 1873. 6. Guide Prat. 163, 366. 1895. 



Crosse a secher de Knight 6. Knight's Green Drying 5, 6. Knight's Large Drying 4, 6. 



Knight's Large Green Drying 3. Large Green Drying 6. Verte k Secher de Knight 5, 6. 



Raised by Thomas Knight; first fruited in 1838. Fruit large, round; suture 



shallow; greenish-yellow; bloom thin; flesh yellowish, firm, medium juicy, sweet and 



well flavored; excellent for dessert; clingstone; mid-season. 



Large Queen. Domestica. i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 26. 1894. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 176. 

 1895. 

 Imported from Hungary' by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1893 

 and fruited by E. C. Hoskins of Springbrook, Oregon. Fruit of medium size, roundish- 

 oblate, dark wine color; bloom light; dots many, conspicuous; skin thick; flesh greenish- 

 yellow, coarse, mild subacid; good; clingstone; mid-season. 



