480 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Large Sugar Prune. Domestica. i. Koch Dent. Ohst. 572. 1876. 2. Lange Allt^^em. 



Garten. 2:421. 1879. 3. Oberdicck Dcitt. Obst. Sort. 440. 1881. 4. Mathieu 



Nom. Pom. 434. i88g. 



Ananas Zwetsche 4 incor. Bely Zwetsche 4. Blane Eier Pflaume 4. Dorell's 



Grosse Ungarische Pflaume 4. Gro.sse Zuckerzwetsche 3, 4. Herrenhduser Blaue Eiar 



Pflaume 4. Jacobi Zwetsche 4. Kladrauer Pflaume 4. Quetsche Siicree 4. 



An early German prune used for table, market and drying. Tree large, broad- 

 headed, productive; shoots pubescent, straight, dark brown; fruit large, oval, some- 

 times ovate; suture shallow; sides unequal; stem long, glabrous; skin free, sour, bluish- 

 black; bloom thick; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, rich, sweet; freestone. 

 Large White Damson. Insititia. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:72, PI. 3 fig. 2. 1768. 

 2. Prince Pom. Man. 2:88. 1832. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 952. 1869. 4. 

 Hogg Fruit Man. 709. 1884. 5. Guide Prat. 161, 357. 1895. 

 Damas Blanc 3, 4. Damas Blanc Gros 2,3. Damas Blanc Hdtij Gros 3, 4. Damas 

 Blanc Tres Hatif 4. Damas Gros Blanc 5. Gros Damas Blanc 2, 4. Gros Damas 

 Blanc I, 5. Large White Damask 4. Large White Damask 2. White Damask 3. 



Probably of French origin ; resembles the Small White Damson closely but is larger 



and longer. Branches smooth ; fruit below medium, roundish-oval, greenish-yellow ; bloom 



thin; flesh medium in sweetness and flavor; adapted for cooking; freestone; late. 



Late Black Damson. Insititia. i. Quintinye Com. Gard. 70. 1699. 2. Duhamel 



Trait. Arb. Fr. 2 ■.■j;^. 1768. 3. Prince Pl>;«. Ma>i. 2 :89. 1832. 4. Noisette Man. 



Comp. Jard. 2:495. i86o- 

 Black Damson 3. Damas Noir 3. Damas Noir Tardif 2, 4. Damas Xoir Tardif 3. 

 Late Damask? i. 



Fruit small, elongated, purplish-black; cavity shallow; suture a line; flesh yellow- 

 ish-green, acid until thoroughly ripe; nearly freestone. 



Late Blood. Triflora. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 62:23. 1894. 2. [bid. 106:56. 1896. 

 Bnrbank Xo.j i, 2. Hale 2. Hale i. 



Luther Burbank imported this variety in 1885; Bailey named it Hale in 1894 but 

 changed it to Late Blood two years later. Similar to Satsuma; later, blooms earlier, 

 is less pointed and diff'ers in leaf-characters. 



Late Bolmer. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 404. 1857. 2. Mathieu \'om. 

 Pom. 439. 18S9. Winter Bolmar 2. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish, yellow, mottled with red in the sun; flesh yellow, 

 firm, sweet but not rich; freestone; mid-season. 



Late Chalons. Domestica. i. Prince Po»f. Afa». 2:99. 1832. 2. Mathieu .Vo»i. Pom. 

 450. 1889. 

 Tardif de Chalons i. Tardive de Chalons 1,2. Spate von Chalons 2. 

 Fruit of medium size, oval, light yellow with red blush, deepening to violet; flesh 

 yellowish, melting, juicy, sweet; stone rough, clinging; very late. 

 Late Conical. Triflora X Simonii. i. Vt. Sta. Bui. 67:16 fig. 1898. 



Originated by Burbank; named in 1898. Tree of rapid growth; leaves medium 

 to large, broadly oval, abruptly pointed, tapering at the base, rather stiff, margins 



