482 THE PLUMS Ol- NliW YORK. 



Late Rollingstone. Americana, i. Cornell Sta. Bid. 38:39, 42. 1892. 2. Colo. Sta. 

 Bui. 50:39. 1898. 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 155. 1901. 



A seedling of Rollingstone, grown by O. M. Lord of Minnesota. Tree medium 

 in vigor, with a round, compact head; leaves obovate-oblong, short-acuminate, irreg- 

 ularly crenate; shoots red, smooth, glossy ; petioles glandular, pubescent; fruit medium 

 in size, roundish-oblate; cavity shallow ; suture faint; yellow background overlaid with 

 red; stem of medium length; dots numerous, yellow; bloom thick; skin thick; flesh 

 yellow, firm; fair to good; stone of medium size, broad-oval, smooth, flattened; late. 

 Late Transparent. Domcstica. i. Nicholson Diet. Card. 3:167. 2. Cornell Sta. Bui. 

 131:188. 1897. 3. Thompson Card. Ass't 4:158. 1901. 



Late Transparent Gage i. 



A seedling of Transparent from Thomas Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, England. 

 Tree dwarf, hardy, productive; fruit large, round, greenish-yellow, with purplish blush 

 in the sun; flesh yellowish, firm, tender, juicy, sweet; high quality; stone very small; 

 season ten days later than its parent. 



Laubinger Sugar Prune. Domestica. i. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. Sort. 441. 1881. 2. 

 Mathieu Nom. Pom. 439. 1889. 



Laubinger's Catharinen Pflaume 2. Laubinger's Zuckerzwetsche i, 2. 



From Germany. A true prune of value for table, compotes and drjnng. Tree 

 vigorous, productive; shoots glabrous, violet-brown; fruit large, long-oval; suture 

 shallow or lacking, divides the plum equally; stem not hairy; skin free, sourish; violet- 

 brown to bluish-black; bloom thin; flesh yellow, firm, rather juicy, slightly tart; 

 mid-season. 

 Laura. Species? i. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 14:271. 1901. 



From Theodore Williams, Nebraska; said to be a cross between Quackenboss 

 and Red Glass. Tree apparently a pure Americana according to Mr. Williams. 

 Lawrence Early. Domestica. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 149. 1831. 2. Downing Fr. 

 Trees Am. 928. 1869. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 439. 1889. 



Lawrence i. Lawrence's Early i. Lawrence's Early 2, 3. Lawrence's Friih 

 Rote Pflaume 3. 



This plum differs from the well-known American variety, Lawrence, in that it is 

 smaller, of poorer quality, purple and earlier. 



Lawson. Domestica. i. Mcintosh Bk. Card. 2:531. 1855. 2. Downing Fr. Trees 

 Am. 928. 1869. 3. Mas Le Verger 6:141. 1866-73. 4- Lange Allgem. Garten. 

 421. 1879. 5. Hogg Fruit Man. 710. 1884. 



Anna Lawson 3. Anna Lawson 4. Damas Lawson 2, 5. DorSe de Lawson 3. 

 Golden Gage Lawson 2. Lawson's Golden i, 5. Lawson' s Golden 3. Lawson's Golden 

 Gage I. 



A seedling of Reine Claude pollinated with Golden Drop, grown in 1842 by Archibald 

 Gorrie of Annat Gardens, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland ; named in honor of Charles Lawson 

 a nurseryman of Edinburgh. Tree hardier than either parent; fruit of medium size, 

 oval; suture a line; cavity small; yellow with dull reddish blush; bloom thin; flesh 

 yellow, sweet, juicy; good; clingstone; mid-season. 



