494 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Fruit large, roundish-oval; suture indistinct; dull reddish-purple, with numerous 

 gray dots; stalk long, slender, curv^ed; cavity small; flesh greenish-yellow, rich, excel- 

 lent; clingstone; late. 



Melnicker Zwetsche. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 440. 1889. 

 Melon, Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1898. 2. la. Sta. Bui. 46:280. 1900. 3. Wis. Sta. 

 Bui. 87:14 1901. 



From Iowa. Fruit medium in size, roundish; cavity lacking; suture slight ; yellow- 

 ish-red; bloom thin; flesh fibrous; quality fair; freestone; mid-season. 

 Meneray. Species? i. Meneray Cat. 



A seedling of unknown parentage fromH. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; introduced by 



F. W. Meneray of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fruit and foliage indicate a fusion of Americana 



and Triflora blood. Fruit large, oblong, pear-shaped, yellow tinged with red; good. 



Mereton. Species? i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2d Ser. 3:54. 1900. 2. Can. Exp. Farms 



Rpt. 432. 1905. Mereton's Egg. i. Merton's Egg 2. 



Fruit small, oval; cavity small; yellow; flesh yellowish; poor; of no value. 

 Meroldt. Domestica. i. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. Sort. 436. i88i. 2. Lauche Dent. 

 Pom. PI. IV, 13. 1882. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. ^12. 1884. 4. Mathieu .Vo);i. Pom. 

 440. 1889. 



Meroldt' s Gelbe Reine-Claude 4. Meroldt's Golden Gage 3. Meroldt' s Golden 

 Gage 4. Meroldt's Reineclaude i, 2, 4. Reine-Claude de Meroldt 4. 



This variety was grown by Dr. Meroldt, Lischnitz, Bohemia, probably from the 

 seed of the Apricot plum. Tree grows quickly, medium in size; fruit medium, roundish; 

 suture shallow; skin adherent; yellow, sometimes with reddish spots; cavity shallow; 

 stem extremely short, finely hairy; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, sweet, with Reine Claude 

 flavor; freestone; mid-season. 

 Merryweather. Insititia. i. Garden 74:527, Col. PL 1910. 



This plum originated with H. Merrj^veather and Sons of Southwell, Notts, England, 

 and received an award of merit in 1907 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Tree 

 vigorous, productive; fruit large, juicy, purple; Damson-like flavor; good; excellent 

 for preserving. 



Merunka. Domestica. i. Land. Hort. Sac. Cat. 152. 1831. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 

 61. 1887. 3. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 86. 1890. 4. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 46. 1895. 

 5. la. Sta. Bui. 46:279, 280. 1900. 



Leipsic 2, 5. Leipzig 3. Leipzig Early Quetsche i. Marunka 4. Quetsche de 

 Leipzig 2. II J Riga 3. Zwetsche Leipziger 2. 



In 1884 J. L. Budd of the Iowa Experiment Station introduced several plums from 

 Russia. Among these the Merunka and Leipsic proved to be identical. The name 

 Merunka is retained because Leipsic has been used as a synonym of German Prune. 

 Fruit of Lombard type, medium in size, oval; cavity deep, narrow; suture faint; 

 apex depressed; purplish-red; bloom thin; skin thin; flesh yellow, tender, sweet; 

 good ; clingstone ; mid-season. 



Merville d'Automne. Domestica? i. Mathieu A^om. Pom. 440. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 

 162, 359. 1895. 



A large yellow variety of good quality ripening about mid-season. 



