THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 499 



An improved type of Agen coming from the Mont Barbat orchard in the Lot Valley, 

 France. 

 Montgomery, Domestica. i. Horticulturist 6:187, 294, 524. 1851. 



Montgomery Prune i. 



Found by E. W. Carpenter of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, growing on the premises 

 of a Mr. Montgomery about 1830. Tree very productive; fruit large, oval, purple; 

 quality very good. 



Montmorency. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:35. 1903. 2. Quebec Pom. 

 Sac. Rpt. 9, 66, 68. 1905. 



Reine-Claude de Montmorency 2. Reine-Claude de Montmorency i. 



Montmorency is thought to be a seedling of the Reine Claude, imported into Canada 

 in 1790 by Lord Dorchester; extensively cultivated in the eastern part of Quebec but 

 unknown in the United States. Tree very hardy, productive; fruit medium in size, 

 roundish; cavity narrow, shallow; stem medium in length; suture indistinct; skin 

 tough, greenish-yellow, blushed with red; flesh yellow, very juicy, moderately firm, 

 sweet, rich; very good; stone small, oval, nearly free. 

 MontreaL Species? i. Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt. 64. 1897. 



Mentioned by Harold Jones of Martland, Ontario, in the report of the Fruit Ex- 

 perimental Station for 1897. 

 Moody. Domestica. i. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bid. 27:15. 1904. 



Tree productive; fruit large, reddish-purple, good; mid-season. 

 Moon. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 2. Colo. Sta. Bui. 50:42. 1898. 



Fruit of medium size, round; no suture; deep red over a yellow ground ; skin thin; 

 flesh moderately firm, subacid; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Moore Early. Insititia. i. Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt. 5:116. 1898. 



Moore's Early i. 



An extremely hardy variety of the Damson type. Tree spreading; fruit of medium 

 size; grows in clusters; dark purple; good; nearly freestone; desirable for jellies and 

 preserv'es. 

 Moreman. Plortulana. i. Kerr Cat. 13. 1899-1900. Moreman Cherry i. 



Originated by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska. Tree vigorous; fruit large, 

 bright red; clingstone. 

 Morines. Domestica. i. Quintinye Com. Card. 70. 1699. 



A red plum noted only by Quintinye. 

 Morin Hitif. Cerasifera? i. Knoop Fructologie 2:59. 1771. 



Fruit of medium size, round, red; resembles the Myrobalan plum except that its 

 leaves are larger and its season a little later. 

 Motmtain. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:35. 1903. 



A promising variety from W. W. Dunlop, Outremont, Quebec. Fruit of medium 

 size, roundish; cavity medium; suture distinct; greenish-yellow more or less over- 

 spread with dull coppery-red; dots yellow, distinct; bloom thin; flesh yellowish-green, 

 sweet, rich; very good; clingstone; mid-season. 



