THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 50I 



A hybrid produced by J. W. Kerr from seed of Wild Goose plum pollinated by the 

 Troth Early peach; introduced by the originator in 1896. Tree resembles the plum; 

 foliage very much like that of the peach; worthless, inasmuch as the buds do not open 

 and contain only deformed anthers and no pistil. 



Muncy. Americana, i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:80. 1892. 2. Kerr Cat. 1894. 3. Tex. 

 Dept. Agr. Bui. 12:103. 1910. Muncey 3. 



Tree vigorous; fruit medium in size; dull red; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Munson. Angustifolia varians. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:80. 1892. 2. Tex. Sta. Bui. 

 32:479. 1894. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. ;i8. 1899. 4. Waugh Plum Cult. igj. igio. 



Originated under cultivation by G. Onderdonk, Victoria, Texas; introduced by 

 the originator in 1888. Tree not hardy as far north as Ames, Iowa; fruit of medium 

 size, oval; cavity shallow; stem slender; suture a line; bright red; bloom thin; dots 

 many; skin thin; flesh yellow, soft ; quality fair; stone oval, flattened, clinging; early. 

 Murdy. Domestica. i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:247. 1899. 2. Ohio Sta. Bui. 162:256, 

 257- 1905- 



The Murdy as tested by the Ohio Experiment Station is considered identical 

 with the Pond, but as tested at the Michigan Experiment Station, it ripens two weeks 

 later, has a deeper cavity, finer texture and lighter colored spots on its skin. 

 Muscat Free. Domestica. i. Mich. Sta. Bid. 118:52. 1895. 2. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bui. 

 27:15. 1904. 



Evidently a strain of the Italian Prune; imported from Hungary in 1894 by the 

 Department of Agriculture and tested at the Michigan Experiment Station. Tree low, 

 spreading, slow-growing; fruit of medium size, long-oval, flattened on one side; suture 

 broad, distinct; black with thick bloom; flesh greenish-yellow, moderately firm, 

 juicy ; very good ; freestone ; not as sweet as Italian Prune and a week later. 

 Muscle. Domestica. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 576, 577 fig. 1629. 2. Rea Flora 207. 

 1676. 3. Ray Hist. Plant. 1529. 1688. 4. Prince Pom. Man. 2:105. 1832. 



5. Watkins Cat. 



Red Mussell I. Black Muscle 4. Black Mussell i. Mussel^. Mussell $. Mussell 

 Plum I. Red Muscle 2, 3. White Mussell i. 



Of very early European origin, once considered of value but now only used as a 

 stock; the old writers described both a red and a black form. Fruit small, oval, dark 

 red; flesh not juicy; poor; stone large. 



Musk Damson. Insititia? i. Quintinye Com. Card. 68, 70. 1699. 2. Duhamel Trait. 

 Arb. Fr. 2:74. 1768. 3. Kraft Pom. Aust. 2:33, Tab. 180 fig. 2. 1796. 4. Nois- 

 ette Man. Comp. Jard. 2:495. i860. 5. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 933. i86g. 



6. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 425. 1889. 



Christ's Damascene 6. Damas Fin 6. Damas Musque 2, 3, 4. Damas Musque 

 5, 6. Damasquinee 6. De Chypre 5. Die musquat Damaskuspflaume 3. Peine 

 Damascened. Musk Damask 6. Musk'd Damask i. Muskierte Damascene 6. Musque 

 de Malta ?5, 6. Prune de Chypre 2, 5, 6. Prune de Malte 2, 6. Prune de Malthe 5. 

 Schwarze Muskateller Pflaume 6. Spate Schwarze Damascene 6. Suisina Grossella 

 Piccolo 6. 



