502 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Noisette suggests Damascus, Syria, as the probable place of origin of Musk Damson. 

 Fruit small, roundish; suture distinct ; cavity small; dark purple; bloom thick; flesh 

 yellow, juicy, sweet, musky; good; semi-clinging; mid-season. 

 Musk Perdrigon. Domestica. i. Langley Pomona 92, PI. 23 fig. 3. 1729. 



Fruit nearly black, with a bloom; freestone; early. 

 Mussey. Americana, i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:40. 1892. 



Found wild in Kansas; introduced by Abner Allen. Fruit large, roundish-oblong, 

 yellow, mottled with red; flesh firm, good; semi-clinging; very late. 

 Nagate-Maru. Triflora. i. Va. Sta. Bui. 129:114. 1901. 2. Ga. Hort. Soc. Cat. 13. 

 1904. 3. Ga. Sta. Bui. 68:13 fig-> S^- ^9°S- 



Nagatus mam 2. Nagats-Maru 2. 



Resembles Abundance but is three weeks later. Fruit large, oblate-conical, red 

 over yellow; dots numerous; flesh yellow, firm; good. 



Naples. Domestica. i. Wild Bros. Cat. 26. 1892. 2. W. & T. Smith Nur. Cat. 24. 

 1897. 3. Storrs & Harrison Cat. 138. 1893-98. 



Beauty of Naples i, 2, 3. 



Naples as catalogued by nurserymen is of the Yellow Egg type although Lyon ' 

 and Thomas' knew a purple variety of this name. Tree vigorous and productive; 

 fruit of medium size, oval; cavity small; skin thin, tender; golden yellow mottled 

 with red in the sun; bloom thin; flesh light yellow, firm, sweet, mild; good; stone 

 oval, rough, clinging; late. 

 Native Red. Species? i. Ont. Fr. Gr. Assoc. Rpt. 87. 1896. 



Received by the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario from W. N. Snelling of 

 Ottawa. A very attractive bright red plum of medium size. 



Nebraska. Hortulana mineri. i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 2. Waugh Pliun Cult. 174. 1901. 

 3. Ga. Sta. Bui. 67:278. 1904. 



Tree spreading, vigorous, short-lived, productive; fruit medium in size, roundish- 

 oval; cavity shallow; red with numerous yellow dots; skin thick, tough; flesh yellow, 

 juicy, melting; fair to good; stone medium in size, oval, clinging; late. 

 Nebraska Seedling. Species? i. Country Gent. 26:238. 1865. 



Reported in 1865 by R. 0. Thompson of Nebraska as a freestone plum of great 

 excellence; trees very productive and free from curculio. 

 Nebraska "Wonder. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bid. 46:281. 1900. 



Found wild in 1892 by A. "Webster, Golden, Burt County, Nebraska; introduced 

 by H. P. Sayles, Ames, Iowa, in 1897. Tree dwarf, spreading, prolific, bears early; 

 fruit large, round, slight yellow tinge, mottled red when over-ripe, without astringency 

 ■when fully ripe; ships well; early. 

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



Under test at the Canadian Experimental Farm at Agassiz, British Columbia. 

 Nellie. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 2. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:49. 1897. 3. Waugh 

 Plum Cult. 158. 1901. Nelly i, 2. 



^Mich. Sta. Bui. 118:52, 54. 1895. 

 'Thomas Am. Fruit Cull. 493. 1897. 



