5o8 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Nutmeg Insititia. i Parkinson Par. Ter. 576. 1629. ?. Rea Flora 209. 1676. 



Fruit the shape of a nutmeg, no larger than a Damson, greenish-yellow; good; 

 late; obsolete. 



Oakley Park Wild. Species? Listed in Loud. Hort. Soc. Cat. 150. 1831. 

 Oatey Americana, i. KeiT Ca*. 1894. 



In answer to an inquiry Kerr states that " The Oatey is above medium to large, 

 dull purplish-red when fully matured; clinging. Tree does not succeed here." 

 Oberdieck Gestreifte Eierpflaume. Domestica? i, Mathieu Nom. Pom. 442. 1889. 

 2. Guide Prat. 157, 360. 1895. 



Introduced into France by M. Oberdieck, the German pomologist. Fruit large, 

 long-oval, yellow blushed with red; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; good; early. 

 Oberley. Domestica. i. Gard. Mon. 2:120. i860. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 934. 

 1869. 3. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:131. 1873. 



Oberley' s Greenwood 2. Oberley 's Greenwood i. 



Originated in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, on the farm of a Mr. Oberley. 

 Tree thrifty, very productive; fruit medium in size, round; suture distinct; skin 

 amber, but nearly covered with rosy red; bloom thin; flesh juicy; quality fair; cling- 

 stone. 

 October. Domestica. i. Can. Hort. 20:454 fig. 1257. 1897. 



Sent to the office of the Canadian Horticulturist by A. M. Smith of St. Catherines. 

 Fruit medium in size, roundish; skin thin, dark purple; flesh yellow, tender, juicy, 

 rich sweet and very agreeable. 

 Oddy. Domestica. Listed in Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 150. 1831. 



Oddy's. 

 Odegard. Nigra, i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:50. 1897. 2. Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 411. 

 1899. 3. S. Dak. Sta. Bui. 93:28, 49 fig. 1905. Odegaard 2. 



Originated about 1888 near Brookings, South Dakota; found among a lot of seed- 

 lings grown from wild plum pits sent from Minnesota; bought by H. T. Odegard of 

 Brookmgs; introduced by A. Norby of Madison, South Dakota. Tree very produc- 

 tive, hardy and vigorous; foliage large; fruit large, oblong; suture very shallow from 

 basin to apex; dark red; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; good; early. 

 Odell. Domestica. i. Col., O, Hort. Soc. Rpt. 31. 1S92. 2. Ohio Sta. Bui. 113:160. 

 1899. 3. Mich Sta. Sp. Bui. 30:19. 1905. 



According to the introducers, Augustine and Company, Normal, Illinois, this 

 variety was found as a seedling growing in a fence corner at Odell, Illinois; introduced 

 about 1890. Resembles and may be identical with Lombard; ripens at the same time. 

 Ogeechee Angustifolia varians. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:64. 1892. 



Found wild in Georgia; introduced by G. Bourquin. Fruit of medium size, round, 

 red; clingstone; early. 

 Oglesby. Species ? i. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 135. 1903. 2. Ibid. 424. 1905. 



Reported by H. T. Thompson of Marengo, Illinois, as a small, handsome red plum; 

 freestone; verv late. 



