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Prune d'Ente Imperiale. Domestica. Mentioned in Mathiuu Nom. Pom. 429. 1889. 

 Prune de Rudolphe. Domestica. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:189. 1873. 



Rudolph's Pjlaume i. 



Liegel received this variety in 1842 from Count Brassier of Hungary. Origin 

 uncertain. Tree vigorous, an early and prolific bearer; fruit medium in size, obovate; 

 suture indistinct; golden-yellow, dotted with red; flesh clear yellow, sweet, juicy; 

 good; stone obovate, clinging; mid-season. 

 Prune de Seigneur. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 450. 1889. 



Prune tic Prince. 

 Prune Tardive. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 2nd App. 157. 1876. 



Tree vigorous, very productive; fruit below medium size, oval; stem long, slender, 

 set in a small cavity; black; bloom thick; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet; free- 

 stone; very late. 



Pseudo Mirabelle. Insititia. Mentioned in Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 152. 1831. 

 Purple Favorite. Domestica. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 307. fig. 126. 1845. 



2. N. Y. Agr. Soc.Rpt. 293 fig. 1848. 3. Mag. Hort. 16:455, 45^ ^S- 27. 1850. 

 4. Mas Le Verger 6:83, fig. 42. 1866-73 



Favorite Pourpre 4. Purple Favourite 4. 



The original tree of Purple Favorite was planted at Newburgh, New York, by the 

 father of A. J. Downing; from whence it came is not known. Fruit of medium size, 

 roundish; cavity slight; suture lacking; brownish-purple; bloom thin; flesh pale 

 3'ellow, tender, juicy, sweet; quality very good; stone small, round, free; mid-season. 

 Listed in the American Pomological Society catalog since 1832. 

 Purple Flesh. Triflora. i. Stark Bros. Cat. 1909. 



A purple-fleshed variety introduced by Stark Brothers and recommended by them 

 as being hardy. 

 Purple-leaved Hybrid. Triflora X Cerasifera. i. Burbank Cat. 16 fig. 1893. 



K. P. 193 I. 



A seedling of Kelsey pollinated by Pissardi; from Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, 

 California. Resembles the male parent in wood, bark, leaves, flowers and fruit; very 

 ornamental on account of its large purple leaves. Fruit larger than Pissardi, dark purple 

 with many white dots; bloom thin; flesh reddish-purple throughout, firm, subacid; 

 good; ripens several weeks before Kelsey. 

 Purple Panhandle. Angustifolia watsoni. i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 2. Ibid. 21. 1897. 



3. Bailey Ev. Nat. Fruits 222, 223. 1898. 4. Waugh Plum Cult. 233. 1901. 

 Introduced from the Panhandle of Texas by F. T. Ramsey, Austin, Texas. Tree 



small, rapid in growth; fruit below medium in size, round-oblong, inclining to conic, 

 purplish-red; quality poor; clingstone; early to mid-season. 



Purple Yosemite. Species? i. Card. Mon. 20:176. 1878. 2. Penin. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 

 65. 1891. 3. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:32. 1903. 



Yosemite i. Yosemite Purple 3. 



Introduced by W. S. Carpenter of Rye, New York, who secured it from the " Rocky 

 Mountains." Fruit large, roundish; cavity shallow; suture a line; skin thick, deep, 



