522 



THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



dull red; dots yellow, distinct; bloom medium thick; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; quality 



fair; stone oval, flattened, clinging; mid-season. 



Puymirol d'Ente. Domestica. i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 356. 1891. 



Originated at Puymirol in the southwest of France; introduced into California; 

 a type of the Agen. Tree productive; fruit large, inclined to oblong; flesh very sweet; 

 ripens a little earlier than Agen. 



Quaker. Americana, i. la. Ilort. Soc. Rpt. ;^o8. 1884. 2. Wa.\igh Plum Cult. 160. 1901. 

 Found in the wild by Joseph Bundy of Springville, Linn County, Iowa; intro- 

 duced about 1862 by H. C. Raymond, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fruit large, roundish; 

 cavity shallow; suture a line; stem long; skin thick, dark red; bloom thick; dots 

 many; flesh yellow, sweet, pleasant; good; stone large, oblique-oval, flattened, semi- 

 clinging; mid-season. 



Quality. Americana, i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:24, 55. 1897. 2. la. Sta. Bui. 46:287, 

 1900. 3. Wis. Sia. Bui. 87:15. 1907. Gaylord Quality 2. 



Of unknown origin; top-grafted about 1880 by Edson Gaylord of Nora Springs, 

 Iowa, who afterwards distributed the variety. Fruit below medium in size, round, 

 dull purplish-red; dots white; bloom heavy; flesh soft; quality fair; stone turgid; 

 mid-season. 



Quebec. Domestica. Mentioned in Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:38. 1903. 

 Queen. Americana, i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:31. 1903. Golden Queen i. 



From H. A. Terry coming from unknown parents and bearing its first crop in 1897. 

 Tree upright; fruit large, round, bright golden-yellow; very good; said to be excellent 

 for canning or dessert. 

 Queen May. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:36. 1903. 



First grown by Thomas Clark, Chateaugay, Quebec. Tree strong and productive; 

 fruit large, round; cavity narrow; suture indistinct; greenish-yellow; bloom thin; 

 dots indistinct; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, firm, sweet, rich; verj' good; cling- 

 stone. 



Queen Mother. Domestica? i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 576, 577, 57S. 1629. 2. Rea 



Flora 207. 1676. 3. Ray Hist. Plant. 2:1529. 168S. 4. Quintinye Cow. Car<i. 



69, 70. 1699. 5. Langley Pomona 94, PI. XXIV fig. 3. 1729. 6. Prince Pom. 



Man. 2:87. 1832. 7. Downing Fr. Trees Ant. 310. 1845. 8. Floy-Lindley 



Guide Orch. Gard. 291. 1846. 9. Mas Le Verger 6:41. 1866-73. ^o. Hogg 



Fruit Man. 719. 1884. 11. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 437, 448. 1889. 12. Guide 



Prat. 160, 361. 1895. 



Cherry of some ?i, ?3. Coeur de Pigeon 11. Damaske Violet ?i. Damas Violet 



7, II, 12. Konigin Mutter 11. Moschatelle of some 3. Muscadine ?i. Petit Damas 



Rouge 9, 12. Petit Damas Rouge 6, 11. Pigeon's Heart 7, 10, 11, 12. Pigeons Heart 4. 



Queene Mother of some i. Queen Mother 9, 11, 12. Red Queen Mother 7, 11. Rotes 



Taubenhers 11. Rotes Taubenherz 11. Small Red Damask 6. Small Red Damson 6. 



Queen Mother and Damas Violet have been confused for nearly three centuries, 



yet they are distinct, as our descriptions show. Hogg thought the Queen ]\Iother 



