THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 545 



Damas Blanc i, 5. Petit Damas Blanc 2, 3, 7. Prune Petit Damas Blanc 5. Prunier 

 Damas k petit fruit blanc 4. Small White Damask 6. Small White Damask 7. White 

 Damask 3. 



Probably a French variety. Tree of medium productiveness; shoots smooth; 

 fruit small, roundish, inclining to ovate; stem medium in length, slender; skin yellowish, 

 tinged with red on the sunny side; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, sweet and well flavored; 

 freestone; mid-season; culinary. 



Smiley. Munsoniana. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:80. 1892. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 40. 

 1899. 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 188. 1901. 4. Ga. Sta. Bui. 67:281, 282. 1904. 



Thought to have originated in Alabama. Tree vigorous with an open and spreading 

 habit, very productive; fruit medium or above, roundish-oval to roundish-oblong; 

 cavity shallow, rounded; suture a line; red with numerous small, yellow dots; skin 

 tough; flesh yellow, soft; quality fair to good; stone medium, oval, somewhat flattened, 

 clinging; mid-season. 



Smith. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1S94. 2. Wis. Sta. Bui. 87:18. 1901. 3. Waugh 

 Plum Cult. 164. 1 90 1. 



A seedling of Quaker grown by C. A. Smith, Caroline County, Maryland. Tree of 

 straggling, open growth, vigorous and productive; fruit large, sometimes very large, 

 roundish-oval to roundish-oblong; suture a line; apex rounded; cavity shallow, narrow; 

 stem short and stout; yellow overspread with dark red; dots small, yellow; bloom 

 heavy; skin thick, tough; flesh deep yellow, juicy, firm, sweet; good to best; stone 

 large, oval, nearly free; medium early. Waugh says, "One of the best Americanas I 

 ever saw." 

 Smith October. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 146. 1896. 



A seedling grown by A. M. Smith, St. Catherines, Ontario. Fruit of medium size, 

 slightly one-sided; suture obscure; black, somewhat mottled; bloom light; flesh dark 

 yellow, firm, subacid; quality fair; stone small, globular with a deep hollow alongside 

 a thickened margin. 



Smith Prolific. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2nd Scr. 3:56. 1900. 2. Can. 

 Exp. Farms Rpt. 433. 1905. 



Under test at the Experimental Farm at Agassiz, British Columbia. Fruit medium 

 in size, globular; cavity deep; stem short; suture distinct and terminating in a de- 

 pression; yellowish with a purple-red cheek; bloom thin; flesh yellowish, juicy, sprightly; 

 stone of medium size, clinging; mid-season. 



Smith Red. Nigra? i.Wis. Sta. Rpt. ii-.z^S- i894- 2. IF/s. 5/a. Bj(/. 63:59, 60. 1897. 

 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 171. 1901. Smith's Red 1,2. 



Sent to the Wisconsin Experiment Station in 1890 by I. F. Gale & Son, Waukesha, 

 Wisconsin. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, round-oval; suture a line; stem 

 short and stout, set in a shallow cavity; purplish-red, shading to orange; dots minute; 

 bloom thin; skin thick with a very slight harshness; flesh yellow, firm, sweet; fair to 

 good; stone large, oval, thin, clinging; mid-season. 



Snelling. Nigra, i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 136. 1894. 2. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 

 43:39- 1903- 



