THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 5 II 



A wild variety from Owatonna, Minnesota. Trees hardy, productive ; fruit medium 

 in size, oblong; suture distinct; red; flesh yellow, tender, bitter; lacking in flavor; 

 mid-season. 

 Owen Sound. Species.? i. Can. Hart. 11:259. 188S. 2. Ibid. 14:350. 1891. 



Owen Sound Beauty 1,2. 



A seedling grown by R. Trotter of Owen Sound, Ontario, from pits of an unnamed 

 plum. Tree strong, healthy; fruit large, roundish-oblong; suture distinct, dividing 

 the plum into unequal parts; brownish-purple; dots light, numerous; bloom thick; flesh 

 orange, very juicy, rich and excellent; freestone; late. 

 Oxford. Nigra, i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:52. 1897. 2. S. Dak. Sta. Bui. 93:30. 1905. 



This variety is from Minnesota and resembles Aitken, but is more vigorous; lacks 

 productiveness; fruit large, roundish-oval, deep red; flesh orange-yellow ; good; stone 

 large, thin, clinging; very early. 

 Oyama. Triflora. i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 119. 1904. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 66. 1905. 



A seedling of the Red June grown at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 

 Canada, from seed planted in 1895. Fruit of medium size, roundish to broad-oval; 

 cavity narrow, of medium depth, abrupt; suture a distinct line, not depressed; apex 

 rounded; deep red; dots obscure; bloom thin; flesh yellow, firm, juicy; sweet, not 

 rich; quality medium; stone small, oval, clinging. 

 Paddock Magnum Bonimi. Domestica. i. Floy-Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 420. 1846. 



Originated from a pit brought from Russia in 1805 by a Captain Paddock. Closely 

 resembles the Red Magnum Bonum of which it may be a seedling; clingstone. 

 Paine. Domestica. i. Am. Jour. Hort. 3:97. 1868. Paine's Seedling i. 



A chance seedling raised by A. W. Paine of Bangor, Maine. Fruit medium to 

 large; oval; cavity shallow, one-sided with a small lip; stem long, stout; suture slight; 

 golden -yellow, blotched with red; bloom thin; flesh yellow, coarse, rich, sweet; cling- 

 stone; early. 

 Paisan Blanche. Domestica. i. Knoop Fruciologic 2:60. 1771. 



Paisan Blanche et Double i. Prune de Paisan blanche and simple i. 



Fruit large, round; suture large, deep; greenish-yellow; flesh soft, juicy; good; 

 clingstone; very productive. 

 Paisan Noire. Domestica. i. Knoop Fructologie 2:60. 1771. 



Prune de Paisan Noire i. 



Said to resemble "Paisan Blanche" in form, size and productiveness but is purple 

 and the suture is a little deeper, flesh more watery and inferior in flavor. 

 Palmer. Triflora. i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 46. 1895. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 47. 1897. 



Probably a seedling of Abundance, grown by J. S. Breece of Fayetteville, North 

 Carolina, about 1892. Fruit of medium size, roundish-conical, coppery-red with numer- 

 ous russet dots; bloom light; skin thin, bitter; flesh yellowish, translucent with yellow 

 veins, meaty, tender, juicy, fibrous, mild subacid, rich; good to very good; stone large, 

 long, oval, clinging; very early. 

 Pander. Triflora. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 47. 1897. 



