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short; purple; flesh yellowish, rather dry, sweet, mingled with acid; quality fair; 

 freestone ; early. 



Pontbriant. Domestica. i. Pom. France 7:30 fig. 1871. 2. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 

 344. 1887. De Pontbriant 2. Prune De Pontbraint i. 



Raised by M. F. Morel, Lyons, France, from seed of the Purple Gage planted 

 in 1851. Tree of medium vigor; fruit large, round, a little more truncated at the base 

 than at the apex; cavity narrow, shallow; stem long and stout; suture shallow and wide; 

 reddish-purple, deeper on the sunny side; bloom heavy; flesh pale yellow, medium fine 

 grained, melting, very juicy, with a very sweet and aromatic flavor; freestone. 

 Pontford. Domestica. i. Watkins Cat. 46. 1892? 



Tree very productive ; fruit of medium size, purple ; mid-season ; suitable for market 

 Pontotoc. Hortulana. i. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 11:286. 1898. 



Mentioned in the catalog of F. T. Ramsey in 1898 as not yet well tested. 

 Porsch Rote Zwetsche. Species? Listed in Mathieu Nam. Pom. 443. 1889. 

 Potter. Americana? i. Waugh Plutn Cult. 233. 1901. 



Mentioned by Waugh who says it originated in Cherokee County, Iowa, and is 

 probably an Americana. 

 Poupart. Domestica. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 717. 1884. Poupart's i. 



Mr. Poupart, market gardener at Brompton, grew this variety, according to Hogg, 

 who says it is an enormous bearer and an excellent preserving plum. Fruit medium, 

 nearly round, resembling Purple Gage; light purple, dotted and streaked with darker 

 shades; flesh reddish, firm, sweet, with a Sloe flavor; freestone. 

 Powell Damson. Insititia. i. Watkins Cat. 48. 1892? 



Mentioned in the preceding reference as a new variety. Tree vigorous, productive 

 and large. 



Prairie Flower. Hortulana mineri. i. Col., O., Hort. Soc. Rpt. 5:10. 1890. 2. la. 

 Hort. Soc. Rpt. 276. 1893. 3. Mich. Sta. Bid. 118:54. 1895. 4. Waugh Plum 

 Cult. 175. 1 90 1. Prairie 3. Prairie Flower 3. 



Prairie Flower, a supposed seedling of Miner, originated in Adrian County, Mis- 

 souri; introduced by Stark Brothers about 1884. Fruit of medium size, roundish- 

 oval; suture a Hne; cavity shallow; skin thick, red over yellow; bloom thin; flesh 

 yellow; good; stone oval, slightly flattened, clinging; season late. Mentioned in the 

 last two issues of the catalog of the American Pomological Society. 

 Prairie Rose. Nigra? i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 426. 1900. 



A seedling raised at the Experimental Farm at Indian Head, Northwest Territory, 

 Canada. Fruit of medium size, red; good; mid-season. 

 Precoce Defresne. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 443. 1889. 

 Precoce de Freudenberg. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 430. 1889. 2. Guide 

 Prat. 156, 361. 1895. 



Freudenbcrger Fruh Pflaume i. Freudenbergcr Friih Pflaume 2. Prc'coce de 

 Freudenberg i. 



This variety is of German origin. Fruit of medium size, oval, reddish-brown; 

 flesh yellow, firm; good; early. 



