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THE PLUMS OF Ki;\V YORK. 



Prince Primordian. Domcstica. i. Prince Treat. Hort. 25. 1828. 2. Prince Pom. 

 Man. 2:79. 1832. 



Prince's Blue Primordian i. Prince's Blue Primordian 2. 



A seedling of White Primordian, grown by William Prince. A very early variety, 

 of about the same size as its parent, oval in shape, blue; flesh pleasantly flavored. 

 Pringle. Insititia? i. L''. S. D. A. Rpt. 503, PI. 63. 1905. 



Pringle is a Damson-like variety originating as a sprout from the stock of a Lom- 

 bard tree in the orchard of A. C. Pringle, Mears, Michigan; introduced by E. Hawley & 

 Sons of Hart, Michigan, about 1896. 

 Pringle Blue. Domestica. i. N. Y. Sta. Rpt. 12:612. 1893. 



Received by the New York Experiment Station in 1890 from L. M. Macomber, 

 North Ferrisburg, Vermont. Tree very productive; fruit large, irregular-oval; cavity 

 medium; suture shallow; skin thin, tender; purplish-black; bloom thick; dots small, 

 numerous; flesh pale yellow, dry, firm; flavor flat; fair; stone semi-clinging; mid- 

 season; of no value. 

 Pringle Purple. Domestica. i. A''. Y. Sta. Rpt. 9:347. 1890. 



Received by the New York Experiment Station in 1890 from L. M. Macomber, 

 North Ferrisburg, Vermont. Tree productive; fruit of medium size, roundish, com- 

 pressed; cavity small; suture a line; skin thin, tender; reddish-purple, unattractive; 

 bloom thinnish; dots small, numerous; flesh light yellow, moderately juicy, slightly 

 fibrous, firm, mild; good; stone nearly free; mid-season; of no value. 

 Procureur. Domestica. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:63. 1873. 



Platte Hellrothe Konigspflaume i. 



Probably of French origin. Tree vigorous, early, productive; fruit large, round, 

 flattened at the ends; suture well defined; dull yellow, almost covered with bright 

 purple; bloom thin; flesh pale yellow, juicy, sweet, aromatic; quality fair; stone 

 small, free; mid-season. 

 Profuse. Species? Letter from Kerr. 



Originated by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska. 

 Prof. Wittmack. Insititia? X Domestica? i. Card. Chron. 3:364- 1888. 



The parentage of this variety is not definitely known but it is thought to be a 

 Mirabelle crossed with Italian Prune; grown by Herr Ulhorn, Grevenbroich, Lower 

 Rhenish Prussia. A sweet plum of the prune type; freestone; good for either dessert 

 or drying. 

 Pruneau. Species? i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 117. 1875. 



Reported from Quebec, Canada, in 1875; commonly grown from suckers. 

 Prune d'Agen Double. Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu Nam. Pom. 420. 1889. 

 Prune d'Amour. Domestica. Listed in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 421. 1889. 

 Prune d'Automne. Domestica. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:9. 1873. Herbstpflaume i. 



Raised by Dr. Dorell of Kuttenberg, Bohemia. Tree of capricious growth; fruit 

 small, globular; suture indistinct; purplish-black; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy; good; 

 freestone; late. 

 Prune de Laghouat. Domestica? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 438. 1889. 



