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Described in the London Horticultural Society catalog as large, oval, purple; quality 

 fair; clingstone. 



Rodt Blaue Zwetsche. Species? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 447. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 

 163, 365. 1895. 



"A variety of little merit." 

 Rodt Fnihe Grosse Pflaumenzwetsche. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 



447. 1889. Grosse Hdtivc de Rodt. 

 Rognon D'Ane. Domestica. i. Prince Pom. Man. 2:100. 1832. 



Fruit large, oval, dark purple; mid-season; similar to Yellow Egg except in color. 

 Rognon de Coq. Domestica. i. Quintinye Com. Gard. 68. 1699. 2. Miller Card. 

 Diet. 3:1754. 3. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 152. 1831. 



Ouetsche Rognon de Coq 3. 



Mentioned only by the earlier writers. Fruit long; suture deep, prominent; light 

 yellow streaked with red; clingstone; late. 

 RoUande Galloppi. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 944. 1869. 



Flint of medium size, long-oval, necked; suture distinct; cavity small; yellowish- 

 green, dotted with crimson in the sun; bloom light; flesh yellowish-green, juicy, sweet; 

 good; clingstone; late. 

 Ronald Fancy. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 945. 1869. 



Fruit of medium size, oval; suture distinct; cavity medium deep; yellow, striped 

 with green; bloom thin; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sugary, vinous, sprightly; good; 

 freestone; very late. 

 Roselle. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:287 1900. Hojfman Seedling i. 



A chance seedling grown by Ernest Hoffman, Roselle, Carroll County, Iowa, in 

 1892. Fruit large, roundish-oval, yellow blushed with red; sweet; semi-free; mid- 

 season. 

 Ros-Prium Double. Domestica. i. Knoop Fructologie 2:62. 1771. 



Similar to the Horse plum except that it is smaller. 

 Ross. Domestica. i. Can. Hort. 23:438. 1900. Ross Seedling i. 



A seedling, supposedly of Bradshaw, grown by J. T. Ross, Hamilton, Canada 

 Fruit of much the same appearance as Bradshaw but inferior in quality; earlier in season. 

 Rossy Fruhe Zwetsche. Species? Listed in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 447. 1889. 



Rossy's Frith Zwetsche. 

 Rostrave Bell. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 945. 1869. 



Originated with John D. Stephens, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Tree 

 vigorous, productive; fruit large, roundish-oval; suture broad, shallow; cavity deep; 

 reddish-purple; dots brown; flesh yellow, coarse, rather dry, vinous; good; semi- 

 clinging; mid-season. 

 Rote Mirabelle. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 448. 1889. 



Damasine Klcine Kirsch Pflaume Mirabelle Rouge. 

 Rotes Zeiberl. Species? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 448. 1889. 



Rote Herbst Zeiberl i. 



Referenced by Mathieu from Wiener Gartcn-Zeitung 288. 1884. 



