538 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



roundish-oval; cavity deep, rounded; stem short; suture shallow; dark reddish-purple; 

 bloom heavy; flesh yellow, juicy, melting, sweet; quality poor to fair; clingstone; 

 mid-season. 



Saint Martin Quetsche. Domestica. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 152. 1831. 2. Downing 

 Fr. Trees Am. 283. 1845. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 55. 1852. 4. Elliott Fr. 

 Book 414. 1854. 5. Mas Le Verger 6:49. 1866-73. 



Coe's Late Red 5. Prune Violette D'Octobre 5. Rouge Tardive De Coe 5. Saint- 

 Martin 5. Saint Martin's 4. Saint Martin's Quetsche 4. Violette October Pflaume 5. 



Of German origin; introduced into this country during the second quarter of the 

 Nineteenth Century. Fruit of medium size, ovate, yellow, sometimes blushed; covered 

 with a thin bloom; flesh yellowish, juicy, rich; good; late; fruit hangs to the tree long 

 after maturity. 

 Saint Pierre. Species? i. Mathieu A^ow. Pom. 449. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 1^6, ^66. 1895. 



Fruit resembles Mirabelle, though it is larger; yellow marbled with red; flesh 

 yellow; good; stone nearly free; very early. 

 St. Reme. Domestica. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 153. 1831. 



Cultivated in the garden of the Horticultural Society of London. 

 Sandalls. Domestica. i. Jour. Hort. N. S. 15:247. 1868. 2, Card. Citron. 30:1311, 

 1347. 1870. Sandall's Plum 2. 



Originated about 1800 with a Mr. Sandall at Crab Tree, Fulton, England. Tree 

 vigorous and attains great size; fruit of medium size, round, dark purple; flesh firm, 

 reddish-yellow, juicy, pleasant; good; clingstone; very late. 

 Sanders. Angustifolia varians? i. Waugh Plum Cult. 200. 1901. Honey Grove i. 



Introduced by J. S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas, in 1898. Fruit small, purplish-red; 

 quality fair; very early. 

 Sanderson. Americana, i. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 300. 1903. 



Originated in Minnesota. Fruit large, roundish-oval, light red over a yellow ground; 

 skin slightly astringent; good; semi-clinging. 

 Sandle. Domestica. Mentioned in Watkins Cat. 1892? 

 Sandoz. Species? i. Crete Cat. 1906. 



IntroducedbyE. F. Stephens of the Crete Nursery, Crete, Nebraska. Tree hardy; 

 productive; fruit red; early. 



Sand Plum. Angustifolia watsoni. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 889. 1869. 2. Neb. 

 Hort. Soc. Rpt. 173. 1895. 3. Kansas "The Plum" 20,45. 1900. 



Sand Plum is the common name for Primus angustifolia ivatsoni. 

 Sannois. Domestica. i. U. S. D. A. Div. Pom. Bid. 10:20. 1901. 



Sannois Quetsche i. 



Originated in Sannois, France. A rather unattractive plum in appearance, but 

 with a fine flavor and high quality. As grown at this Station the tree is small, vigorous, 

 upright-spreading; fruit above medium to large, roundish-oblate, slightly compressed; 

 suture shallow ; stem medium in thickness and length; cavity wide, deep ; apex flattened ; 

 dull, reddish-purple with darker shades in the sun; bloom moderate; dots numerous, 



