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THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Raised from seed by Henry Corse of Montreal, Canada. Tree strong, vigorous, 

 hardy, productive; fruit dark blue; flesh reddish tinged, firm, sweet and pleasant; 

 late. 

 Sayer Favorite. Domestica. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 94. 1877. 



In 1877 J. E. Johnson in a report to the American Pomological Society mentioned 

 this as a very fine seedling variety growing in Utah. 



Scaldatone. Domestica. Mentioned in Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 153. 1831. 

 Scanarda. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 449. 1889. 



Die Scanarda. Scanarda. 

 Scaudatella. Domestica. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 153. 183 1. 2. Gallesio Pom. Ital. 

 2: PI. 1839. 



Scaldatello i. Susino Scaudatella 2. 



An old variety well known in Italy. Fruit medium, obovate, yellow; flesh yellow, 

 meaty, juicy and sweet. 



Schamal. Domestica. i. Ann. Pom. Beige 7:^1, PI. 1859. 2, Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 897. 1869. 3. Le Bon Jard. LII. 1884. 4. Guide Prat. 161, 354. 1895. 



Automne de Schamali 2. Damascena Schamali i, 2, 4. D'Antomne de Schamal 2. 

 Prune d' Automne de Schamal i, 3, 4. Prune d' Automne do Schamali 2. Schamal 4. 

 Schamals Herbstpflaume 4. 



Obtained by M. Schamal, nurseryman and pomologist at Jungbunzlau, Bohemia; 

 first noted by Liegel in 1844. Tree vigorous, productive; young branches smooth, 

 brownish-red; fruit large, pear-shaped; suture deep; halves unequal; stem slender, 

 smooth; purplish-red; flesh yellowish, juicy, tender, sweet, vinous; stone oval, free; 

 mid-season. 



Schenectady. Domestica. i. Mag. Hort. 446. 1847. 2. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 

 342. 1849. 3. Elliott Fr. Book 414. 1854. 4. Cultivator 6:52, 269. 1858. 

 5. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 947. 1869. 6. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. Sort. 402. 1881. 



Catharinenpflaume von Schenectady 6. Schenectady Catharine 4. Schenectady 

 Catherine Plum i, 2, 5. Schenectady Catherine 3. 



Originated at Schenectady, New York, about 1800; introduced by Dr. Herman 

 Wendell. It was described in the American Pomological Society's catalog for twenty-two 

 years. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit small, roundish-oval; suture shallow; cavity 

 small; reddish-purple; bloom thin; flesh greenish-yellow, melting, juicy, rich, sweet; 

 very good; freestone; mid-season; said to reproduce itself from seed. 

 Schieblers Eier Pflaume. Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 449. 1889. 

 Schiebler Luisante. Domestica. i. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. Sort. 409. 1881. 



A seedling of the Red Egg plum, similar, but not an improvement. 

 Schlachter Friih Zwetsche. Domestica? i. Mathieu iVcdh. Pom. 449. 1889. 2. Guide 

 Prat. 163, 366. 1895. 



A variety resembling German Prune. 

 Schley. Munsoniana. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:65, 87. 1892. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 

 188. 1901. Schley's Large Red i, 2. 



