THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 557 



Twins. Domestica. i. Montreal Ilort. Soc. Rpt. 55. 1878. Corse's Twins i. 



A curious double plum which originated with Henry Corse, Montreal, Canada; 

 inferior. 

 Tzaueron. Insititia? i. Rev. Hort. 357. 1891. 



Le Prunier Tzaneron i. Tzancron i. 



Very generally grown throughout southeastern Europe. Tree below medium size ; 

 branches upright; leaves small; glabrous, oval, deep green in color; fruit grows in 

 clusters, small, pale yellow; flesh firm, juicy, sprightly, refreshing. This variety is 

 an important commercial sort in the country where it is grown. 

 Ulysses. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 950. 1869. 



From western New York; fruit above medium size, roundish-oval, whitish, shaded 

 and mottled with violet-purple ; bloom thin; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; good; clingstone; 

 mid-season. 



Uncle Ben. Domestica? i. Card, and For. 7:243. 1894. 2. Kansas "The Plum" 

 29. 1900. 



Originated in Stanislaus County, Mapa Valley, California; fruit medium to large, 

 golden-yellow, spotted with red; flesh sweet, juicy, very good; freestone; late. 

 Ungarische Battel Zwetsche. Domestica? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 451. 



1889. Ungarische Spate Bouteillen Zwetsche. 



Union. Domestica. i. Cultivator 6:269 fig. 1895. 2, Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt. 120. 

 1898. 3. Ohio Sta. Bui. 113:161. 1899. 4. Waugh Plum Cult. 124. 1901. 



Reagles' Union Purple i. Union Purple 2, 3. Union Purple 4. 



Union originated about 1850 with C. Reagles of Schenectady, New York. Tree 

 hardy, productive; fruit medium in size, roundish-oval, dark purple; bloom thick; 

 stem adheres strongly to the fruit; flesh dark yellow, firm, tender, sweet, mild; quality 

 fair; stone oval, turgid, clinging; mid-season. 

 Uryany. Domestica. 



Introduced from Ammassia, Turkey, by the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture in 1904 and sent to this Station for testing. Tree vigorous, upright with a dense 

 top; fruit variable in size, roundish to roundish-ovate; suture a line; cavity narrow, 

 deep, abrupt; stem rather thick, short; dark purple; dots numerous, very small, 

 yellowish; bloom heavy; skin thin, tough, astringent; flesh yellow, tender, very juicy, 

 sweet, pleasant; good; stone of medium size, somewhat flattened, clinging; season late. 

 U. S. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 6. 1900. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 165. 1901. 3. Wis. 

 Hort. Soc. Rpt. 109. 1903. 



Brittlewood No. 2 3. United States 3. 



Originated by Theodore Williams of Benson, Nebraska. Tree vigorous and pro- 

 ductive; fruit large, spherical, dark purplish-red; flesh a trifle coarse; good; cling- 

 stone; medium to late. 



Valence. Domestica. i. Mag. Hort. 9:163. 1843. 2. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 145, 153. 

 1 83 1. Damas de Valence 1,2. Saint Loo 2. 



Fruit small, roundish, purple; clingstone; late. 



