558 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Valentia. Domestica. i, Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 21. 1803. 



Mentioned as a plum of value by Forsyth. 

 Valienciennes. Sjjecies? Mentioned in Mathieu Nam. Pom. 451. 1889. 



Die Valienciennes. Edle Konigs Pjlaume. 

 Value. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 6. 1902-3. 2. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:39. 1903- 



Originated by Theodore Williams of Benson, Nebraska; introduced in 1902 by 

 J. W. Kerr, Denton, Maryland. Tree vigorous, healthy and productive; fruit large, 

 round or sometimes inclined to oblong, dark red; good; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Van Benschoten. Domestica. 



Van Benschoten was introduced by a Mr. Snyder of Kingston, New York. Fruit 



of medium size, roundish, greenish-yellow with russet spots; good; stone small, free. 



Van Buren. Americana mollis, i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 286. 1887. 2. Cornell Sta. 



Bui. 38:42. 1892. 3. Colo. Sta. Bid. 50:46, PI. XV. 1898. 4. Can. Exp. 



Farm Bui. 43:32. 1903. 



Van Buren came from a wild seedling in Van Buren County, Iowa; introduced 

 by J. Thacher. Tree spreading, moderately productive and slow growing; fruit of 

 medium size, roundish; cavity small; suture a line; skin thick; red over yellow ; bloom 

 thin; flesh yellow, juicy, finn, sweet; quality good; clingstone; season late. 

 Van Deman. Americana, i. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 392. 1891. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 

 88. 1895. 3. Terry Cat. 1900. 4. Waugh Plum Cult. 165. 1901. 



Van Dieman 2. 



Van Deman is a seedling of Hawkeye grown by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; first 

 fruited in 1891. Fruit large, oval; cavity small; suture a line; skin thick; dark red; 

 bloom thick; flesh yellow; quality fair; stone oval, flattened, clinging; season late. 

 Van Houten. Species? i. Terry Cat. 5. 1900. 



A plum of unknown parentage from H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; first fruited 

 in 1895; dwarfish; productive; fruit very large, round, bright red; mid-season. 

 Venetianische Zweimal Tragende. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu A'om. Pom. 452. 



1889. La Bonne Deux Fois I'An. La Vcniticnne. 



Venus. Munsoniana. i. Terry Cat. 8. 1900. 



From H. A. Terry; of unknown parentage. Tree upright, productive; fruit very 

 large, yellow overspread with light pinkish-red becoming darker red; dots numerous, 

 white; flesh yellow, very sweet and rich; good; clingstone; early. 

 Verdacchio. Domestica. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 576. 1629. 2. Rea Flora 208. 1676. 

 3. Gallesio Pom. Ital. 2:fig. 1839. Verdock i, 2. 



An old Italian variety. A few of the modem writers hold it to be the Reine Claude 

 but according to Gallesio, it is a distinct plum. Fruit medium in size, obovate, greenish; 

 flesh crisp, sweet, agreeable; very good. 

 Verdache. Species? i. Mathieu A^ow. Pom. 451. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 161 366. 1895. 



Tree very productive; fruit small, oval, yellowish olive-green with flesh the same 

 color, sweet; late; said to be excellent for making prunes or for cooking. 

 Vermilion. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 2. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:44. 1897. 3. 

 Waugh Plum Cult. 165. 1901. 

 Le Due Vermillion i, 2. Lc Due Vermillion 3. 



