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aline; skin thick, tough, yellow, with reddish tinge; flesh yellow, sweet, tender; stone 



roundish-ovate, chnging; mid-season. 



Ifohe. Domcstica. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 954. 1869. Yohes Eagle i. 



Noticed by Downing who says it is an accidental seedling in the garden of Caleb 

 ifohe, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 



ifork State Prune. Domcstica. i. Thomas .4w. FnnV Ch//. 504, 505. 1897. 2. Greene 

 Cat. 1897. 3. Sweet Cat. 13. 1897. 4. W. N. Y. Ilort. Soc. Rpt. 44:92. 1899. 



Large German Prune 3. York State Prune 3. 



A seedling grown near Dansville, New York. As tested at this Station and Ijy 

 many fruit-growers it is identical with Italian Prune. 

 Young. Domcstica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 955. 1869. Young's Seedling i. 



From Pennsylvania. Tree vigorous; fruit medium in size, roundish-oval, deep 

 reddish-purple; flesh yellow, sweet; good; freestone; mid-season. 

 Yukon. Nigra? i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 426. 1900. 



A seedling grown at Indian Head Experimental Farm, Canada. Fruit of medium 

 size, red; skin thick; good; early. 

 Yuteca. Species? i. Cir. S. Dak. Exp. Sta. 1910. South Dakota No.S i. 



A very early ripening seedling of some native plum grown by N. E. Hansen of 

 the South Dakota E.xperiment Station; sent out in 1907. 

 Zahlbruckner Damascene. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu No>n. Pom. 455. 1889. 



Zahlbruckner's Violette Damascene. 

 Zekanta. Species? i. Cir. S. Dak. Exp. Sta. 1910. 



A large yellow seedling of some native plum grown and introduced by N. E. Hansen 

 of the South Dakota Experiment Station. 



Zucchetta Gialla. Species? Listed in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 455. 1889. 

 Zulu. Species? i. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 12:230. 1899. 



Grown by Luther Burbank who says in regard to its parentage " It is a mystery, 

 being three or four generations from innumerable crosses, and resembles no other known 

 species or variety." Fruit medium in size, round or somewhat oblate; suture shallow; 

 cavity broad, open; stem short, strong; very dark dull red, almost black; dots many, 

 minute, whitish; bloom thick; skin thin and tender; flesh firm, juicy, red, rich and 

 sweet; quality good to best; stone medium large, rounded, only slightly flattened, 

 clinging. 

 Zuzac. Domcstica. i. Kerr Cat. 25. 1897. 



Similar in appearance to Townsend. 

 Zwergpflaume. Domcstica. i. Kraft Pom. Anst. 2:35, Tab. 183 fig. 2. 1796. 



Die kleine Zwergpflaume i. Prune nain i. 



Tree low; leaves lance-shaped, short-stemmed; flowers small, fragrant; petals 

 long, not widely opened; fruit hanging on a long stem, the size and appearance of a 

 cherr}^ except that it is more elongated; pleasant; sometimes sourish and flat. 

 Zwetsche Professor Wittmack. Species? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 455. 1889. 



Referenced by Mathieu from Garten-flora 142. 1888. 



