The Domestica Piums Described 117 



stone small, oval, slightly flattened, free ; quality good to best ; 

 season medium. 



Originated with Miss Dunham, Penfield, Monroe county, 

 New York. 



Murdy. — "Tree strong-growing, upright ; fruit roundish- 

 oval ; stalk three-fourths inch long, stout ; cavity narrow, 

 rather deep; apex imperceptible; suture slight, one-half 

 around; color reddish-purple, with many yellowish dots and 

 specks and a light blue bloom; flesh moderately juicy, amber, 

 tender, sweet, vinous, rich ; pit oval, pointed, moderately 

 plump, cling; quality very good; season September 16; size 

 large ; as yet rather unproductive, but if this quality develops, 

 it bids fair to become a valuable market sort." — Michigan 

 Experiment Station Bulletin 169:247 (1899). 



Naples (Beauty of Naples). — Known to me only from 

 the nursery catalog description, according to which it is "a. 

 dessert plum of the highest quality, medium size, greenish - 

 yellow, somewhat striped, very sweet, hardy, strong grower." 



Nonsuch (Lucombe's Nonsuch). — Fruit roundish-oval; 

 size, medium or larger; cavity shallow and wide; suture indis- 

 tinct or wanting ; color greenish, turning yellow ; bloom 

 white; flesh greenish-yellow; stone cling; quality good; 

 season late. 



An English variety of the Green Gage type. 



Orleans (Smith's Orleans, Red Magnum Bonum). — 

 "Fruit large to very large, oval, rather widest toward the 

 stalk, a little irregular, with a strongly marked suture on the 

 side ; stalk quite small and slender, little more than half an 

 inch long, inserted in a deep, narrow cavity ; skin reddish- 

 purple; covered with a deep blue bloom; flesh deep yellow, a 

 little firm, very juicy, with a brisk, rich, vinous flavor (not 

 sweet and cloying), and adheres to the stone; good to very- 

 good; 20th to the last of August; growth very vigorous." — 

 Description adapted from Downing. 



Oullin (Oullin's Green Gage, etc.). — Fruit round or 

 round oval ; size medium ; cavity shallow, abrupt ; stem 

 rather long; suture faint; color dull green, becoming yel- 

 lowish ; dots faint, whitish ; bloom white ; skin thin ; flesh 

 yellowish; stone medium size, oval, slightly flattened, cling; 

 quality only fair to good, as I have seen it, though rated very 

 good by Downing ; season medium early. 



A German variety of the Green Gage type. 



Pacific. — Fruit oblong ; size very large ; cavity shallow, 

 flaring; stem, short, stout; suture shallow, but distinct: apex 

 slightly depressed; color dark crimson; dots many, yellow- 

 bloom heavy, bluish; skin thick, tough; flesh yellowish; 



