The Domestica Plums Described 119 



stem medium ; color violet or purple ; dots numerous, brown- 

 ish ; bloom purplish; skin thick; flesh yellow, juicy; quality 

 first-rate ; season medium late ; tree vigorous and productive. 

 Of English origin. A good variety. 



Pride (Shippers' Pride). — Fruit nearly round; size large; 

 color, dark purple or blue ; quality said to be good ; season 

 medium late ; a good canning and snipping plum. 



Purple Favorite. — Fruit roundish-obovate ; size medium 

 to large ; cavity very shallow ; stem slender ; suture none : 

 color light brown in the shade, purple in the sun ; dots numer- 

 ous, golden; bloom light, blue; flesh pale greenish, juicy, 



tender ; stone small, round- 

 ish, free; flavor sweet; 

 quality good to best; sea- 

 son early. Description 

 adapted from Downing. 



This variety originated 

 on the Downing homestead 

 at Newburgh, New York, 

 with the father of A. J. 

 Downing. It is not now 

 widely grown. 



Purple Gage (Reine 

 Claude Violette). — Fruit 

 nearly spherical ; size me- 

 dium ; cavity shallow ; stem 

 short, stout; suture nearly 

 obsolete ; apex rounded ; 

 color blue ; dots many, dis- 

 tinct, whitish ; bloom blue ; 

 flesh greenish-yellow ; stone 

 small, oval, moderately 

 flattened, half free; flavor 

 sugary; quality good to best; season 



POND 



very rich, sweet and 

 medium. 



Of European origin and a favorite in parts of that country. 

 Not a good market plum, but desirable for home use. 



Quackenboss. — Fruit round-oval ; size medium or larger ; 

 cavity shallow, flaring; stem rather long; suture a line; 

 color blue ; dots blue ; bloom blue ; skin thin ; flesh greenish ; 

 stone oval, pointed, flattened, cling; quality fair to good; 

 season medium ; a good rapid-growing tree and fairly pro- 

 ductive. 



Originated in the garden of S. C. Groat, Albany, New 

 York, and introduced by Mr. Quackenboss of Greenbush, 

 New York. 



Richland. — Fruit oval; size large; cavity deep, abrupt; 



