The Domestica Plums Described 121 



stem medium long - , slender; suture a line; apex round; color 

 blue; dots many, small, white; bloom blue; skin tender; 

 flesh greenish-yellow; stone large, elliptical, flat, cling; 

 quality good ; season medium. 



Originated on the farm of Randall Elden, Richland, Penn- 

 sylvania. Does not seem to fill a long-felt want. 



Royale Hative. — Fruit roundish ; size medium ; cavity 

 shallow or none; stem half an inch long; color light purple, 

 slightly streaked with brownish; dots yellowish; bloom blue; 

 flesh yellow ; stone free ; quality very good ; season early. 



An old French variety. 



Royal Tours (Royale de Tours). — Fruit irregular, 

 rounded, one side much larger than the other ; size medium 

 to large ; cavity narrow, rather deep ; stem short, stout ; 

 suture deep; apex a white dot; color deep purple over red; 

 dots many, large, yellow ; bloom thick, bluish ; skin thick, 

 firm ; flesh greenish-yellow ; stone rather large, oblong, 

 hardly flattened, rough, cling; flavor rich and sugary; quali.y 

 good to best ; season medium. 



This is an old French variety, long known and highly 

 esteemed in Europe, but never popular in this country and now 

 almost lost to cultivation here. During the season of 1899 

 (August), however, I received specimens from North Carolina, 

 where it is grown locally under the name of Worth, and where 

 it is highly praised. It seems to me to be a dessert plum of 

 value, and fit to be grown alongside of some of our best 

 Domesticas. 



Saint Catherine. — A medium-sized, obovate, yellow 

 plum, formerly regarded as an important variety for prunes 

 in France. Described by all the early American works, but 

 now apparently unknown in this country. 



Saratoga. — Fruit round-oval ; size large ; cavity deep, 

 narrow; stem an inch long; suture shallow; apex slightly 

 depressed ; color dull, dark purplish ; dots many, minute, 

 whitish; bloom thin, bluish; flesh dull yellow; stone ovai, 

 pointed, cling; flavor mild sub-acid; quality good; season 

 early ; tree vigorous, upright. 



Sergeant (Robe de Sergeant). — Downing gives this name 

 as a synonym of Prune d'Agen, but the variety now grown on 

 the Pacific coast as Robe de Sergeant is said to be altogether 

 different. It is thus described by the California horticulturist, 

 John Rock : "Fruit medium size, oval : skin deep purple, 

 approaching black, and covered with a thick blue bloom ; flesh 

 ereenish-yellow, sweet and well-flavored, sugary, rich and 

 delicious, slightly adhering to the stone." Wickson says : "This 



