The Domestica Plums Described 1 1 5 



stone medium size, oval, flattened, cling; quality fair; season 

 early; tree strong, healthy, upright grower. 



Said to have been grown from seed by Judge Platt of 

 .Whitesboro, New York. Named by the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural society after Mr. Lombard of Springfield, Massachu- 

 setts, who introduced it in that state. This is one of the most 

 extensively planted plums in the northeastern states, and has 

 been found very profitable by some growers. It occupies 

 among Domestica plums somewhat the same place which the 

 Ben Davis holds among apples, including adaptability to all 

 soils, thrift under neglect, good bearing and mediocre quality. 

 The tree is excellent for top-grafting, and is not seldom planted 

 for this purpose. Along with Lombard, Craig describes 

 Spanish King, believing it to be practically the same thing. 



LONGWORTH. "A medium-sized oval fruit ; color reddish- 

 purple ; flesh amber yellow, breaking-sweet, pleasant ; quality 

 good ; resembles Lombard, except that it has a freestone : 

 season first half of September in northern Michigan." United 

 States Pomological Report, 1891, p. 392. 



LYON (Bailey). "Trees upright, spreading, quite vigor- 

 ous ; young wood of a reddish-brown ; fruit round or slightly 

 oval ; stalk one inch long, moderately stout ; cavity narrow, 

 slight; apex depressed; suture slight, one-half around; color 

 bright clear yellow, with a slight bloom; flesh moderately 

 juicy, yellow, tender, rich, sweet, vinous ; pit large, oval, 

 plump, nearly free; quality, quite good; season September I ; 

 size large; generally quite productive. A promising variety 

 brought to notice by S. S. Bailey of Grand Rapids. Michigan, 

 and renamed by the Michigan Horticultural society." Michi- 

 gan Experiment Station Bulletin, 169:244 (1899). 



MERUNKA. Fruit truncate, oval ; size medium ; cavity 

 medium deep, abruptly rounded ; stem strong ; suture faint ; 

 apex depressed ; color dark dull red ; dots many, white : 

 bloom blue; skin thin; flesh yellow; stone large, oval, 

 pointed, flattened, rough, cling ; quality fair to good. 



A Russian plum of the Lombard type imported by Pro- 

 fessor Budd. Said to average larger than Lombard in Iowa, 

 and to be of better quality. 



MCLAUGHLIN. Fruit round or even oblate ; size medium ; 

 cavity shallow, with a ridge around the stem: stem strong, 

 rather long: suture very shallow: apex very slightly de- 

 pressed ; color greenish-yellow, with a pink blush : dots man}', 

 greenish ; bloom white : skin thin ; flesh yellow : stone me- 

 dium size, oblique-oval, slightly flattened, rough, cling; flavor 

 rich, sugary ; quality extra ; season medium ; tree hardy and 

 a fairly good grower. 



Originated with James McLaughlin, Bangor, Maine. 



