The Domestica Plums 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." 



NoifSUCH (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 ; 2Oth 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 ; 



