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the buds tinged yellow. Fruit midseason; 1% inches 

 in diameter, round-oblong, with irregular surface which 

 is somewhat ridged, halves equal ; cavity narrow, abrupt, 

 compressed ; suture distinct ; apex deeply depressed ; 

 color dark reddish-purple, with thick bloom ; dots 

 numerous, white, conspicuous, clustered about the apex ; 

 stem thick, % inch long, pubescent, adhering well to 

 the fruit ; skin tough, adhering slightly to the pulp ; 

 flesh dark golden-yellow, dry, coarse, tough, firm, sweet, 

 mild but pleasant ; of good quality ; stone clinging, 

 irregular-oval, flattened, obliquely necked, blunt at 

 the apex, with deeply pitted surfaces, rough. 



TERRELL. P. salidnaXP. Munsoniana. 

 Terrell is one of the leading plums in Florida 

 and the Gulf states, and was placed on the 

 fruit-list of the American Pomological Society 

 for this region in 1903. It is noteworthy as one 

 of the few crosses between the Japanese plum 

 and P. Munsoniana. The variety was intro- 

 duced by the Glen St. Mary Nurseries, Glen 

 St. Mary, Florida, in 1904, and is a seedling 

 of the older and better-known Excelsior. 



Tree healthy, vigorous, productive, bearing heavy 

 crops annually. Fruit ripens in June in Florida, me- 

 dium to large, nearly round ; suture a line but distinct ; 

 apex blunt ; cavity medium in depth, abrupt ; stem 

 short and slender ; skin thin, tough, a little astringent, 

 reddish-yellow, somewhat mottled and deepening to 

 wine-red ; dots minute to conspicuous, yellow ; flesh 

 greenish-yellow, firm, subacid, sweet, rich ; quality 

 rated as good to very good in the South ; stone small, 

 broadly oval, turgid, clinging rather tenaciously. 



TRAGEDY. Fig. 209. P. domestica. The 

 fruits of Tragedy are very attractive in ap- 

 pearance above medium size, a dark, rich 



209. Tragedy. (XD 



purple color, and having the full, rounded form 

 much liked by consumers in a dessert plum. 

 The flesh is juicy, tender, and sweet, so that 

 the quality may be called good; possibly the 

 flesh is a little too soft for distant shipping or 

 long keeping. The trees are very satisfactory, 

 except that in some regions they are not quite 

 as reliable in bearing as could be wished. A 



fault is a large proportion of the pits are 

 cracked and many are soft and granular. A 

 plum with the good qualities possessed by 

 Tragedy should be better known. Tragedy 

 originated as a chance seedling on the farm 

 of O. R. Runyon, Sacramento, California. 



Tree large, vigorous, round-topped, hardy, variable in 

 productiveness. Leaves obovate, 1% inches wide, 3% 

 inches long ; apex acute or obtuse ; base acute ; petiole % 

 inch long, thick, pubescent, faintly tinged red, glandless 

 or with 1 or 2 small, globose, greenish-brown glands. 

 Flowers % inch across, white. Fruit early, season short ; 

 1% by 1% inches in size, oval, swollen on the suture 

 side, compressed, halves unequal ; cavity narrow, abrupt, 

 regular ; suture shallow, often an indistinct line ; apex 

 roundish ; color dark purplish-black with thick bloom ; 

 dots numerous, russet, inconspicuous ; stem % inch 

 long, pubescent, adhering well to the fruit ; skin 

 separating readily ; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, tender, 

 sweet, mild; good; stone clinging, irregular-oval, flat- 

 tened, obliquely necked ; apex acute ; surfaces pitted, 

 roughish. 



UNGARISH. P. domestica. Hungarian. 

 Hungarian Prune. Hungary. Ungarish Prune. 

 Budd's Ungarish as grown at the New York 

 State Experiment Station is nearly identical 

 with Italian. The only differences are: the 

 Italian fruit is smaller, a little firmer, not 

 so broad, nor quite so sweet as that of 

 Ungarish. The pit of the latter is usually 

 tinged with red, while that of the former is 

 rarely so colored. If Ungarish proves as pro- 

 ductive as Italian, it may be more desirable 

 because of its larger fruits. In 1883, Professor 

 J. L. Budd of the Iowa Experiment Station 

 Imported trees under the name Quetsche de 

 Hongrie or Zwetsche Ungarische from Russia. 

 Budd disseminated the variety as Hungary, a 

 name soon changed to Hungarian and later to 

 Ungarish. This is not to be confused with the 

 true Hungarian, so well known in Europe as 

 the Quetsche de Hongrie. 



VORONESH. P. domestica. Moldavka. 

 Voronesh Yellow. Voronesh is a Russian sort 

 supposed to be ironclad to cold. The trees are 

 very productive; and the fruits are attractive 

 enough in size and color to meet market de- 

 mands, but the flavor is so insipid as to make 

 the plum unfit for dessert and hardly fit for 

 kitchen use. In 1881, Professor J. L. Budd im- 

 ported from Voronesh, Russia, a variety which 

 he introduced as Voronesh Yellow. At the 

 same time he imported a variety under the 

 name Moldavka which proved to be identical 

 with Voronesh Yellow. The variety is distinct 

 in tree and fruit from other sorts of its species. 



Tree of medium size, round-topped, productive. Leaves 

 drooping, narrow-obovate, 2^4 inches wide, 4% inches 

 long, thick ; margin doubly serrate, with small, yellowish- 

 red glands. Flowers 1% inches across, dull white. 

 Fruit midseason, ripening period short; 1% by 1% 

 inches in size, ovate, necked, enlarged on the suture 

 side, dark lemon-yellow, with thin bloom ; dots very 

 numerous, white, conspicuous ; stem adhering strongly 

 to the fruit ; skin tough, sour ; flesh dark amber-yellow, 

 very tender, sweet, mild ; poor ; stone free, long-oval, 

 flattened, somewhat necked, acute at the apex, the 

 surfaces smooth or partially honeycombed. 



WASHINGTON. Fig. 210. Bolmar. Jack- 

 son. Superior Green Gage. The fruits of 

 Washington are large; handsome in form and 



