252 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



bright red in sun ; size, 2 ; stone, adheres ; quality, 1 ; 

 use, kitchen ; flavor, juicy, rich, excellent; season, Sep- 

 tember. 



Eemarks. — German. A good bearer. Profitable for 

 market or preserving. Will hang two weeks. A kind 

 of prune. 



Sand Plum, or Beach Plum (Prunus Maritima, Wang). 



Bemarks. — A low shrub. with stout,'Straggling branches, 

 found mostly on the sandy sea coast, from Massachusetts 

 to Yirginia, and seldom ripening well elsewhere. Fruit, 

 roundish, scarcely an inch in diameter, red or purple, 

 covered with a bloom ; pleasant, but somewhat astringent. 

 Leaves oval, finely serrate. 



Schenectady. Wood, smooth ; color, greenish yellow; 



form, round, oval, broad at stem end ; size, 1 to 2 ; stone, 



.separating; quality, 1; use, table; flavor, juicy, rich, 



sweet, delicious, melting ; season. July and August. 



Remarks. — American. Tree thrifty, hard}^, and prolific. 



SMITH'S ORLEANS. Wood, nearly smooth; color, 

 deep purplish red, w4th small golden specks, and deep 

 blue bloom; form, ovate oblate, largest at base; size, 1; 

 stone, adhering ; quality, 2 ; use, kitchen; flavor, tender, 

 juicy ; season, August. 



Remarks. — American, from Long Island. Fine for 

 market only. Flesh, yellow. Recommended by Buchanan, 

 ^ Ernst, and Warder for the region round Cincinnati. 



Thomas Plum. Wood, nearly smooth ; color, deep 

 amber colored, beautifully mottled and shaded with bright 

 red on the sunny side near the point, profusely sprinkled 

 with white dots,, and covered with a thin whitish or pale 

 lilac bloom ; size, 1 ; stone, freely separating ; quality, 1 ; 



