138 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



serrate, with small, brownish glands; petiole three-eighths inch long, slightly pubescent 

 along one side, reddish, glandless or with from one to five small, globose, green or 

 reddish glands usually on the stalk. 



Blooming season early; flowers appearing with the leaves, medium in size; borne 

 in clusters on lateral buds and spurs, in pairs or in threes; pedicels of medium length and 

 thickness, slightly pubescent, greenish; calyx-tube green, obconic, glabrous; calyx- 

 lobes obtuse, with ciliate margins, glabrous, erect; petals broadly oval, entire, abruptly 

 clawed; anthers yellowish; filaments of average length; pistil glabrous, equal to the 

 stamens in length. 



Fruit early, season short; one and three-eighths inches in diameter, roundish- 

 ovate, halves nearly equal, slightly compressed; cavity medium in depth and width, 

 abrupt, regular; suture shallow, distinct; apex pointed; color pinkish-red changing 

 to darker red, mottled, with thin bloom; dots numerous, of medium size, russet, con- 

 spicuous; stem one-half inch long, glabrous, parting easily from the fruit; skin thin, 

 tough, bitterish, separating readily; flesh yellow, very juicy, tender and melting, sweet 

 except next to the pit, pleasantly aromatic; good; stone clinging, three-quarters inch 

 by one-half inch in size, oval, somewhat compressed, pointed, rough, ridged along the 

 ventral suture; dorsal suture grooved. 



AGEN 



Prunus domestica 



I. Kraft Pom. Aust. 3:38, Tab. 189 fig. i. 1796. 2. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 143, 147, 152, 153. 

 1831. 3. Prince Pont. Man. 2:75, 100. 1832. 4. Poiteau Porn. Franc. I. 1846. 5. Downing Fr. 

 Trees Am. 309. 1845. 6. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 30. 1854. 7. Thompson Card. Ass't 519. 1859. 

 8. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 86. 1862. 9. Oberdieck Dent. Obst. Sort. 427. 1881. 10. Hogg Fruit Man. 

 683. 1884. IT. Mas Le Verger 6:81, fig. 1866-73. I2 - Cal. State Bd. Hort. 291. 1885-86. 13. 

 Cat. Cong. Pom. France 343. 1887. 14. Cal. State Bd. Hort. 49, 50. 1887-88. 15. Ibid. 233, 235, 

 340. 1890. 16. Ibid. 96, 105, PI. i. 1891. 17. Guide Prat. 160, 353. 1895. 18. Oregon Sta. Bui. 

 45:24. 1897. 19. Cornell Sta. Bui. 131:191. 1897. 20. U. S. D. A. Div. Pom. Bui. 7:313, 316. 

 PI. IV, fig.4. 1898. 21. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:241, 242. 1899. 22. Cal. Fr. Gr. Con. 29. 1901, 

 23. Waugh PlumCuli. 94, 95 fig. 1901. 24. Baltet Cult. Fr. 495, fig. 331, 506, 507, fig. 336. 1908 

 25. Wickson Cal. Fruits 225. 1908. 26. Cal. Fr. Grower 40:18, 19, fig. 1909. 



Agen 22. Agener Kaiserzwetsche 17. Agen Date 3. Agen Datte 5, 10. Agener Pflaume 17. 

 Agener Pflaume 9. Agen Prune 21. California 20. California 16. D'Agen 2, 10, n, 17, 24. 

 D'Agen 3, 3, 8, 13, 20. D'Ast 13, 17. Date 21. Datte 17. De Brignole 17. D'Ente 13, 17, 24. 

 D'Ente d'Agen 13. Datte Violette i, 13, 17. Die Elaine Dattelpflaume 17. Die Blaue Dattelpflaume i. 

 Du Roi 17. French 20. French Prune 15, 18, 23, 23. French Prune (?) 2, 12, 14, 13, 26. Lot 

 d'Ente 18. Petite 20. Petite d'Agen 14, 20, 26. Petite Prune 18. Petite Prune 23. Petite Prune 

 d'Agen 25. Prune d'Agen 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 17, 19, 25. Prune d'Agen 14, 16, 18, 23. Prune de Brig- 

 nole (of some) 5, 7, 17. Prune d'Ante 3. Pruned'Ast 5, 7, 10, n. Pruned'Ente 7, 12, 18. Prunier 

 d'Agen 3. Prunier d'Agen 6. Prune d'Ente 22. Prune du Roi 10. Robe de Sergent 3, 3, 7, S, 

 n, 13, 17, 18. Robe de Sargent 10, 12. Roi d'Agen 2. Saint Maurin 2, 4. St. Maurin 5, 7, 10, 17. 

 Saint Mauriniana 4. Violette Dattelzwetsche 17. 



Agen is the plum par excellence for prune-making in France and 

 America. Several qualities make it admirably fit for curing into prunes. 



