I4 6 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



tips, eglandular; petiole seven-eighths inch long, slender, pubescent, tinged red, gland- 

 less or with from one to three globose, greenish-red glands. 



Blooming season medium in time and length; flowers appearing after the leaves, 

 nearly one inch across, white; borne in clusters on lateral buds and spurs, in threes or 

 fours; pedicels one-half inch long, slender, glabrous, greenish; calyx-tube green, cam- 

 panulate, glabrous; calyx-lobes narrow, somewhat acute, reflexed, pubescent on the 

 inner surface, the margin faintly pubescent and with a trace of red; petals small, oval, 

 somewhat dentate, tapering below to long, narrow, slightly hairy claws; anthers yellow- 

 ish ; filaments five-sixteenths inch long ; pistil glabrous, equal to the stamens in length, 

 frequently defective. 



Fruit mid-season, one and seven-sixteenths inches by one and five sixteenths inches in 

 size, ovateor oval, sides compressed, halves equal; cavity shallow, narrow, flaring; suture 

 a line; apex roundish; color light to dark red over a yellow ground, covered with thin 

 bloom; dots numerous, small, brownish-red; stem slender, glabrous; skin medium in 

 thickness and toughness, adhering; flesh golden-yellow, juicy, coarse, fibrous, tender and 

 melting, semi-sweet; of fair quality; stone nearly free, one inch by five-eighths inch 

 in size, irregular-oval, flattened and elongated at the base, abruptly pointed at the 

 apex, very smooth; ventral suture winged and furrowed; dorsal suture acute. 



APPLE 



Prunus triflora X ? 



i. Burbank Cat. 2. 1898. 2. Vt. Sta. Bui. 67:6. 1898. 3. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 12:220. 1899. 

 4. Am. Card. 21:36. 1900. 5. Waugh Plum CuU. 203. 1901. 6. Ga. Sta. Bui. 68:12, 35. 1905. 

 7. Mass. Sta. An. Rpt. 17:161. 1905. 



The Apple is a conspicuous plum; its shape, color, size, flavor; its 

 firm, blood -red flesh and long-keeping quality, all distinguish it. Even the 

 tree is marked with its robust growth, flat -topped head, peculiar, light brown 

 bark, handsome foliage and wood that can be propagated from cuttings 

 with surprising ease. It is difficult to predict the future of this interesting 

 plum, but probably it will remain for most part a curiosity. Its peculiar 

 flavor is not pleasant at first taste and it is doubtful if many will learn 

 to like it. Unpalatability is the defect of the variety which will most often 

 be counted against it. In general the Apple is inferior for dessert or kitchen 

 to the Satsuma, itself none too good, which it most nearly resembles of all 

 plums. In the Station collection tree and fruit are quite susceptible to 

 both fungus and insect pests and the fruits ripen unevenly. The fruit 

 of the variety keeps and ships remarkably well and these qualities may 

 be its saving grace, both so well developed as to make it valuable for breeding 

 purposes when these characters are desired. 



In his catalog for 1898 Burbank announces the Apple as a new 

 plum and says, "Among the welcome surprises found three years ago among 



