THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. l8l 



tree was cut down but several suckers were taken from the roots and planted 

 in an orchard. These bore fruit for many years, never failing to mature 

 a crop. In 1886, Leonard Coates, a nurseryman and fruit-grower of Napa 

 City, became interested in the plum on account of its extreme earliness 

 and offered it to his customers. The American Pomological Society added 

 Clyman to its fruit catalog list in 1897. 



Tree rather large, vigorous, round and dense-topped, semi-hardy in New York, 

 productive; branches ash-gray, nearly smooth, with numerous, small, raised lenticels; 

 branchlets thick, rather long, with internodes of medium length, greenish-red changing 

 to brownish-red, dull, heavily pubescent throughout the season, with numerous, indis- 

 tinct, small lenticels; leaf -buds of medium size and length, conical, appressed; leaf- 

 scars prominent. 



Leaves folded backward, obovate, one and seven-eighths inches wide, three and 

 one-quarter inches long; upper surface dark green, rugose, sparingly hairy; lower 

 surface pale green, pubescent; apex abruptly pointed or acute, base acute, margin 

 serrate or crenate, covered with small dark glands; petiole nearly seven-eighths inch 

 long, pubescent, reddish, glandless or with from one to three globose, greenish-yellow 

 glands variable in size and position. 



Blooming season early and short; flowers appearing after the leaves, one and one- 

 eighth inches across, white, the buds creamy at the apex when unfolding; borne in 

 clusters on lateral spurs, singly or in pairs; pedicels about one-half inch long, thick, 

 pubescent, greenish; calyx-tube green, campanulate, pubescent; calyx-lobes narrow, 

 obtuse, pubescent on both surfaces, serrate, reflexed; petals obovate, dentate, tapering 

 to short, broad claws; anthers yellow; filaments about seven-sixteenths inch long; 

 pistil pubescent near the base, equal to the stamens in length. 



Fruit very early, season short; one and one-half inches by one and three-eighths 

 inches in size, oval, halves equal; cavity narrow, abrupt, regular; suture shallow and 

 often indistinct; apex roundish or slightly depressed; color dark purplish-red, covered 

 with thick bloom; dots numerous, small, russet, inconspicuous; stem five-eighths 

 inches long, pubescent, adhering poorly to the fruit; skin tender, sour, separating 

 readily; flesh pale yellow, dry, firm, sweet, mild but pleasant; of good quality; stone 

 free, seven-eighths inch by five-eighths inch in size, somewhat flattened, irregular-oval, 

 with pitted surfaces, tapering abruptly at the base, nearly acute at the apex; ventral 

 suture of medium width, usually rather blunt; dorsal suture with a wide, deep groove. 



COLUMBIA 



Prunus domestica 



i. Mag. Hort. 8:90. 1842. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 292. 1845. 3- Cole Am. Fr. Book 216. 

 1849. 4. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 334. 1849. 5- Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 86. 1862. 6. Mas Pom. 

 Gen. 2:159. 1873. 7. Hogg Fruit Man. 691. 1884. 8. Wash. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 135. 1893. 



Columbian Gage 2, 4. Columbia Pftaume 6. Columbia Gage j. 



