192 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Blooming season early or medium, short; flowers appearing after the leaves, one 

 inch across, the buds yellow-tipped changing to white on expanding; borne on lateral 

 spurs, in pairs; pedicels five-eighths inch long, somewhat slender, pubescent, green; 

 calyx- tube greenish, campanulate, pubescent; calyx-lobes broad, obtuse, pubescent 

 on both surfaces, glandular -serrate, reflexed; petals broadly oval or roundish, entire 

 or slightly crenate, tapering to short, broad claws; anthers roundish, yellow; filaments 

 five-sixteenths inch in length; pistil lightly pubescent at the base, longer than the 

 stamens. 



Fruit mid-season, ripening period short; one and seven-eighths inches by one and 

 three-quarters inches in size, oval, slightly necked, swollen on the ventral side, com- 

 pressed; cavity very narrow and abrupt ; suture shallow, often a line; apex roundish or 

 pointed ; color deep reddish-purple changing to dark purplish-black at full maturity, with 

 thick bloom; dots numerous, small, russet, inconspicuous; stem slender, one inch long, 

 finely pubescent, adhering well to the fruit; skin thin, rather sour, separating readily; 

 flesh pale or golden-yellow, sometimes with a faint red tinge next the skin, not juicy, 

 coarse, firm but rather tender, mild subacid to nearly sweet, not high in flavor; of fair 

 quality; stone with a trace of red, semi-clinging, one and one-eighth inches by five- 

 eighths inch in size, long-oval, necked at the base, abruptly sharp-pointed at the apex, 

 with pitted surfaces; ventral suture rather broad, lightly furrowed; dorsal suture 

 widely grooved. 



DOUBLE FLOWERING GAGE 



Prunus domestica 



i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:92. 1768. 2. Knoop Fructologie 57. 1771. 3. Kraft Pom. 

 Aust. 2:32, Tab. 179 fig. 2. 1796. 4. Prince Pont. Man. 2:49. 1832. 5. Mag. Hart. 9:165. 1843. 

 6. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 316. 1845. 7. Poiteau Pom. Franc. 1:1846. 8. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:47. 

 1873. 9. Guide Prat. 163, 363. 1895. 



Die grosse Konigin Klaudia Pflaume mit halbgefullter Bluthe 3. Dauphin a Fleurs semi- 

 doubles 5. Dauphin 4 Fleurs doubles 5. Dauphin d. fleurs semi-doubles 5. Double-blossomed 5. 

 Double-blossomed Plum 6. Gelbe Reneclode Mit Gefullter Bluthe 8. Prune a Fleurs Doubles 8. 

 Prunier a fleurs semi-double 8. Prunier a fleur semi-double i, 7. Prune a Fleurs Doubles 2. Pru- 

 nier & fleur semi-double 4. Prune Semi-double 4. Prune a fleurs semi-double 4. Reine-Claude 

 Semi-Double 8. Reine-Claude a fleur semi-double 4. Reine-Claude 6. Fleurs Semi-double 5, 9. Reine- 

 Claude mit Halbgefullter Bluthe 9. Semi-double flowering Reine Claude 4. 



This is an ornamental variety of the Reine Claude type first noted by 

 Duhamel in 1768. It was probably well known in Europe at this time for 

 a little later it was mentioned by Knoop of Holland and Kraft of Austria. 

 Duhamel described two varieties; one with small fruit which was insipid 

 when over-ripe, and the other large and of good flavor. In 1846, Poiteau 

 thought the latter was probably identical with a variety growing at Luxem- 

 bourg but he did not think the former was extant. In the third edition 

 of the London Horticultural Society's catalog, yellow and purple forms 

 were mentioned, showing that the variety has been represented by more 



