196 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



below to short, broad claws; anthers yellowish; filaments five-sixteenths inch long; 

 pistil glabrous, equal to the stamens in length. 



Fruit mid-season; one and one-eighth inches by one inch in size, roundish-oval, 

 compressed, halves equal; cavity shallow, narrow, flaring; suture very shallow, often 

 a line; apex roundish or depressed; color greenish-yellow changing to golden-yellow, 

 somewhat mottled and blotched, occasionally with a faint bronze blush on the exposed 

 cheek, overspread with thin bloom; dots numerous, small, whitish, inconspicuous; 

 stem slender, sparingly pubescent, adhering well to the fruit; skin thin, separating 

 readily; flesh light golden-yellow, moderately juicy, coarse, firm but tender, sweet, mild; 

 of good quality; stone free, five-eighths inch by one-half inch in size, oval, flattened, 

 nearly smooth, blunt at the base and apex; ventral suture wide, blunt, smooth; dorsal 

 suture shallowly grooved. 



DUANE 



Prunus domestica 



i. Prince Treat. Hort. 25. 1828. 2. Kenrick Am. Orch. 260. 1832. 3. Prince Pom. Man. 

 2:100. 1832. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 297. 1845. 5- Horticulturist 1:115, n6 fig. 36. 1846. 

 6. Floy-Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 419. 1846. 7. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 343. 1849. 8. Elliott 

 Fr. Book 418. 1854. 9. Horticulturist 10:253. 1855. 10. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 191. 1856. 

 li. Hooper W. Fr. Book 244, 250. 1857. 12. Bridgeman Card. Ass't 3:127. 1857. 13. Downing 

 Fr. Trees Am. 910. 1869. 14. Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 303. 1878. 15. Mas Le Verger 6:77, fig. 39. 

 1866-73. J 6- Mich. Sta. Bui. 103:32. 1894. 17. Cornell Sta. Bui. 131:184. 1897. 18. Ohio 

 Sta. Bui. 162:254, 255. 1905. 19. Waugh Plum Cult. 100, 102 fig. 1901. 



Apricot 5 incor. Dame Aubert Violet 12. Duane's Plum 5 incor. Duane's Purple 5, 6, 7, 

 8, 9, 10, it, 13, 14, 16, 17. Duane's Purple 15, 19. Duane's Purple French i, 2, 3, 4. Duane's 

 French Purple 12. Duane's Large Purple 3. Duane's Large Orleans 3. Duane's Purple French 

 8, 9. English Pond's Seedling 8. Pourpree De Duane 15. Pourpree Duane 13. Purple Magnum 

 Bonum of some 12, 13. Purple Egg of some 12. Red Magnum Bonum of some 9. 



This handsome, purple plum, very well shown in the color-plate, is 

 one of the half-dozen leading fruits of its kind grown in New York, favor- 

 ably known the country over and in Europe as well. Its popularity is 

 due to its large size, well-turned shape, royal purple color, and firm, golden 

 flesh, characters which fit it admirably for the store and the stand. But 

 appearance is the only asset of the fruit so far as the consumer is concerned 

 the flesh is dry, tough, sour and clings to the stone, making a plum 

 unfit for dessert though it does very well for culinary purposes. The fruit 

 ripens slowly and colors a week or more before ripe; it is at its best only 

 when fully mature. The trees excel in size, vigor and productiveness and 

 are usually hardy and bear their crops well distributed and not clustered 

 as in most varieties of plums. In minor characters, the trees are distin- 

 guished by large leaves, pubescence on the under side and by grayish- 

 drab shoots covered with dense pubescence. Duane is generally found 



