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they moved to Schoharie County, New York, taking with them the seed- 

 ling tree. In their new home they propagated the variety, which they 

 named Palatine, and disseminated it so industriously that it became thor- 

 oughly established throughout Montgomery and Schoharie counties and 

 attained great popularity because of its apparent freedom from black- 

 knot. That this popularity is merited is attested by the fact that after 

 one hundred and fifty years it is still extensively grown in that vicinity. 



Tree large, vigorous, spreading, dense-topped, productive; branches thick; branch- 

 lets lightly pubescent; leaves flattened, slightly drooping, obovate, one and five-eighths 

 inches wide, three and one-quarter inches long, thick, rugose; margin coarsely crenate, 

 eglandular or with few, small glands; petiole pubescent, glandless or with one or two 

 small glands; blooming season intermediate in time, short; flowers appearing after 

 the leaves, more than one inch across, white with yellow tinge at the apex of the petals; 

 borne singly; calyx-lobes thickly pubescent on both surfaces, strongly reflexed. 



Fruit intermediate in time and length of ripening season; about one and one-half 

 inches in diameter, roundish or roundish-oval, dull yellowish-green becoming greenish- 

 yellow at full maturity, mottled and indistinctly blushed on the sunny side, overspread 

 with thin bloom; skin thin, slightly sour; flesh light golden-yellow, juicy, fibrous, 

 firm, sweet, pleasant in flavor; good to very good; stone dark colored, free or nearly 

 so, seven-eighths inch by one-half inch in size, oval, with thickly pitted surfaces; ventral 

 suture blunt or with a short, narrow wing; dorsal suture wide, shallow. 



PAUL EARLY 



Prunus domestica 



i. N. Y. Exp. Sta. Rpt. 12:611. 1893. 2. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 42:83. 1897. 

 Paul's Earliest i, 2. 



This variety seems to be under test only at this Station where it has 

 fruited for a number of years. It is so similar to Early Rivers, a variety 

 of small account in America, as to be an almost worthless addition to the 

 list of plums. Paul Early originated with and was sent out by J. M. Paul, 

 North Adams, Massachusetts, about 1888. 



Tree very large, vigorous, round-topped, dense, very productive; branches covered 

 with numerous fruit-spurs; branchlets twiggy, thickly pubescent; leaf -buds strongly 

 appressed; leaves flattened, obovate or oval, two and three-eighths inches wide, four 

 inches long; margin crenate, with few, small, dark glands; petiole reddish, pubescent, 

 glandless or with one or two large glands; blooming season intermediate in time, 

 short; flowers appearing before the leaves, one inch across; borne in scattering clusters, 

 usually in pairs; pedicels very thick and pubescent; anthers tinged red. 



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

 ter inches in size, roundish-oval, dark purplish-black, overspread with thick bloom; 



