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long, with short internodes, dark brown, marked with considerable scarf-skin, glabrous, 

 with numerous large, raised lenticels; leaf-buds small, medium in length, conical, free. 



Leaves folded upward, oblanceolate, one inch wide, two and three-quarters inches 

 long, thin; upper surface glabrous, with a lightly grooved midrib; lower surface light 

 green, thinly pubescent along the midrib and larger veins which are tinged red; apex 

 taper-pointed, base acuminate, margin finely serrate, with small glands; petiole one- 

 half inch long, slender, tinged red, slightly hairy along one side, with from one to three 

 small, brown glands usually at the base of the leaf. 



Blooming season intermediate in time and length; flowers appearing before the 

 leaves, white; borne in clusters on lateral buds and spurs, in twos or in threes' pedicels 

 of medium length and thickness, glabrous except for occasional hairs, greenish; calyx- 

 tube green, campanulate, glabrous; calyx-lobes narrow, obtuse, sparingly glandular, 

 with marginal hairs, glabrous on the outer side, thinly pubescent on the inner side, 

 erect; petals oval, entire, tapering at the base to short claws; anthers light yellow; 

 filaments short; pistil glabrous, longer than the stamens. 



Fruit early, one and one-half inches by one and three-eighths inches in size, roundish- 

 ovate to roundish-cordate, sides unequal; cavity large, deep, narrow, regular, abrupt; 

 suture deep, distinct; apex very pointed; color garnet-red, mottled; bloom thin; dots 

 numerous, small, russet; stem one-half inch long, adhering to the fruit; skin above 

 medium in thickness, tender, slightly astringent, separating easily; flesh light yellow, 

 fibrous, somewhat meaty, sweet except near the center; good; stone clinging, five- 

 eighths inch by one-half inch in size, irregular-oval, slightly flattened, pointed at both 

 ends, with pitted surfaces; ventral suture prominently winged, narrow; dorsal suture 

 not grooved. 



RED MAGNUM BONUM 



Prunus domestica 



i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 576, S77- 1629. 2. Rea Flora 208. 1676. 3. Langley Pomona 92, 

 PI. XX fig. V. 1729. 4. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:98, PI. XV. 1768. 5. Kraft Pom. Aust. 2:31, 

 Tab. 178 fig. i. 1796. 6. Willichs Dom. Enc. 4:300. 1803. 7. Prince Pom. Man. 2:59. 1832. 

 8. Hoffy Orch. Com. fig. 1841. 9. Floy-Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 292. 1846. 10. Horticulturist 

 4:194. 1849. Ann. Pom. Beige 99, PI. 1853. 12. Elliott Fr. Book 428, 429. 1854. 13. Noi- 

 sette Man. Comp. Jard. 2:499. 1860. 14. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 943. 1869. 15. Mas Pom. 

 Gen. 2:139, fig. 70. 1873. 16. Hogg Fruit Man. 721. 1884. 17. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 61. 1887. 

 18. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 445, 448. 1889. 19. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 87. 1890. 20. Guide Prat. 158, 

 358. 1895. 



Askew's Purple Egg 12, 14, 16, 18. Blaue Kaiserpftaume 15, 18, 20 incor. Blaue Eier Pflaume 

 18 incor. Bockshoden 18, 20. Bocksdutten 18, 20. Bonum Magnum 18 incor., 20. Blue Impera- 

 trice 7 incor., 8. Copper Plum 8. Die Kaiserliche veilchenfarbige Pflaume 5. Die Rothe Kaiser- 

 pflaume 10. Dame Aubert 13. Dame Aubert Violette 14, 16, 18, 20. Die Rothe Eiperflaume 14. 

 Dame Aubert Rouge 17. Dame Aubert Rouge 19. D'Oeuf Violette 20. Early Forcing 12. Flor- 

 ence 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Fruhe Treib Zwetsche 18. Fruhe Treibzwetsche 20. Great Imperial Plum 

 18, 20. Grosse Frith Zwetsche 18 incor. Grosse Ungarische Zwetsche 18 incor. Imperial! i. Im- 

 perial 3, 6. Imperiale Violette 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 18, 20. Impe'riale Violette 4, 15, ?o. Imperial 

 Violet 7. Imperiale 7, 14, 16, 18, 20. Imperiall 9. Imperial 9, 14, 18. Imperiale Rouge 10, 14, 

 16, 18. Imperial Rouge 12, 18. Imperial Violet 14, 18. Imperiale Hdtive 18, 20. Impe'riale rouge 



