326 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



20. Large Orlean 7. Mogul Rouge 16, 18. Oeuf Rouge 16, 18. Prune d'Oeuf Violette 18. Prin- 

 zessinpfiaume 15. Prune-figue 13. Prune ImpeViale Violette n. Prune d'oeuf 7, 14, 18. Purple 

 Egg 7. I2 > M, I( >, 1 8. Prune-oeuf 7. Purple Magnum Bonum 12, 14, 18. Red Magnum Bonum 8, 12, 

 20. Red Magnum 6. /?ed Imperiale 7, 8, 12. 14, 16, 18, 20. Red Bonum Magnum 3, 7, 18, 20. 

 Red Egg Plum 10. Red Egg 12. Red Imperial 12. Red Egg 14, 16, 18. Red Aubert 17. Rote 

 Eier Pftaume 18. Rote Kaiserpflaume 18. Rote Kaiser Zwetsche 18. 116 Riga 19. Rothe Kaiser- 

 pflaume 20. Rothe Kaiserzwetsche 20. Shepler ?i4, ?i8. Sainte-Catherine (Belgien) 18, 20. The 

 Imperial Plum 2. Violette oder Blaue Kaiserpflaume 15. 



Once popular, Red Magnum Bonum is now but of historical interest. 

 Three centuries ago this variety was cultivated in England by John Trades- 

 cant under the name Imperiall. It was mentioned by all of the early 

 horticultural writers and it seems clear that the variety was well estab- 

 lished in Europe at least as early as the beginning of the Seventeenth Cen- 

 tury. As all plums at that time were propagated from seed, a large number 

 of sub-varieties of this sort were produced and as these became estab- 

 lished the nomenclature t of the variety became much involved. In 1729 

 Langley called it the Red Magnum Bonum, a name it has since retained. 

 It is not known when the variety was introduced into this country but 

 its first appearance in American literature was in 1803. After its introduc- 

 tion nurserymen sold any large red plum as Red Magnum Bonum and 

 it became difficult to find the true variety. Professor J. L. Budd appar- 

 ently reintroduced this plum in 1881-1882 under the name Dame Aubert 

 Rouge. Although very extensively grown in America at one time it has 

 never been a favorite because of its poor quality. The American Porno- 

 logical Society rejected it in 1858 from a list of candidates for its catalog. 

 The following description is compiled. 



Tree hardy, vigorous, productive; young shoots glabrous. Fruit mid-season; large, 

 oval, deep red in the sun, pale red in the shade, covered with thin bloom; stem one inch 

 long; flesh greenish, firm, slightly coarse, dry, brisk subacid; of fair quality; stone oval, 

 free. 



REINE CLAUDE 

 Prunus domestica 



i. Quintinye Com. Card. 67, 68, 69. 1699. 2. Langley Pomona 93, PI. XXIII fig. 7. 1729. 

 3. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:89, PI. XI. 1768. 4. Knoop Fructologie 2:62. 1771. 5. Kraft Pom. 

 Aust. 28, Tab. 173 fig. 2, 41, Tab. 193 fig. 2. 1796. 6. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 20. 1803. 7. Mil- 

 ler Card. Diet. 3. 1807. 8. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 237, fig. 14. 1817. 9. Phillips Com. Orch. 306. 

 1831. 10. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 147, 148. 1831. u. Prince Pom. Man. 2:48. 1832. 12. Gal- 

 lesio Pom. Ital., PI. 1839. 13. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 276 fig. 106. 1845. 14. Floy-Lindley 

 Guide Orch. Card. 283, 382, 419. 1846. 15. Poiteau Pom. Franc. 1:1846. 16. Horticulturist 2: 

 178, 179 fig. 3P, 291. 1847. 17. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 326 fig. 253, 329. 1849. J 8- Hovey 

 Fr. Am. 2:69, PL 1851. 19. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 54. 1852. 20. Elliott Fr. Book 410. 1854. 21. 

 Thompson Card Ass't 517. 1859. 22. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 917. 1869. 23. Mas Le Verger 



