332 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



apex taper-pointed, base rather acute, margin coarsely and doubly serrate, eglandular; 

 petiole slender, five-eighths inch long, tinged red, sparingly pubescent, glandless or with 

 one or two small, globose, reddish glands on the stalk. 



Blooming season late and short; flowers appearing after the leaves; three-quarters 

 inch across, the buds creamy- white changing to white as the flowers expand; borne 

 in clusters on lateral buds and spurs, in threes or in fours; pedicels seven-sixteenths 

 inch long, below medium in thickness, glabrous, green; calyx-tube reddish-green, 

 obconic, glabrous; calyx-lobes narrow, acute, eglandular, glabrous on the outer surface 

 but lightly pubescent within, heavily pubescent on the margin and with irregular deep 

 serrations, erect; petals oval or slightly ovate, dentate, tapering below into narrow 

 claws reddish at the base; stamens conspicuous; anthers yellow; filaments three- 

 eighths inch long; pistil glabrous, equal to the stamens in length; stigma often abortive. 



Fruit mid-season or earlier, ripening period short; about one inch in diameter, 

 roundish, halves equal; cavity shallow, flaring, marked before maturity with light- 

 colored, radiating streaks ; suture a line ; apex roundish ; color dark purplish-red, with 

 thin bloom; dots numerous, small, light russet, inconspicuous; stem slender, nine- 

 sixteenths inch long, adhering poorly to the fruit; skin thick, tough, semi-adherent; 

 .flesh orange-yellow, juicy, slightly fibrous, tender and melting, sweet, strongly aromatic; 

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

 smoothish, blunt at the base and apex; ventral suture acute, faintly ridged; dorsal 

 suture acute, with a narrow, shallow, indistinct groove. 



ROYAL TOURS 



Prunus domestica 



i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:81, PI. XX fig. 8. 1768. 2. Kraft Pom. Aust. 2:35, Tab. 184 

 fig. 2. 1796. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 313. 1845. 4. Elliott Fr. Book 423. 1854. 5. Mas 

 Le Verger 6:53, fig. 2 7- J866-73. 6. Lange Allgem. Garten. 2:420. 1879. 7- Le Bon Jard. 2:341. 

 1882. 8. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 368. 1887. 9. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 438. 1889. 10. Guide 

 Prat. 160, 365. 1895. n. Waugh Plum Cult. 120, 121. 1901. 



Damas de Tours 7. Die konigliche Pflaume von Tours 2. Diel's Konigspflaume 9 incor. 

 Diels Konigpflaume 10. Fruhe Herrn Pflaume 9 incor., 10. Kings plum of Tours 6. Konigs- 

 pflaume von Tours 5, 10. Konigspflaume von Tours 9. Konigliche Pflaume von Tours 9, 10. 

 Konigs Pflaume 9 incor., 10. Konigliche Grosse Pflaume 9, 10. Konigin von Tours 9, 10. Morocco- 

 fflaume 10. Morocco 9 incor. Prune Royale de Tours 5, 9. Rothe Konigspflaume 10. Roi 10. 

 Royale 8, 10. Royale de Tours i, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10. Royale de Tours 2, 4, 9, 10, n. Royal Tours 3, 

 4, 9. Royal of Tours 4. Royal red Plum 8, 10. Worth n. 



This excellent variety should be grown generally in America for home 

 use, at least, if it proves nearly as desirable as it is rated in Europe. Royal 

 Tours is an old French sort supposed to have originated in the neighbor- 

 hood of Tours, France. Although highly esteemed in Europe, it has not 

 gained favor in this country and is rarely found here. Waugh states that 

 in 1899 he secured specimens of it from North Carolina where it was grown 

 locally under the name Worth. The following description is compiled. 



