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CHAPTER IV 



THE MINOR VARIETIES OF PLUMS 



Abbaye d'Arton. Domestica. i. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 445. 1906. 



This variety came from a chance seedling found in the ruins of the Abbaye d'Arton 

 at Valreas, France; it was propagated in 1897 by M. Valdy of Valreas. Tree very 

 productive; fruit large, obovate; suture obscure; stem short; pale red, darker on the 

 sunny side; bloom thick; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; good; freestone; mid-season. 

 Abricotee de Braunau. Domestica. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 349. 1866. 2. Oberdieck 

 Deut. Obst. Sort. 429. 1881. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 683. 1884. 4. Mathieu Nom. 

 Pom. 423. 1889. 



Abricotee de Braunau 4. Braunauer Aprikosenartige 2. Braunauer Aprikosen- 

 artige Pflaume 4. Braunauer Aprikosenartige Damascene 4. Braunauer Neue Kern- 

 jrucht 2. Reine-Claude Braunau 3,4. 



Dr. Liegel of Braunau, Germany, originated this variety about 1810. Fruit large, 

 roundish; suture distinct; greenish; bloom rather heavy; dots distinct, reddish; 

 flesh yellow, firm, juicy, sweet; good; stone free; mid-season. 

 Abricotee de Lange. Domestica. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:103, fig. 52. 1873. 



Lange s Aprikosenpftaume i. 



Dr. Liegel of Braunau, Germany, grew this variety and named it after Lange of 

 Altenburg. Fruit of medium size, roundish; suture slight; yellow, blushed in the sun; 

 flesh yellow, tender, sweet, aromatic; good; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Abricotee de Trauttenberg. Domestica. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:35, n g- I ^. 1873. 2. 

 Mathieu, Nom. Pom. 453. 1889. 



Abricotee de Trauttenberg 2. Abricotee Rouge de Trauttenberg 2. Trauttenbergs 

 Aprikosenpftaume i. Von Trauttenberg 's Aprikosenpflaume 2. 



Liegel raised the Abricotee de Trauttenberg from a stone of the Red Apricot and 

 named it after Baron Emmanuel of Trauttenberg, Prague. Fruit medium in size, oval, 

 red; flesh yellow, firm, aromatic; good; freestone; mid-season. 

 Abricot Princesse. Domestica. Mentioned in Knoop Fructologie 2:54. 1771. 

 Admirable. Domestica. Mentioned in Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 21. 1803. 

 Admiral. Domestica. i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 257. 1832. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 293. 1845. 3. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 345. 1849. 



Corse's Admiral i, 2, 3. 



Originated by Henry Corse, Montreal, Canada. Inferior in quality but hardy, 

 productive and showy; rarely grown. Fruit of medium size, oval, sides unequal, light 

 purple; dots yellow; bloom thin; stem long, pubescent; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy; 

 clingstone ; mid-season. 

 Admiral Schley. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:260. 1890. 2. Terry Cat. 1900. 



Originated by H. A. Terry of Crescent, Iowa. Fruit roundish, yellow, washed 

 with deep bronze-red; dots small, numerous, yellow, distinct; bloom thin; skin tough; 



