394 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Alpha-Americana. Americana, i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 86. 1900. 



A seedling of De Soto pollinated by Weaver; grown by N. K. Fluke, Davenport, 

 Iowa, in 1890. Fruit large, oval with a truncate base, clear yellow, mottled with light 

 red, lilac blush; suture distinct; flesh yellow, firm and meaty; fair in quality ; stone of 

 medium size, flattened, free; mid-season. 

 Amaryllis. Insititia. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:33. 1903. 



Originated by August Dupuis, Village des Aulnaies, Province of Quebec, in 1890 

 from seed of Mirabelle. Fruit large, roundish; cavity medium, abrupt; suture distinct; 

 apex rounded; greenish-yellow; dots indistinct; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet, rich; good; 

 clingstone. 



Amber. Domestica ? i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 577, 578. 1629. 2. Quintinye Com. 

 Card. 68. 1699. 



Described by Parkinson in 1629 as a small, round, yellow freestone plum of mediocre 

 quality; classified by him as "Prunum Ambarinum." 

 Amber Primordian. Domestica. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 575. 1629. 2. Rea Flora 206. 1676. 



Mentioned by Parkinson in 1629 as an early, small, round, yellow, watery, worthless 

 plum. 

 Ambre Tardif. Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 421. 1889. 



Ambrge Tardive. 

 Amelie Blanche. Domestica. i. Knoop Fructologie 2:54. 1771. 



Tree productive; fruit of medium size, roundish, yellow; obsolete. 

 Amelie Noire. Domestica. i. Knoop Fructologie 2:54. 1771. 



Of ancient and unknown origin. Tree productive ; fruit of medium size, roundish, 

 purplish-black; flesh dry; flavor fair; early. 

 Amelioree. Domestica. i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Bui. 10:20. 1901. 



D'Agen Ameliore'e i. 



Ameliore'e originated in eastern France and differs from Agen only in being more 

 vigorous; foliage and fruit larger and the season earlier. 



American Golden. Hortulana. i. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 182. 1895. 2. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 

 11:283. 1898. 



James B. Wild of Sarcoxie, Missouri, introduced this variety as a seedling found in 

 his neighborhood. Tree vigorous; fruit of medium size, round; suture a line; cavity 

 very shallow; stem medium; bright golden-yellow; dots numerous, large, white; 

 bloom thin; skin thick, tough; flesh yellow, firm, sweet but sprightly; good; stone 

 of medium size, turgid, clinging; late. 

 American Magnum Bonum. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 896. 1869. 



Probably a seedling of Red Magnum Bonum from which it differs in that the young 

 shoots are pubescent, the stone clinging and the fruit better in quality. 

 American Prune. Domestica. i. Wood Bros. Cat. 1898. Probably a synonym. 

 American Violet. Domestica. i. Le Bon Jard. 1:342. 1882. 2. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 

 ad Ser., 3:49. 1900. P. violette americaine i. 



Tree weak in growth, productive; fruit large, roundish-oval, light purple; bloom 

 thick; flesh yellow, sweet, juicy; quality good; mid-season. 



