396 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



skin thick, tough; stone strongly flattened, oval, pointed, sharp on both sides; flesh 

 rich; flavor good; mid-season. 

 Apple. Americana. Patten No. 40. 



A seedling of Hawkeye; fruit large, roundish, dark red; dots conspicuous; suture 

 aline; skin tender; flesh juicy, soft, fibrous, sweet ; fair; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Apple. Domestica. i. Cole Am. Fr. Book 210. 1849. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 373. 1857. Apple Plum i, 2. 



Originated in the garden of D. U. Pratt, Chelsea, Massachusetts. Fruit large, 

 flattened like an apple ; sides unequal ; suture distinct; stem short; cavity broad, deep ; 

 reddish-purple; bloom heavy; dots yellow; flesh greenish-yellow, tender, slightly 

 coarse, sweet, sprightly; skin astringent; semi-clinging; mid-season. 

 Apricot. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 2. Colo. Sta. Bui. 50:32. 1898. 



Tree bushy; fruit medium in size, roundish; suture slight; skin thick; red over 

 yellow; bloom thin; flesh reddish-yellow, juicy, sweet; quality fair; stone large, flat- 

 tened, clinging; mid-season. 



Aprikosenartige Mirabelle. Insititia. i. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. Sort. 426. 1881. 2. 

 Mathieu Nom. Pom. 421. 1889. Mirabelle Abricotee 2. 



Said to be a synonym of Mirabelle ; Oberdieck claims that this variety has firmer 

 and sweeter flesh, and that its shoots are glabrous. 

 Arab. Domestica. i. Ind. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 29. 1885. 2. Mich. Sta. Rpt. in. 1887. 



Noted in the preceding references as imported from eastern Europe. 

 Arctic. Nigra? i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 426. 1900. 



A variety selected from wild plants by Thomas Frankland, Stonewall, Manitoba, and 

 tested at the Experimental Farm, Indian Head, Northwest Territory, Canada. Fruit 

 large, red; late. 



Ashes Seedling. Species? Mentioned in N. Y. Sta. Rpt. 9:347. 1890. 

 Ashridge Black. Domestica. i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 143. 1831. 2. Mclntosh Bk. 

 Card. 2:529. 1855. 



An English variety not cultivated in this country. Medium in size, roundish, 

 purple, firm; quality fair; a good kitchen variety; tree hardy and productive. 

 Assiniboia. Nigra? i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 426. 1900. 



A seedling raised at the Experimental Farm, Indian Head, Northwest Territory, 

 Canada; now discarded. Fruit of medium size; early. 

 Aston. Domestica. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 143. 1831. 



A small, round, purple, clingstone plum of mediocre quality; obsolete. 

 Aston Green Gage. Domestica. Mentioned in Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 147. 1831. 

 Atkins. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:262. 1900. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 143. 1901. 



Beatty i, 2. 



Originated with James Beatty at Atkins, Benton County, Iowa, and introduced 

 by R. Royce of the same place in 1894 under the name Beatty. It became confused 

 with the Beaty of Texas and Waugh renamed it, giving it the name of the place of its 

 origin. Fruit large, oval, slightly compressed; cavity small; suture a line; red on a 



