400 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Beach Plum. Maritima. 



"Beach Plum" is the common name for Primus maritima. 

 Beals. Domestica. 



A seedling raised by George F. Beals, of Viscalia, California, and sent to Nelson 

 Smith of Geneva, New York, for testing. Fruit large, egg-shaped, lop-sided; suture 

 shallow; skin thick; blue, often purplish; dots yellow; flesh firm, yellow, juicy, sweet; 

 stone large, oval, rough; mid-season. 

 Bean. Americana, i. Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 128. 1890. 2. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:28. 1897. 



Found wild by H. Knudson, Springfield, Minnesota. Fruit below medium in size, 

 oblong ; apex flattened ; suture depressed ; pale yellow tinged with crimson ; dots faint ; 

 skin astringent unless fully ripe; flesh pale yellow or reddish, juicy, sweet, rich; stone 

 large, oblong, rough, pointed, grooved on the back; mid-season. 

 Beaty. Angustifolia varians. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:36, 60. 1902. 2. Thomas Am. 

 Fruit Cult. 489. 1897. 3. Tex. Sta. Bui. 32:478. 1899. 4. Waugh Plum Cult. 

 192. 1901. 



Beauty's Choice i. Beaty Choice 2. Beauty 3. Beaty's Choice 4. El Paso 4. 

 El Paso i. 



Originated under cultivation with Lee Beaty, Luling County, Texas, and introduced 

 by him in 1877. Tree irregular, spreading; fruit of medium size, roundish; cavity 

 shallow; light red; bloom thin; dots numerous ; flesh yellow; good; stone oval, turgid, 

 clinging. 

 Bechstein Spitzpflaume. Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 422. 1889. 



Blaue Zipper. Prunus Oxycarpa. Rosinen Pflaume. Spitz Pflaume. Spitzige 

 Rote Pflaume. Rote Zwetsche incor. Rote Zipper. 

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



A seedling raised at Indian Head Experimental Farm, Northwest Territory, Canada. 

 Fruit of medium size. 

 Beer Plum. Domestica. i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 86. 1890. 



One of the many Domesticas imported from Europe by Professor J. L. Budd. 

 This one is small and fit only for culinary purposes. 

 Bell. Species? i. Tex. Dept. Agr. Bui. 12:102. 1910. Bell's October i. 



A variety said to be of value near Plain view, Texas. 



Belle de Hardy. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 422. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 

 163, 352. 1895. 



Said to resemble Agen. 



Belle de Louvain. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 392. 1857. 2. Ibid. 898. 

 1869. 3. Lucas Vollst. Hand. Obst. 471. 1894. 4. Guide Prat. 157, 352. 1895. 



Large Black Imperial? 4. Plum of Louvain i. Prune de Louvain 2. Schone 

 von Lowen 3. Schone von Lowen 4. 



A seedling found in the nursery of Van Mons at Louvain, Belgium, about 1840. Tree 

 vigorous, a biennial bearer ; fruit large, long-oval ; suture distinct ; deep purple with delicate 

 bloom; flesh firm, yellowish, juicy, rich; mid-season; valuable for culinary purposes. 



