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large, roundish-oval; cavity narrow, shallow; suture a line; apex rounded; yellow more 

 or less covered with bright red; dots numerous, small, yellow; skin thick, tender; flesh 

 yellow, sweet but not rich in flavor; good; stone large, flattened, clinging; mid-season. 

 Black Arabka. Domestica. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 61. 1887. 2. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 

 86. 1890. 



Tchernaya Arabskaya i. Mixed Arab 2. Black Arab 2. Black Prune 2. 



One of the foreign varieties tested by the Iowa Agricultural College. 

 Black Ball. Domestica. Mentioned in Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 144. 1831. 

 Black Damask. Domestica. i. Miller Card. Diet. 1754. 2. Am. Card. Cal. 587. 1806. 

 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 374. 1857. 



Small Damas i. Little Black Damask i. Small Black Damask 2. 



Black Damask has been confused by the old writers with the common Damson. 

 This plum is a Domestica with a sweet, pleasantly flavored flesh suitable for dessert 

 purposes and ripens much earlier than the Damson. 

 Black Damask Hasting. Insititia. i. Quintinye Com. Card. 68. 1699. 



Mentioned by Quintinye as having a "sharp and sourish taste." 



Black Hawk. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 4:95. 1889. 2. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:29. 1897. 

 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 37. 1899. 4. Waugh Plum Cult. 143. 1901. 



A wild variety found in Black Hawk County, Iowa. Tree hardy, vigorous, and pro- 

 ductive; fruit large, flattened, more convex on the ventral side; suture distinct; deep 

 red; skin thick, tough; flesh yellow, tender, rich; good; stone free, mid-season; listed 

 in the fruit catalog of the American Porno logical Society in 1899. 

 Black Hill. Domestica. i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 144. 1831. 



Cultivated in the Gardens of the London Horticultural Society. 

 Black Pear. Domestica. i. Rea Flora 208. 1676. 2. Langley Pomona 96. 1729. 



A variety of early European origin now obsolete. Fruit pear-shaped; skin dark 

 red or black; juicy when fully ripe. 



Black Perdrigon. Domestica. i. Abercrombie Card. Ass't 13. 1786. 2. Willich Dom. 

 Enc. 4:194. 1803. 



Probably a strain of Blue Perdrigon. 



Black Prune. Domestica. i. la. Agr. Col. Bui. 51. 1886. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 

 61. 1887. 3. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 86. 1890. 4. la. Sta. Bui. 31:349. 1895. 



Arab No. i (Budd unpublished). Black Prune No. i 3. Black Prune No. i 4. 

 Black Vengerka 2. Tchernaya vengerskaya i, 2. 



Black Prune was imported by J. L. Budd of the Iowa Experiment Station from 

 Dr. Regel, St. Petersburg, Russia, in 18812, under the name "Tchernaya vengerskaya." 

 It was received at this Station for trial under the name "Arab No. i." It is a small 

 prune of fair quality when eaten out of hand, but becomes sour in cooking. 

 Black Prunella. Domestica. i. ReaF/ora 207. 1676. 2. Ray Hist. Plant. 1529. 1688. 



An old European plum. Fruit small, black and very sour; once valued in England 

 for preserves. 

 Blaisdon. Domestica. i. Watkins Cat. 1892? Blaisdon's Red i. 



Fruit medium in size, red; mid-season. 



