THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 405 



Blaue Reine Claude. Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 423. 1889. 



Liegel's Blaue Reine Claude. Reine-Claude Bleue. Reine-Claude Violette. Schwarze 

 Reine-Claude. 

 Blaugh. Americana, i. Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt. 6:46. 1899. 



A vigorous variety which originated in the Allegheny Mountains. Fruit above 

 medium in size, light purple; bloom heavy; flesh yellow, juicy; good; stone clinging; 

 late; promising. 

 Bleeker Large Red. Domestica. i. Cultivator 1:306. 1844. 



Mrs. Bleeker's Large Red i. 



Grown by a Mrs. Bleeker of New York from stones received from Germany. Fruit 

 large, bluish-red, melting and rich; mid-season. Downing gave Bleecker's Scarlet as 

 a synonym of the Lombard, but he could not have had this plum in mind. 

 Bleue de Perse. Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 423. 1889. 

 Blood Plum. Triflora. i. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 54. 1892. 2. Ibid. 96. 1895. 



Beni-Smono No. 3 ?i. Blood Plum No. 3 2. 



Tree open, straggling, early blooming; fruit small; flesh deep red, juicy, sweety 

 middle of July. 

 Blubenthal. Insititia ? i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 401. 1898. 



Blubenthal Damson i. 



According to the preceding reference the largest of the Damsons. Fruit heart- 

 shaped, deep purple; bloom heavy; flesh green, juicy, sprightly; mid-season. 

 Blue Apricot. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2d Ser. 3:49. 1900. 



Fruit above medium in size, roundish, flattened at the ends; suture well defined; 

 skin bluish-purple; dots few; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet; stone small, roundish, 

 free; early. 



Blue Egg. Domestica. i. Lange Allgem. Garten. 2:421. 1879. 2. Oberdieck Deut. 

 Obst. Sort. 406. 1 88 1. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 422. 1889. 



Bamberger Eier Pflaume 3. Blaue Eierpflaume 2, 3. Blaue Kaiser Pflaume 3. 

 Dame-Aubert Rouge 3. Eier Pflaume 3. Grosse Blaue Eier Pflaume 3. Violette Kaiser 

 Pflaume 3 incor. 



A European variety similar to the German Prune. Tree large; fruit large, obovate 

 to oval; skin reddish-blue; flesh yellow, aromatically sweet; freestone; mid-season. 

 Blue Eye. Domestica. i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 



Mentioned as of German origin by J. W. Kerr, who obtained the variety from Charles 

 Luedloff, Carver, Minnesota. 



Blue Matchless. Domestica. Mentioned in Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 21. 1803. 

 Bluemont. Angustifolia watsoni. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 126. 1889. 2. Bailey Ev. 

 Nat. Fruits 222. 1898. 



Introduced by E. Gale of Manhattan, Kansas, about 1860. Fruit of medium size, 

 round, flattened, dull red with heavy bloom; flesh yellow, coarse; flavor fair; cling- 

 stone; early. 



Blue Moldavka. Domestica. i. Ont. Fr. Gr. Assoc. 1:17, 74. 1894. 2. la. Sta. Bui. 

 31:347. 1895. 3. Kan Sta. Bui. 101:119, 120 fig. 1901. 4. Budd-Hansen Am. 

 Hort. Man. 2:306. 1903. 5. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:38. 1903. 



Moldavka 1,3. Voronesh Blue 5. 



