THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 407 



faint; yellow overlaid with red; flesh tender, sweet, rich; good; stone round, smooth, 



abruptly pointed; mid-season. 



Bongoume. Triflora. i. Normand Cat. 1891. 



Sold by J. L. Normand, Marksville, Louisiana, as a Japanese plum resembling 

 an apricot. 

 Bonne Bouche. Domestica. i. Thompson Card. Ass't 4:156. 1901. 



Of French origin. Fruit medium, greenish-yellow; flesh golden-yellow, tender, 

 juicy; flavor delicious; mid-season; valuable for dessert. 



Bonne de Bry. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. id Ser. 3:50. 1900. 2. Can. Exp. 

 Farms Rpt. 480. 1904. 3. Soc. Nat. Hort. France Pom. 526 fig. 1904. 



Originated in the valley of the Marne near Bry-sur-Marne, France. Tree vigorous; 

 fruit below medium, globular; suture shallow; skin dark purple; heavy bloom; flesh 

 greenish, juicy, sweet, tender; good for canning; stone very small; very early. 

 Bonnemain de la Digue. Domestica? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 423. 1889. 



Found in the reference given above and in Journal de la Societe Nationals et Centrale 

 d' Horticulture de France 562. 1875. 



Bonne Rouge. Domestica. Listed in Land. Hort Soc. Cat. 144. 1831. 

 Bonnet d'Eveque. Domestica. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 353. 1866. 2. Downing Fr. 

 Trees Am. 900. 1869. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 422. 1889. 4. Guide Prat. 163, 

 352- 1895. 



Bischofsmutze 3. Bonnet d'Eveque 3. Die Bischofsmutze 4. 



Tree vigorous, upright; fruit medium, obovate, dark purple; flesh rich; freestone; 

 good; late. 

 Bossland. Hortulana mineri X (Domestica? X Hortulana). i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:263. 1900. 



A cross between Miner and a seedling of Quackenboss and Wayland, originating 

 with Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska, in 1893. Tree vigorous, spreading; fruit 

 medium, dark red; flesh coarse, dry; stone semi-clinging; mid-season. 

 Boulouf. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 901. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 

 688. 1884. 3. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt. 15:291. 1896. Bouloff 3. 



Large, roundish-oval; suture a line; stem short and thick; red covered with thick 

 bloom; dots brownish; flesh yellow, juicy and sweet; good. 

 Bouncer. Americana, i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:29. 1903. 



A seedling of Yosemite Purple grown at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 

 about 1900. Fruit large, roundish; suture a line; uniform deep purplish- red ; dots 

 numerous, yellow, distinct; moderate bloom; flesh deep yellow, juicy, sweet and rich; 

 good; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Bower. Domestica. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 122. 1860. 2. Card. Man. 3:314. 1861. 



Bower's Gage 1,2. 



A seedling raised by a Mr. Bower of Philadelphia about 1850. Tree lacking in 

 vigor; fruit oblong, yellow, like Lawrence; probably of Reine Claude parentage ; good. 

 Bowie. Domestica. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 576. 1629. 2. Rea Flora 207. 1676. 



Bole 2. 



Described by Rea as of "middle size, black, flat on one side and well tasted." 



