414 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Cambell. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 903. 1869. 



Cambell's Seedling i. McCauley's Seedling i. 



Fruit large, oval; suture shallow; pale yellow, splashed with green, dotted and 

 marbled with crimson in the sun; bloom light; cavity small; flesh pale yellow, coarse, 

 juicy, sweet; good; semi-clinging; mid-season. 

 Campbell. Species? i. Card. Man. 25:49, 83. 1883. 



A seedling found growing on a Mr. Campbell's farm near Abingdon, Virginia. Very 

 late and a long keeper. 

 Canada Blue. Domestica. i. Lutts Cat. 1890? 



Mentioned as a " small, round, early, blue plum, very productive and excellent 

 for preserving." 



Canada Orleans. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 3rd App. 180. 1881. 2. 

 Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 466. 1883. 3. Cornell Sta. Bui. 131:183. 1897. 



Canada Egg ?i. Canada Egg 2. 



Probably originated in the vicinity of Hamilton, Ontario, where it is chiefly grown. 

 Fruit medium to large, reddish-purple, with heavy bloom; flesh yellow, juicy, melting, 

 sweet, rich; early. 

 Canadian Apricot. Nigra. 



The common wild plum of Canada. 

 Candelaria. Domestica. i. Clarke Prune Industry 41. 1893. Candelaria Prune i. 



About 1881 W. B. Simpson discovered that a supposed Golden Drop tree on the 

 farm of S. A. Clarke, Salem, Oregon, was not true to name. It seemed of value and was 

 named Candelaria from the name of the farm. Fruit large, yellow; flesh solid, sub- 

 acid; very good; has not been extensively propagated. 

 Caper. Triflora X Cerasifera? i. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 12:221. 1899. 



Grown between 1890 and 1895 by J. S. Breece, of North Carolina. Waugh 

 states that the fruit and foliage suggest the species mentioned above. Fruit of medium 

 size, oval; cavity shallow; dark red; dots many, minute; skin thick, tough; flesh 

 firm, red, sprightly, subacid; fair in quality; stone large, turgid, clinging. 

 Capitaine Kirchhof. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 424, 434. 1889. 2. Guide 

 Prat. 161, 353. 1895. 



Capitaine Kirckhof i. Capitaine Kirckkof 2. Hauptmann Kirchhoj's Pflaume i, 

 2. Kirchhoj's Pflaume i, 2. Prune de Kirchhof i. 



Found by M. Oberdieck of Schaferhof on the estate of a Captain Kirchhof near 

 Nienburg (Hanover). Tree productive; fruit of medium size, round, purplish-brown; 

 bloom thick; flesh yellow, fine, juicy; sweet, aromatic; good; late. 

 Captain. Hortulana? i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 2. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 11:283. 1898. 



Columbia i. Columbia 2. 



Introduced about 1892 by A. M. Ramsey and Son of Austin, Texas, under the name 

 Columbia but changed by Waugh in 1898 to Captain to avoid confusion with an older 

 Columbia. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit medium in size, spherical, bright golden- 

 yellow; dots many, conspicuous, whitish; suture a line; skin thin, tough; flesh firm, 

 yellow; good; stone small, clinging; late. 



