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Coferer. Domestica. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 578. 1629. Coferers i. 



Parkinson describes this plum as, " Flat like a Peare Plum, early ripe and black, 

 of a very good relish." 

 Coinage. Americana, i. Terry Cat. 1900. 



Said by its originator, H. A. Terry, to be a seedling of Gold Coin. Fruit 

 large, slightly oblong, pale yellow ground, nearly covered with dark red; flesh firm; 

 clingstone. 



Coletta. Angustifolia varians. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:60, 86. 1892. 2. Waugh 

 Plum Cult. 194. 1901. 3. Ga. Sta. Bui. 67:273. 1904. 



This plum was grown by G. Onderdonk of Texas; introduced in 1874. Tree slow 

 in growth, hardy, somewhat open and thorny; leaves small, foliage sparse; fruit medium 

 in size, round, bright red; skin tough; flesh yellow, soft; poor; clingstone; very early. 

 Coleus. Triflora X Cerasifera? i. Vt. Sta. Bui. 67:10. 1898. 



Originated with J. S. Breece, North Carolina. Tree ornamental, vigorous; leaves 

 large, reddish, conspicuously veined; fruit small, globular; suture faint; dull deep 

 red; dots faint; skin thick and tough; flesh medium firm, red; flavor flat; quality 

 very poor; stone small, flattened, clinging. 

 Colman. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:264. 1900. 2. Terry Cat. 1900. 



Collman i. 



H. A. Terry first fruited this variety in 1895. Tree upright, healthy, fairly pro- 

 ductive; fruit large, round, brilliant red; good; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Colorado Queen. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 146. 1901. 

 3. Ohio Sta. Bui. 162:254, 255. 1905. Colorado 2. 



Introduced by J. W. Kerr, Denton, Maryland. Fruit of medium size, roundish; 

 cavity lacking; suture a line; dull red with a light bloom; flesh light yellow; quality 

 fair; stone of medium size; clinging; early. 

 Combination. Triflora X ? i. Burbank Cat. 1901. 



Grown by Luther Burbank. Tree uniform in growth ; fruit large, roundish ; cavity 

 deep; suture distinct; stem short; light crimson; flesh straw color, sweet with slight 

 pineapple flavor; early. 



Comfort. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 2. la. Sta. Bui. 46:265. 1900. 3. Can. 

 Exp. Farm Bui. 43:29. 1903. , 



Introduced by J. Wragg & Sons, Waukon, Iowa, in 1879. Fruit small, roundish; 

 cavity narrow, shallow; suture a line; apex rounded; red; dots numerous; bloom 

 thin; skin thick, tough; flesh dark yellow, firm, juicy, sweet; good; stone semi-cling- 

 ing ; mid-season ; mentioned in the Catalog of the American Pomological Society for 1899. 

 Communia. Domestica. i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 87. 1890. 2. la. Sta. Bui. 46:265. 

 1900. 3. Kan. Sta. Bui. 101:117, 118, PI. Ill fig. 119. 1901. 4. Budd-Hansen 

 Am. Hort. Man. 309. 1903. 



Introduced from Denmark by a German colony located at Communia, Clayton 

 County, Iowa. It resembles the Lombard so closely that they are often confused. 

 The tree is said to be hardier and a slower grower than the Lombard, and its fruit of 

 deeper blue and of higher quality. Subject to rot. 



