422 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Compass. Prunus besseyi X Hortulana mineri. i. Vt. Sta. Bui. 67:10. 1898. 2. 

 Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 294. 1903. 3. 5. Dak. Sta. Bui. 93:13. 1905. 



Compass Cherry i. 



A hybrid widely known in the West which originated in 1891 under cultivation 

 with H. Knudson of Springfield, Minnesota from a seed of Prunus besseyi pollinated 

 by Miner; introduced by C. W. Sampson, Eureka, Minnesota, in 1897. Tree vigorous, 

 branches slender; fruit small, roundish-oval, slightly flattened; cavity distinct; suture 

 a line; brownish-red, with light bloom; skin tough; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, tender, 

 acid; quality fair; clingstone. 

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



Originated at Knoxville, Iowa. Tree low, spreading; fruit very small, round, 

 light red; dots many, minute; flesh yellow; very poor; stone small, oval, clinging. 

 One authority states that the color is yellow. 



Comte Gustave d'Egger. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 905. 1869. 2. 

 Mathieu Nom. Pom. 432. 1889. 



Comte Gustave d'Egger 2. Egger'sche Eier Zwetsche 2. Graf Gustav von Egger 2. 



An Austrian variety grown by M. Liegel of Braunau from seed of Abricote'e. Tree 

 moderately vigorous; fruit small, oblong-oval; suture broad, deep, distinct; skin 

 pale yellow, bronzed in the sun and tinged with violet; flesh yellowish, fine, sweet, 

 juicy, delicious; freestone. 

 Consul. Americana mollis. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:30. 1903. 



A seedling of Wolf grown at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. Fruit 

 roundish, large ; cavity narrow, medium in depth ; suture a line ; deep red ; dots moderately 

 numerous, yellow, distinct; bloom light; skin thick, tough; flesh deep yellow, juicy, 

 sweet; good; stone semi-clinging; late. 

 Cooch. Domestica. i. Can. Hort. 21:406. 1898. 



A seedling grown by a Mr. Cooch of Ottawa, Canada, in 1889. Fruit large; halves 

 unequal; suture distinct; cavity shallow; dark red; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, soft, 

 sweet; good; late. 

 Cook. Cerasifera. I. Kerr Cat. 1900. Cook's Early i. 



Fruit medium, roundish to oblong, red; clingstone; early. 



Cook Choice. Americana, i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:78. 1892. 2. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 

 276. 1893. 3. Mich. Sta. Bui. 129:34. 1896. 



Cook 3. Cook's Choice i. Cook's Favorite 3. The Cook's Choice 2 



This is an accidental seedling grown by H. A. Terry of Iowa in 1885. Tree vigorous; 

 fruit medium, round, red; skin thin; flesh yellow; good; stone clinging; mid-season; 

 a good culinary variety. 

 Cooper. Hortulana mineri X Munsoniana. i. Kerr Cat. 10. 1900. 



A cross between Forest Garden and Pottawattamie. It is reported by J. W. Kerr 

 as being "a large, slightly oblong, red, clingstone variety, ripening mid-season." 

 Cooper. Domestica. i. McMahon Am. Card. Cal. 587. 1806. 2. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 

 236. 1817. 3. Prince Pom. Man. 2:97. 1832. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 291. 

 1845. 5. Floy-Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 288, 302, 383 1846. 6. Mag. Hort. 

 14:152. 1848. 7. Elliott Fr. Book 417. 1854. 8. Hogg Fruit Man. 691. 1884. 

 9. Guide Prat. 160, 357. 1895. 



