440 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



red; dots few, white; skin thin; flesh soft, yellow, sprightly; quality fair; cling- 

 stone; early. 



Early Red. Domestica. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 61. 1887. 2. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 86. 

 1890. 3. Can. Exp. Farm. Bui. 43:33. 1903. 4. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 

 310. 1903. 



Early Red Russian 3. Early Red Russian No. j 3. Krasnaya Skorospielkaya i. 

 Mixed Arab 2, 3. No. j 2. 



Early Red was imported by J. L. Budd from Dr. Regel, St. Petersburg, Russia, 

 in the winter of 1881-82. The following season it was disseminated with a mixed lot 

 of varieties, all of which became badly confused. Fruit large, oval ; cavity small ; 

 suture shallow; dark red; bloom thick; dots white; flesh firm, meaty; quality fair; 

 clingstone ; early. 



Early Royal of Nikita. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 380. 1857. 2. Mas 

 Pom. Gen. 2:25 fig. 13. 1873. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 429, 430, 441, 449. 1889. 



Early Royal o] Nikita 3. Fruhe Konigspflaume Pftaume von Nikita 3. Fruhe 

 Nikitaer Konigspflaume 3. Nikitaner Fruhe Konigspflaume 2. Nikitaer Fruhe Konigs- 

 pflaume 3. Nikita' s Frilhe Konigs Pftaume 3. Royale Hdtive de Nikita 3. Royal Hdtive 

 de Nikita 3. Royale Hative de Nikita 2. 



According to Mas this variety originated in Nikita, Crimea. Fruit small, roundish, 

 reddish-purple; bloom thick; flesh yellow, sweet, juicy; good; semi-clinging; early. 

 Early St. John. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 912. 1869. 



Prune de St. Jean i. St. Jean i. St. John i. 



Tree vigorous; fruit medium in size, roundish-oblong, reddish-purple; flesh green, 

 sweet, sprightly; freestone; mid-season. 



Early Transparent Gage. Domestica. i. Jour. Hort. N. S. 17:286. 1869. 2. Hogg 

 Fruit Man. 722. 1884. 3. Guide Prat. 153, 364. 1895. 4. Rivers Cat. 34. 

 1898. 5. Bartrum Pears and Plums 63. 1902. 



Early Apricot 3. Early Transparent 4. Early Transparent Gage 2, 3. New 

 Transparent Gage i. Reine-Claude Diaphane Hdtive 3. Rivers' Early Apricot 2. 

 Rivers' Early Transparent Gage 5. 



This seedling of Transparent Gage was raised by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, 

 England, in 1866. Tree hardy, productive, compact; branchlets pubescent; fruit 

 medium in size, roundish-oblate; suture shallow; stem slender; yellowish-green, 

 mottled with crimson ; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, juicy; quality high; freestone; early. 

 Early Yellow Gage. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. App. 2:156. 1876. 



Originated with Asahel Foote, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Tree vigorous, up- 

 right, productive; fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; suture shallow; cavity small; 

 stem slender; pale yellow; bloom thin; flesh greenish-yellow, rather coarse, juicy, 

 sweet ; semi-clinging ; early. 



Early Yellow Prune. Domestica. I. Horticulturist 8:536. 1853. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. 

 Rpt. 86. 1854. 



Originated in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Tree vigorous, prolific ; fruit medium, 

 oval; skin yellow; very good; stone free. 



