THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 443 



Emerald Drop. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 275. 1845. 2. Ibid. 913. 

 1869. 3. Mas Le Verger 6:125. 1866-73. Goutte Emeraude 3. 



Emerald Drop is a seedling of Washington grown sometime previous to 1845 by 

 A. J. Downing, Newburgh, New York. Tree moderately vigorous, productive; fruit 

 of medium size, oval; cavity small; suture distinct, sides unequal; yellowish-green; 

 flesh greenish-yellow, juicy; good; clingstone; mid-season. 



Emerson. Angustifolia varians. i. Kan. Sta. Bui. 101:131. 1901. 2. Cornell Sta. 

 Bui. 38:63. 1892. 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 195. 1901. Emerson's Early 3. 



Found wild in northern Texas; introduced by A. L. Bruce. Fruit small, round to 

 oval, bright red, with many white dots; flesh yellow, soft; stone rough, clinging; early. 

 Emerson. Americana, i. Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 127. 1890. 



Originated near Dubuque, Iowa. Tree productive; fruit large, roundish, red, 

 thickly dotted with small gray spots; flesh firm; valuable for preserving. 

 Emerson Yellow. Angustifolia varians. i. Kerr Cat. 20. 1897. 2. Waugh Plum 

 Cult. 195. 1901. 



A seedling of the Emerson from Texas. Fruit of medium size, round, yellow ; inferior. 

 Emigrant. Domestica. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 126. 1889. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 

 25. 1897. 



A seedling of Lombard. Fruit large, oval, purple; quality fair; mid-season. 

 Emily May. Domestica. i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:269. 1900. 



A large attractive plum of the Pond type grown by Lillian A. Trotter, Owen Sound, 

 Ontario, Canada. Fruit large, oval; suture well marked; clear light yellow; bloom 

 thin; flesh firm, juicy, delicate; good; stone small, rough, free. 

 Emma. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:269. 1900. 2. Terry Cat. 1900. 



Grown'by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa, in 1896. Fruit medium in size, almost 

 round; skin thin, reddish color; good; stone large, clinging. 



Engle. Domestica. i. Mich Sta. Bui. 129:32, 33. 1896. 2. Ibid. 187:77, 78. 1901. 

 3. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 311. 1903. 



Fruit below medium size, roundish-oval; suture obscure; skin yellow; flesh firm, 

 yellow, flavor rich; very good; very early. 

 Empereur. Domestica. i. Mas Le Verger 6:63. 1866-73. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 429. 1889. 



Empereur de Mas 2. 



Grown by M. Mas, France, from a seed of Golden Drop sown in 1850; reported 

 in 1 86 1 under the name Empereur. Fruit large, obovate; suture indistinct; skin 

 tender, purple, streaked with deeper purple; flesh clear yellow, melting, juicy, sweet; 

 stone small, clinging; early. 

 Emperor of Japan. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 429. 1889. 



Empereur du Japan i . Emperor of Japan i . Kaiser Von Japan i . 



Mathieu found reference to it in Pomologische Monatshefte 134. 1882 and Obst- 

 Garten 322. 1882. 

 Esjum Erik. Domestica. i. U. S. Dept. Agr. Pom. Bui. 10:21. 1901. 



Esjum Erik is an Old World variety imported by the United States Department 

 of Agriculture in 1900. As tested at this Station it appears to be of little value for New 



