THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 445 



A seedling of De Soto supposed to have been fertilized by a wild plum ; grown by 

 J. H. Fairchild, Iowa, in 1894 and offered for sale in 1899 by Snyder and Son, Center 

 Point, Iowa. Fruit above medium, roundish-oval, yellowish-red with whitish dots; 

 flesh yellow, firm, juicy; quality fair; mid-season. 

 Fancy. Munsoniana. i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:271. 1900. 



From a sprout of Wild Goose, originating with John Brown, Oakville, Louisa 

 County, Iowa, in 1885. Tree vigorous, very prolific; fruit large, oblong, yellow with 

 shading of red; bloom thin; flesh sweet, juicy; good; stone small, clinging; mid- 

 season. 

 Fanning. Munsoniana. i. Waugh Plum Cult. 185. 1901. 



A chance seedling found in the yard of a Mr. Fanning, Rockdale, Texas. Fruit 

 medium in size, round-oval, bright red; dots numerous; flesh yellow; quality fair; 

 stone oval, clinging; mid-season. 

 Fawn. Munsoniana. i. Waugh Plum Cult. 231. 1901. 



A variety first grown by David Miller of Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsyl- 

 vania. Fruit of medium size, roundish; suture a line; bright red; dots numerous, 

 large, yellow, giving a dappled or fawn color; bloom very thin; flesh yellow; quality 

 fair; stone oval, clinging. 

 Femmonzi. Species? i. Coates Cat. 191011. 



A variety first grown by Frank Femmons of Ahwahnee, California, and introduced 

 by the Leonard Coates Nursery Company, Morganhill, California, in the fall of 1910. 

 Said to be large and handsome. 



Field Marshall. Domestica. i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 257. 1832. 2. Downing Fr. Trees 

 Am. 293. 1845. 3. Elliott Fr. Book 426. 1854. 



Corse's Field Marshall i, 2. Corse's Field Marshal 3. 



A seedling raised by Henry Corse of Montreal, Canada. Fruit large, oval, bright 

 purplish-red; cavity shallow; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, subacid; stone long, pointed, 

 clinging. 

 Figue Grosse Rouge. Domestica. i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 147. 1831. 



Wilmots Early i. 



Fruit large, obovate; purple; freestone; quality medium; mid-season. 

 Fin de Siecle. Nigra. i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 426. 1900. 



A seedling raised at Indian Head Experimental Farm, Northwest Territory, Canada. 

 Tree productive ; fruit large; red; flavor fair; early. 



Fine Bonte. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 913. 1869. 2. Mas Le Verger 

 6:35. 1866-73. 3- Mathieu Nom. Pom. 429. 1889. 



Feine und Gute 3. Fine Bonte 3. 



Originated in the nurseries of Simon Louis, Moselle, France. Fruit small, irregularly 

 ovate; suture indistinct; purple; bloom thin; stem very short, thick; flesh greenish 

 yellow; very good; stone small, free; very early. 



Fine Early Plum. Domestica. Mentioned in Forsyth Treat Fr. Trees 21. 1803. 

 Firba Konigspflaume. Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 429. 1889. 



