452 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Tree vigorous, productive; fruit of medium size, oval; suture indistinct; skin 

 golden-yellow, dotted with cherry-red on the sunny side, with pale bloom; flesh bright 

 yellow, juicy, sweet; stone large, oval, free; mid-season. 

 Glaister. Domestica. i. Wickson Cat. Fruits 358. 1891. 



A variety from California introduced by Leonard Coates of Napa, California. Fruit 

 very similar to Yellow Egg, but two weeks earlier. 

 Gloire d'Epinay. Domestica. i. Rev. Hort. 444. 1898 2. Ibid. 86. 1899. 



A sucker from a chance seedling found about 1850 by M. Donon of Epinay, France ; 

 named and presented to the National Society of Horticulture in 1898 by M. Gorion. 

 Fruit above medium size, roundish-oval; suture shallow; deep blue; similar to Mon- 

 sieur, but is later and ripens over a period of nearly two months. 

 Gloire de Louveciennes. Insititia. i. Rev. Hort. 650. 1900. 2. Ibid. 476, fig. 1901. 



Mirabelle Gloire de Louveciennes 1,2. 



Noted in the Revue Horticole as a Mirabelle introduced in 1900 by M. Lecointe. 

 Fruit similar to Mirabelle de Nancy in shape and form, but larger; skin citron-yellow, 

 dotted and shaded with red on the sunny side; flesh firm, very sweet, like the Apricot 

 in flavor. 

 Gloria. Americana mollis. i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 119. 1904. 



A seedling of Wolf; fruit large, oval; cavity narrow; suture a line; bright red or 

 yellow mottled with red ; dots few ; bloom light ; skin thick, tough ; flesh yellow, juicy, 

 sweet; good; stone large, nearly free; variety promising. 

 Gloucestershire Violet. Domestica. i. Jour. Hort. 17:285. 1888 



Minsterworth i. Prince i. 



A very old variety first known as Prince; it is grown largely on the banks of the 

 Severn, England, where it is propagated from seed or from root-suckers. Fruit small, 

 oval, with slight tendency to a neck; suture distinct; dark mahogany; bloom thin; 

 flesh greenish, tender, sweet, pleasant; stone small; free. 

 Glow. Maritima X Subcordata X Americana X Nigra. i. Burbank Cat. 14. 1911. 



From crosses of the species named Burbank grew this variety. Tree of medium 

 size; branches slender and drooping. Fruit large, round, crimson, dotted with yellow; 

 flesh orange color, rich; good; freestone; late. 

 G. No. 4 Domestica. i. N. Y. Sta. Rpt. 9:347. 1890. 2. Mich. Sta. Bui. 177:42, 43. 1899. 



G. No. 44 Jones (unpublished). 



In 1890, Herbert A. Jones, Himrods, New York, sent this variety to a few ex- 

 periment stations for testing. Fruit of medium size, roundish; suture very shallow; 

 cavity medium deep ; stem slender ; skin thin ; dark purple ; bloom thick ; dots numerous, 

 sometimes irregular, russet; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, firm, so'urish; poor; clingstone; 

 mid-season; variety not worth propagating. 

 Goff. Americana, i. Meneray Cat. Prof. Goff i. 



A seedling of Hawkeye grown by H. A. Terry; introduced by F. W. Meneray, 

 Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fruit large, red over yellow; good; clingstone 

 Gold. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 2. la. Sta. Bui. 46:273. 1900. 3. Terry Cat. 1900. 



Golden 3. 



