THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 467 



Imperiale de Milan. Domestica. i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 149. 1831. 2. Hogg Fruit 

 Man. 365. 1866. 3. Mas Le Verger 6:67. 1866-73. 



Mailandische Kaiserpflaume 3. Prune de Milan 2, 3. 



Originated near the city of Milan, Italy. Tree large, vigorous, spreading; fruit 

 medium, oval; suture distinct; stem short, rather thick; skin tough, dark purple; bloom 

 heavy; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, firm, sweet; good; usually freestone; mid-season. 

 Imperial Ottoman. Domestica. i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 149. 1831. 2. Horticul- 

 turist i:n fig. 1846. 3. Elliott Fr. Book 413. 1854. 4. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:137. 

 1873. 5. Mathieu Nont. Pom. 442. 1889. 



Impe'riale de Turquie 4. Imperiale Ottomans 5. Imperial Ottoman 3, 4, 5. Otto- 

 man 3. Ottomanische Kaiserpflaume 5. Ottomanische Kaiserpflaume 4. Turkische 

 Gelbe Pflaume 5. 



Supposed to have been brought into this country from Turkey by William Prince. 

 Tree vigorous, productive; fruit medium, roundish-oval; suture indistinct; stem of 

 medium length, slender; greenish-yellow, clouded and mottled with darker shades; 

 bloom thin; flesh yellow, juicy, pleasant; good; clingstone; very early. 

 Imperial Purple. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 923. 1869. 2. Mas Pom. 

 Gen. 2:45. I ^73- Imperial Purple 2. Pourpre'e Imperial 2. 



Raised by William Prince, Flushing, Long Island. Tree vigorous, productive, 

 fruit medium in size, roundish-oval; suture barely indicated; stem of medium length, 

 slender; intense purple; flesh yellowish, juicy, sweet; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Imperial Violet. Domestica. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:99. 1768. 2. Kraft Pom. 

 Aust. 2:33, Tab. 181 fig. i. 1796. 3. Prince Pom. Man. 2:60. 1832. 4. Noi- 

 sette Man. Comp. Jard. 2:497. 1860. 



Die violete Kaiserpflaume mit scheckichten Blattern 2. Impe'riale a Petit Fruit 

 Violet 4. Impe'riale Violette a feuilles panachees i. Imperiale .violette a feuittes 

 panachees 2, 3. 



A variety with variegated leaves and fruit, cultivated as an ornamental. 

 Imperial Washington. Domestica. i. Horticulturist 25:204. 1870. 



A seedling of Lombard grown by G. P. Peffer of Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Tree 

 vigorous and productive; fruit large, roundish, slightly oblate; suture faint; cavity 

 lacking or small; brownish-red; dots yellow; skin thin, tender; flesh greenish-yellow, 

 firm, juicy, rich; late. 

 Improved French Prune. Domestica. I. Coates Cat. 1908. Miller i. 



A seedling of Agen grown by Luther Burbank and sold in 1898 under the name 



Miller to Leonard Coates, Morganhill, California, who introduced it under the name 



given above about 1908. Very similar to its parent but larger and more uniform in size. 



Incomparable. Domestica. I. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 924. 1869. 2. Mathieu Nom. 



Pom. 451. 1889. 



Incomparable 2. Incomparable Prune i. Nonpareil i, 2. Unvergleichliche 2. 



Probably a seedling of the German Prune. Tree vigorous; fruit of medium size, 

 long-oval; suture shallow; cavity small; deep purplish-black; bloom heavy; flesh 

 yellow, sweet; good; clingstone: late. 



