470 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Grosse Grune Pflaume 4. Grune Inselpflaume 4. Ilevert 2, 4. Ik Vert 3. lie 

 verte 3. Hie verte 3. Illvert i. Inselpflaume Grune 4. Isle Vert 3. Isle Verte 2. 

 Prune de Savoye 3. Prune Ileverte 4. Savoy 3. 



Tree very prolific ; fruit of medium size, oval ; suture a line ; stem of medium length ; 

 skin yellowish-green, reddish on the sunny side; flesh clear yellow, juicy, sweet; cling- 

 stone ; used tor preserves and pickles. 



Italian Damask. Domestica. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:75. 1768. 2. Kraft 

 Pom. Aust. 2:42, Tab. 195 fig. i. 1796. 3. Prince Pom. Man. 2:83. 1832. 

 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 302. 1845. 5. Poiteau Pom. Franc. 1846. 6. Hogg 

 Fruit Man. 366. 1866. 7. Guide Prat. 157, 353. 1895. 



Damas d'ltalie i, 7. Damas d'ltalie 2, 3, 4, 6. Die walsche Damascenerpflaume 2. 

 Prune Damas d'ltalie 5. Prunus italica 5. 



Supposed to have originated in Italy. Tree productive, doing especially well in 

 the South; fruit of medium size, roundish; cavity small; suture distinct; dark purple; 

 bloom heavy; dots small, light; flesh yellowish-green, juicy, firm, sweet; good; stone 

 thick, free; mid-season. 

 Itahenische Damascene (Diel's). Species? Listed in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 436. 1889. 



Damas d'ltalie. 



Itahenische Damascene (Liegel's). Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 

 436- 1889. 



Damas d'ltalie. 



Itasca. Nigra. i. Mich. Sta. An. Rpt. in. 1887. 2. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:39. 1892. 

 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 171. 1901. Itaska 1,2. 



An inferior variety from Minnesota; introduced by P. M. Gideon, Excelsior, Minne- 

 sota, and W. F. Heikes, Huntsville, Alabama. Tree dense and stocky; fruit of medium 

 size, oblong, dull purple-red; skin thick; flesh firm; quality fair; clingstone; mid- 

 season. 

 Ithaca. Species? i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:79. 1892. 



Supposed to have originated with Peter M. Gideon, Minnesota. 

 Ivason. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1897. 



From Iowa. Tree vigorous; fruit large, roundish, purplish-red; semi-clinging; 

 mid-season. 



Ives. Domestica. I. Mag. Hort. 15:118. 1849. 2. Cole Am. Fr. Book 211. 1849. 

 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 214. 1856. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 924. 1869. 



Ive's Seedling i, 4. Ive's Washington 4. Ives' Washington Seedling 3. Wash- 

 ington Seedling 2. 



A seedling of Washington raised by J. M. Ives of Salem, Massachusetts; named 

 by C. M. Hovey; first fruited in 1845. Tree very vigorous; fruit large, roundish- 

 oblong; distinct suture; skin yellow, mottled and dotted with red; bloom thin; stem 

 short and slender; flesh amber, melting, rich; excellent; stone medium, ovate, free. 

 Ives. Insititia. i. Am. Card. 14:148. 1893. Ives Damson i. 



Grown locally in southern Connecticut. Tree productive; fruit purple, sour; 

 clingstone; unusually late. 



