THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 487 



indistinct; bright red; bloom light; flesh yellow, firm, rich, sweet, vinous, highly aromatic; 



good; freestone; very early. 



Lovett Late. Domestica. i. Cole Am. Fr. Book 218. 1849. 



Lovett's Late Long Red i. 



An excellent long-keeping variety mentioned by Cole in 1849. 

 Lowry. Domestica. i. Smith Cat. 1899. Lowry's Gage i. 



A chance seedling found growing in a fence corner at St. Davids, Ontario; intro- 

 duced by E. D. Smith in 1899. Fruit of medium size, yellow; good; early. 

 Lucas Konigspflaume. Domestica. I. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. Sort. 421. 1881. 

 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 439. 1889. Royale de Lucas 2. 



A table and market variety in Germany. Tree vigorous, productive in moist soils ; 

 fruit large, oval; suture shallow, divided unequally; skin somewhat sourish, easily 

 removed, bluish-red to dark blue on the sunny side; dots fine, yellowish, numerous; 

 flesh soft, golden-yellow, sweet, highly flavored; stone not always free; ripens before 

 the Reine Claude. 

 Luedloff. Americana. I. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:46. 1897. 2. Ibid. 87:14. 1901. 



Luedloff's Seedling i, 2. 



From Charles Luedloff, Cologne, Minnesota. Fruit medium in size, oblong; suture 

 distinct; yellow overspread with bright red; dots small, numerous; quality hardly 

 fair; stone oval, sharply pointed, nearly free. 



Luedloff Green. Americana, i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:40. 1892. 2. Wis. Sta. Bui. 

 63:46. 1897. Luedloff's Green i, 2. 



From Charles Luedloff, Cologne, Minnesota, about 1889 ; discarded by him later. Tree 



regular and abundant in bearing; fruit medium to small, oblong, flattened; skin thick, 



mottled with deep red; flesh firm, sweet ; fair quality ; stone small, nearly free; medium late. 



Luedloff Red. Americana, i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:40. 1892. 2. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63: 



46. 1897. Leudloff's Red i, 2. 



Much like Luedloff Green but red in color. Tree moderately productive; fruit 

 very good; medium season. Good for culinary purposes. 



Lunn. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:35. 1903. 2. Quebec Pom. Soc. Rpt. 

 9. 1905. Montreal No. 60 i. 



From W. W. Dunlop, Outremont, Quebec. Fruit large, oval; cavity shallow; 

 suture a distinct line; dark purple; dots indistinct, brownish; skin tough; flesh yel- 

 lowish-green, firm, juicy, sweet, rich; very good; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Luscombe. Domestica. Mentioned in Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 149. 1831. 



Luscombe's Seedling. 



Lutts. Triflora. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 175:131 fig., 132. 1899. 2. Mass. Hort. Soc. 

 Rpt. 1:106. 1900. 3. Ga. Sta. Bui. 68:5 fig., 31. 1904. 



Wasse-Botankio i, 2, 3. 



Sent out under the name Wasse-Botankio but renamed in 1899 by Bailey after 

 Henry Lutts of Youngstown, New York. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit small, 

 roundish, dark red with numerous fine, golden, dots; bloom heavy; flesh yellow, soft, 

 with a slight almond flavor; good; clingstone; one of the earliest. 



