THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 489 



Madison. Domestica. i. Cultivator 6:355. I 849- 2 - Horticulturist 4:214. 1849. 

 3. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 355. 1867. 



A chance seedling from the garden of Isaac Denniston, Albany, New York; first 

 fruiting in 1847 and supposed to be a cross between Bleeker and Blue Gage. Tree 

 vigorous, productive; fruit of medium size, oval; suture shallow; cavity small; yellow 

 with reddish blush; bloom thin; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, rich, sweet, pleasant; good; 

 freestone; very late. 



Mainzer Friihzwetsche. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 439. 1889. 

 Majestic Damson. Insititia. I. Stone & Wellington Cat. 1907. 



Introduced by Stone and Wellington of Toronto, Ontario. Fruit large, purple; 

 bloom heavy; freestone; early. 



Mallard. Domestica. i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 289. 1889. 2. Cornell Sta. Bui. 131: 

 189. 1897. 3. Rivers Cat. 34. 1898. 



A seedling from Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England. Tree of moderate 

 vigor and hardiness; fruit large, oval; suture distinct; deep purple; flesh yellow, 

 rich, juicy; good; freestone; early; said to rot but little; not hardy. 

 Mamelonn6e. Domestica. i. Gen. Farmer 10:241. 1849. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 371. 

 1866. 3. Guide Prat. 157, 359. 1895. 



Die Brustwarzenpflaume 3. Mamelon 3. Mamelon Sageret 2. 



Raised by M. Sagaret of Paris, France. Tree of medium size; fruit roundish-oval, 

 strongly necked, yellowish-green, mottled with red; light bloom; flesh yellowish, firm, 

 juicy, sweet; similar to Reine Claude except in shape. 

 Manitoba. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish-oval, clear red; freestone. 

 Manitoba No. i. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1897. 2. 5. Dak. Sta. Bui. 93:22. 1905. 



A wild variety from Manitoba, Canada. Fruit of medium size, bright red; skin 

 thick and bitter; very early. 



Manitoba Seedlings. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1897-1900. 2. S. Dak. Sta. Bui. 93: 

 22. 1905. 



Several seedlings bearing the numbers 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 were grown by N. E. Hansen 

 of the South Dakota Station from seed obtained in Manitoba. Early bearing and pro- 

 ductivity are their chief desirable characters. 



Mankato. Americana, i. Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 332, 481. 1896. 2. Waugh Plum 

 Cult. 157. 1901. 3. Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 228. 1903. 



German Prune Seedling 3. 



Originated on the farm of Louis J. Eider, four miles north of Mankato in Nicollet 

 County, Minnesota; introduced by S. D. Richardson and Son of Winnebago City, 

 Minnesota, in 1890. Tree vigorous, fairly productive; fruit above medium size, 

 oval; cavity shallow; suture faint; skin free from the pulp; dull red; dots yel- 

 low; flesh yellow, sometimes red next the stone, sweet, rich; good; semi-clinging; 

 late. 



Manning. Domestica. i. Manning Book of Fruits 103. 1838. 2. Thomas Am. Fruit 

 Cult. 335. 1849. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 930. 1869. 



