THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 493 



greenish-yellow, firm, sweet and agreeable; freestone; September. Prince states that 

 there are two varieties under this name, differing in size, but no other writer mentions 

 the two. 

 Mayerboeck Zwetsche. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 440. 1889. 



Mayerboeck's Rote Zwetsche. 



Mayer Hellrote. Species? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 440. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 163, 

 359. 1895. Mayer's Hellrothe Damascene. 



"A variety of little merit." 

 Mayer Konigspflaume. Species ? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 440. 1889. 



Royalet Die Koniginl Royale de Mayer. 

 Mayers Rothe Damascene. Domestica. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:87. 1873. 2. Guide Prat. 



Damas Rouge de Mayer i. Damas Rouge de Mayer 2. Damas Rouge de Moyer i. 

 Mayers Braunrothe Konigspflaume 2. Mayers Rothe Damascene i. 



A seedling of Red Magnum Bonum raised by Liegel and dedicated to his colleague. 

 A. J Mayer. Tree of normal vigor; fruit large, thick-ellipsoid, slightly truncated; 

 suture wide, shallow; stem medium in length and size; cavity shallow; skin tender, 

 not adherent; purple; flesh yellowish, fine, melting, juicy, sweet and aromatic; cling- 

 stone; mid-season. 

 McCartney. Angustifolia varians. i. Munson Cat. 1898. 2. WaughP/ww Cult. 197. 1901. 



Brought to notice by F. T. Ramsey, Austin, Texas; fruit of medium size, roundish; 

 suture visible; dots whitish; golden-yellow; flesh sweet, melting; very good; cling- 

 stone. 

 McGillivray. Species ? i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 424. 1897. 



Tree vigorous, unproductive; fruit small, oval, light red; flesh yellow, juicy, 

 slightly astringent; clingstone; early. 

 McPherson. Species? i. Tex. Sta. Bui. 32:479. 1899. 



Tree low, bushy, thorny, hardy; fruit small, round, golden-yellow; flesh yellow; 

 quality fair; clingstone. 

 McRea. Triflora. i. Glen St. Mary Cat. 21. 1911. 



McRea was grown near Lake City, Columbia County, Florida, from seed of Kelsey ; 

 introduced in the fall of 1910 by the Glen Saint Mary Nursery Company. Fruit of 

 medium size, roundish; yellow, washed with dull red in the sun; dots numerous; bloom 

 thin; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, subacid; good; mid-season. 

 Meads. Triflora. i. Rural N. Y. 64:711. 1905. Meads Seedling Plum i. 



A seedling grown by H. O. Mead, Lunenburg, Massachusetts. Fruit large, light 

 reddish-purple; flesh yellow, firm, juicy; good; stone semi-clinging; mid-season. 

 Mediterranean. Domestica. I. Horticulturist 6:133. 1851. 2. Downing Fr. Trees 

 Am. 931. 1869. 



Originated in central New York. Tree vigorous, hardy, productive; fruit medium 

 in size, ovate, necked; cavity small; light crimson ; flesh yellow, sweet, sprightly; good; 

 freestone ; mid-season. 

 Meigs. Domestica. i. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 342. 1867. 



