498 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Missouri. Munsoniana? i. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 39, 41, 99. 1889. 2. Ala. Col. Sta. 

 Bui. 11:12. 1890. 



An unimportant variety occasionally found in Alabama and Georgia. Fruit of 

 medium size, oblong, red; flesh firm; good; clingstone; late. 



Missouri Green Gage. Domestica. i. Bailey Ann. Hort. 196. 1891. 2. Ohio Sta. 

 Bui. 113:160. 1899. 3. Ibid. 162:239, 256. 1905. 



Introduced in 1891 by Stark Brothers, Louisiana, Missouri. As tested by the 

 Ohio and New York Experiment Stations it appears to be either identical with or a 

 strain of the Imperial Gage. 



Mistake. Domestica. i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 152:210. 1898. 2. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 

 548. 1901. 



Fruit above medium size, oblong-oval; suture distinct; sides unequal; purple; 

 flesh yellow, coarse, juicy, sweet, pleasant; mid-season. 



Mitchelson. Insititia. i. Card. Chron. 892, 894. 1860. 2. Flor. & Pom. 152. 1862. 

 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 932. 1869. 4. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:65. 1873. 



De Mitchelson 4. Mitchelson 3. Mitchelson's i, 2. Mitchelson' s 4. 



Raised by a Mr. Mitchelson, at Kingston on the Thames, England; a seedling of 

 a Damson. Fruit above medium size, oval; suture indistinct; dark purple; dots few, 

 fawn-colored; bloom thin; flesh yellow, tender, very juicy and sweet; freestone; 

 excellent for culinary purposes. 



Mivian. Domestica. Listed in Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 150. 1831. 

 Mollie. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1900. 2. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 422, 424. 1905. 



Molly 2. 



Originated with Theodore Williams of Benson, Nebraska. Fruit small, round, 

 red, watery; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Monon. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. n. 1897. 



Tree very productive; fruit small, greenish with dull red blotches; poor; cling- 

 stone; subject to rot. 

 Monona. Species? i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:24, 48. 1897. 



From Christian Steinman, Mapleton, Iowa; said to be the size of Miner but two 

 weeks earlier. 



Monolith. Triflora? X Munsoniana? i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 46. 1895. 2. Vt. Sta. Bui. 

 67:17. 1898. 



Originated by J. S. Breece of North Carolina; thought to be a cross between Abun- 

 dance and Wild Goose although it does not show Triflora characters. Fruit of medium 

 size, roundish; cavity medium; suture shallow; coppery-red, striped with darker 

 red; skin thin, bitter; flesh yellowish, translucent, meaty, tender, juicy, fibrous, mild, 

 subacid, rich; good; stone semi-clinging. 

 Monsieur a" Fruit Vert. Species? i. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 441. 1889. 



Mathieu found it referred to in Journal de la Societie Nationale el Centrale d' Horti- 

 culture de France 281. 1883. 

 Mont Barbat d'Ente. Domestica. i. Wickson Col. Fruits 356. 1891. 



