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Fruit large, oblate; suture faint; stem medium; yellow blushed with pink; flesh 

 firm, yellow; good; stone of medium size, round, semi-clinging; medium to late. 

 Nellie Blanche. Americana, i. Terry Cat. 1900. 2. Rural N. Y. 65:726 fig., 730. 

 1906. 3. la. Sta. Bui. 114:141. 1910. Blanche 3. 



Grown by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; fruited first in 1897. Tree vigorous, up- 

 right, productive, bears early; fruit large, oblong; stem medium, set in a small cavity; 

 skin thick; yellow mottled with red; flesh meaty, very sweet and rich; good; stone 

 large, clinging; mid-season. 



Nelson. Domestica. i. Land. Hori. Soc. Cat. 150. 1831. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 373. 

 1866. 3. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:55. 1873. 4. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 21:20. 

 1876. 



Knevett's Late Orleans 2,3. Monsieur tardif de Knevett 3. Nelson's Victory i, 2,4. 

 Nelson's Victory 3. Victoire de Nelson 3. 



An old variety renamed in honor of the famous English admiral. Fruit of medium 

 size, round, deep purple; flesh sweet and pleasant; freestone; mid-season; suitable 

 for culinary purposes. 

 Never Fail. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:281. 1900. 



Purchased of an Eastern nurseryman for Wolf but proved not true to name ; intro- 

 duced by J. S. Haag, Hosper, Iowa. Tree vigorous, slightly spreading; fruit large, 

 round, red; good; ripe with De Soto. 

 New American. Americana, i. S. Dak. Sta. Bui. 26:14. 1891. 2. Ibid. 93:26. 1905- 



Of no value in South Dakota because of its lateness. 

 New Goderich. Domestica. i. Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt. 4:66, 102, no. 1897. 



Thought to be a seedling of Lombard. Tree vigorous, spreading, hardy, 

 productive; fruit medium to large, round; stem short, inserted in a shallow cavity; 

 suture distinct; brownish-red with heavy bloom; flesh yellow, coarse; quality 

 poor. 

 New Green Gage. Domestica. I. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 148. 1831. 



Mentioned; probably obsolete. 

 New Large Bullace. Insititia? Mentioned in Mathieu Norn. Pom. 433., 1889. 



Grosse Prunelle Nouvelle New Large Bullace. 



Newton. Americana, i. Munson Cat. 8. 1894. 2. Ohio Sta. Bui. 162:256, 257. 

 1905. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 23. 1905. 



Received by T. V. Munson from Theodore Young of Wichita Falls, Kansas. Munson 

 says this variety is distinct from Newtown Egg. Tree vigorous, healthy, productive; 

 fruit large, oblong, irregular; stem short and stout, set in a small cavity; suture indis- 

 tinct; dull red; bloom thin; flesh yellow; good; freestone; late. 

 Newtown Egg. Americana, i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:40. 1892. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 

 153. 1901. Newton Egg 2. 



Originated with Charles Luedloff, Carver, Minnesota. Tree open, straggling, pro- 

 ductive ; f ruit medium to large, oblong-oval, purplish-red over yellow, thickly sprinkled 

 with many yellow dots ; flesh yellow, firm ; good; stone long, nearly flat, smooth, semi- 

 clinging ; mid-season. 



