THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 519 



Tested at the Experimental Farm at Agassiz, British Columbia. Tree vigorous; 

 fruit of medium size, globular or sometimes heart-shaped; suture shallow; purple; 

 flesh pale yellow or greenish, juicy, sweet, pleasant; mid-season. 

 Presley. Hortulana mineri X Hortulana. i. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 12:227. 1899. 



From A. L. Bruce, Basin Springs, Texas. Waugh says its parentage is probably 

 Miner by Wayland. Fruit of medium size, inclined to oval; cavity shallow; bright red; 

 dots numerous, indistinct; flesh yellow; good; stone small, round, flattened, clinging. 

 Price. Americana, i. Meneray Cat. Prof. Price i. 



A seedling grown by H. A. Terry; introduced by F. W. Meneray, Council Bluffs, 

 Iowa. Fruit large, oblong, yellow, tinged with red; good; clingstone. 

 Pride of Waterloo. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 3rd App. 182 fig. 1881. 



2. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 44:92. 1899. Pride of Waterloo"*. 2. 



Raised by A. H. Doles, Waterloo, New York, from seed of Smith Orleans; distinct 

 from Pond with which it is sometimes confused. Tree upright, vigorous, very produc- 

 tive; branches smooth, reddish-brown; fruit large, oval, narrowing towards the stem; 

 suture indistinct; cavity large; stem medium in length and thickness; reddish-purple; 

 bloom thin; flesh deep yellow, coarse, juicy, sweet, sprightly, not rich; stone slightly 

 adherent ; mid-season. 



Primate. Domestica. i. Rivers Cat. 35. 1898-9. 2. Thompson Card. Ass't 4:159. 

 1901. 3. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 433. 1905. 



A seedling first fruited by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, in 1890, 

 and introduced by him in 1897. Fruit large, round; stem short, set in a medium cavity; 

 suture distinct; sides often unequal; purplish- red ; dots numerous, small, golden; 

 bloom thin; flesh yellowish, juicy, sweet; good; stone small, free; ripens late and 

 hangs well after maturing. 

 Prince. Domestica. i. Ray Hist. Plant. 2:1529. 1688. 



Ray mentions a variety by this name. It may be the same as Gloucestershire 

 Violet. 

 Prince Early Damson. Insititia. i. Prince Pom. Man. 2:87. 1832. 



Prince's Early Purple i. 



A seedling raised by William Prince. Fruit of medium size, ovate, dark purple, 

 pleasant ; freestone ; early. 



Prince Orange Egg. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 392. 1857. 2. Mas Pom. 

 Gen. 2:187. 1873. 



Oeuf Orange De Prince 2. Prince's Orange Egg 2. 



Grown by William Prince. Tree vigorous, productive ; fruit large, globular; cavity 

 medium; stem short, stout; reddish-purple; dots brownish-yellow; bloom thick; 

 flesh greenish-yellow, a little coarse, juicy, sweet and sprightly, not rich; semi-clinging; 

 mid-season. 

 Prince Orange Gage. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 405. 1857. 



Noted only by Downing, who describes it as follows: "Fruit medium, roundish- 

 oval; suture moderate ; skin yellow; stalk long, set in an open cavity ; flesh light yellow, 

 coarse, juicy, pleasant, but not rich; adheres to the stone; first of September." 



