THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 537 



A variety imported from Japan by J. L. Normand, Marksville, Louisiana. In 

 1901, J. W. Kerr fruited Sagetsuna and Wasse Botankyo and found them identical. 

 Tree vigorous with straggling habit; fruit large, conic, red over a yellow ground, with 

 numerous dots; flesh yellow, firm ; good; clingstone; earlier than Abundance. 

 St. Anne. Domestica. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 40. 1899. Bonne St. Ann i. 



Originated in Vermont; catalogued by the American Pomological Society in 1899 

 and 1901. Fruit blue; good. 

 Saint Antoine. Domestica. i. Traits Prat. Sech. Fruits 172. 1893. 



Prune de Bordeaux i. 



A plum found in the neighborhood of Gironde, France. The prunes from this variety 

 are know as Prunes de Bordeaux. The fruits are less esteemed than those of the Agen. 

 Saint Antonio. Domestica. Mentioned in Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 153. 1831. 

 St. Aubert. Domestica. i. Card. Chron. 36:1205. 1873. 2. Guide Prat 157, 365. 1895. 



Saint Aubert 2. 



Of Belgian origin; resembles Golden Drop but is a month earlier and is superior 

 in quality and productiveness; fruit oval, rounded at both ends, greenish spotted and 

 marked with a crimson blush; color and flavor of the flesh like Reine Claude. 

 Sainte Therese. Species? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 449. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 160,365. 1895. 



Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, long-oval, reddish-purple; flesh fine-grained; 

 good; clingstone; mid-season. 



St. Etienne. Insititia. I. Hogg Fruit Man. 381. 1866. 2. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. 

 Sort. 431. 1881. 3. Card. Chron. 24:187. 1885. 4. Guide Prat. 160, 365. 1895. 

 5. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 480. 1904. 



Mamelonneet 4. Pflaume von St. Etienne 4. Pflaume von St. Etienne 2. 



Tree vigorous; fruit globular or frequently roundish-oval; suture distinct dividing 

 the sides equally; stem medium; cavity narrow; skin not adherent; yellow blushed and 

 spotted with red on the sunny side; flesh yellow, tender, melting, juicy, sweet with a 

 fine flavor; stone small; free; early. 



St. James. Domestica. i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 152. 1831. 2. Mag. Hort. 

 9:165. 1843. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 311. 1845. 



St. James' Quetsche i, 2, 3. 



A strain of the German Prune; tree very productive; fruit of medium size, 

 oblong, purple; good; clingstone; mid-season. 



St. John. Domestica. i. Willich Dom. Enc. 4:195. 1803. 2. Horticulturist 3:396. 

 1848. 3. Elliott Fr. Book 429. 1854. 



Prune de St. Jean 3. Prune de St. Jean 2. 



A foreign variety of unknown origin. Tree very productive; fruit of medium 

 size, round, purplish-blue; flesh greenish-yellow; early. 



St. Lawrence. Domestica. i. Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 38. 1874. 2. Barry Fr. Garden 

 416. 1883. 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 122. 1901. 



A seedling of Smith Orleans grown on the grounds of Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, 

 New York. Tree vigorous and productive; fruit variable in size, averages medium, 



