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Parkinson mentions under this name a large " dark bluish-brown " plum of the 

 Bullace type inferior to the common variety. 

 Shilling. Domestica. i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 2. Ohio Sta. Bui. 162:256, 2 57. 1905. 



A variety introduced by J. W. Kerr in 1894. Fruit of medium size, oblong-oval, 

 pointed at the apex; cavity shallow; suture a line; stem short, stout; dull red; bloom 

 light; flesh yellow; quality poor; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Shipper. Triflora. i. Burbank Cat. 18. 1893. 2. Childs Cat. 62. 1896. 



A seedling of Satsuma grown by Burbank; introduced in 1896 by John Lewis 

 Childs, Floral Park, New York. Fruit oval, light red; flesh very firm, juicy, sweet; 

 keeps and ships well; mid-season. 

 Shirata Bene. Triflora. i. Lovett Cat. 1892. 2. Ohio Sta. Bui. 162:256, 257. 1905. 



Introduced as a crimson plum but described at the Ohio Experiment Station as yellow. 

 Shviata Bene. Triflora. i. Card. Man. 367. 1887. 



Uwase i. Blood Plum i. 



H. H. Berger states that the above name and synonyms were applied to a red- 

 fleshed variety indigenous to Japan. Probably a class name. 

 Siamese. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 284. 1845. 



Fruit in pairs firmly attached on one side and hanging from a single stem. The 

 original tree grew in the garden of Wm. Roe, Newburgh, New York. Fruit of medium 

 size, obovate; cavity small; skin pale yellow; flesh yellow, juicy, sprightly; quality 

 fair; clingstone; mid-season. 



Sidone. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 450. 1889. 



Siebenburger Pflaume. Species? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 450. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 

 163, 366. 1895. 



"A variety of little merit." 

 Sierra. Subcordata. i. Can. Hort. 19:405. 1896. Sierra Crimson i. 



Reported in the preceding reference by S. S. Watkins, Grizzly Flats, California, 

 as a very good wild plum growing high up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Said to 

 bear beautiful crimson fruit about the size of the Reine Claude, of good quality; highly 

 recommended for jelly. 

 Silassy. Domestica. i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 118:52. 1895. 2. Ibid. 152:211. 1898. 



Imported from Hungary by the Michigan Experiment Station. 



Silas Wilson. Americana, i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:80. 1892. 2. Can. Exp. Farms 

 Rpt. 105. 1900. 3. Terry Cat. 1900. 



Grown by H. A. Terry, from seed of Hawkeye; first fruited in 1891. Fruit large, 

 oval; cavity shallow; suture a line; red over a yellow ground; dots numerous; flesh 

 yellow, juicy; good; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Silva Koning Claudie. Domestica. i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 358. 1891. 



Miller's Early i. 



Described by Wickson as an undetermined variety brought from Germany by 

 Dr. L. E. Miller, of California, in 1854; introduced by C. M. Silva & Son of Newcastle, 

 California, in 1887. Fruit purplish-black; fine flavor; similar in size to the Early 

 Royal, and about a month earlier. 



