548 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Standard. Domestica. i. Card. Chron. 13:600. 1853. 2. Mclntosh Bk. Card. 2:533. 

 1855. 3. Ann. Pom. Beige 8:25, PI. 1860. 4. Hogg Fruit Man. 382. 1866. 

 5. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 429. 1889. 



Etendard d'Angleterre 5. L'Etendard De L'Angleterre 3. Standard of England 

 5. Standard of England i, 2, 4. 



An English variety raised from seed about 1845 by Henry Bowling of Woolston. 

 Fruit above medium size, obovate; suture shallow; stem medium; cavity small; bright 

 red, shading to purplish-red; dots yellow; bloom thin, violet; flesh greenish, firm, 

 juicy, brisk flavor; good; stone small, oval, nearly free; mid-season. 

 Standard. Domestica. i. Burbank Cat. 11.1911. 



This Standard is a cross between Tragedy and Sugar recently sent out by Luther 

 Burbank. Professor E. J. Wickson of the College of Agriculture at Berkeley, California, 

 describes it as follows: " Freestone, pit small f inch by f inch. Flesh yellowish, melting, 

 fine-grained; very juicy and sweet; skin dark blue, sub-color dark red, medium texture." 

 Stark Green Gage. Domestica. i. Bailey Ann. Hort. 196. 1891. 2. Stark Bros. 

 Cat. 1891. 



Stark Green Gage is said to be a seedling of Missouri Green Gage; introduced by 

 Stark Brothers in 1891. As tested at this Station both of these varieties are identical 

 with Imperial Gage. 



Steinman. Americana, i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:59. 1897. 2. la. Sta. Bui. 46:288. 

 1900. 3. Ibid. 114:144. 1910. Steinman No. 2 3. 



Of the type of Stoddard, originated in 1883 by C. Steinman, Mapleton, Iowa, from 

 a mixed lot of seed of De Soto, Quaker and Forest Garden. Tree productive; fruit of 

 medium size, oval, conical, one-sided; stem short; suture distinct; apex pointed; 

 crimson with numerous dots; bloom thick; skin thin; flesh yellow, watery, sweet; 

 good to very good; stone medium, oval, pointed; late. 

 Stella. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 6. 1900. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 164. 1901. 



Grown by Theodore Williams of Benson, Nebraska. Tree spreading, very pro- 

 ductive; fruit large, globular, purplish-red; season medium. 



Steptoe. Domestica. i. Oregon Sta. Bui. 45:31. 1897. 2. Mich. Sta. Bui. 152:211. 

 1898. 3. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 548. 1901. 



Originated with Calvin Throop near Steptoe Butte, Washington; introduced 

 by George Purdy, Coif ax, Washington. Tree upright, vigorous, bears every year; 

 fruit resembles Italian Prune very much but is larger and ripens two weeks earlier; 

 ovate, purple; bloom thin; flesh yellowish, juicy, sweet, pleasant. 

 Sterling. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 12. 1898. 



Cataloged by J. W. Kerr for three years; not described. 

 Stickney. Species? i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:60. 1897. 



A tender-fleshed variety of the season and size of Rollingstone, grown by Franklin 

 Johnson of Baraboo, Wisconsin. 



Stint. Domestica. i. Garden 52:261. 1897. 2. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2nd Ser. 3:56. 

 1900. 3. Garden 62:133. 1902. 4. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 450. 1889. 



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