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Grown for some years by J. W. Kerr, but dropped in 1901. Fruit medium in size, 

 roundish-oblong, bright red; flesh yellow, very good; clingstone; late. 

 Vermilon Hatif. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 452. 1889. 

 Vesuvius. Cerasifera X ? i. Fancher Creek Nur. Cat. 1907-8. 2. Ibid. 1909. 



Foliage Plum i, 2. 



Grown by Luther Burbank from a cross between Pissardi and some native 

 or Triflora sort; introduced by the Fancher Creek Nurseries in 1907. Tree vigorous, 

 elm-like in habit of growth, not productive; fruit small, roundish, purplish-red; flesh 

 yellow; quality fair; stone small; valuable only as an ornamental. 

 Vick. Munsoniana X Americana? i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 287. 1887. 2. Ibid. 276. 1893. 

 3. Wis. Sta. Bui. 87:14. 1901. James Vick i, 2, 3. 



Supposed to be a seedling of Wild Goose crossed with some Americana; originated 

 by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa, about 1880. Fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; 

 dots numerous; suture distinct; bright red; bloom light; flesh yellowish-green, tender; 

 quality fair; stone small, clinging; mid-season. 

 Victor. Nigra? i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 426. 1900. 



A seedling raised at Indian Head Experimental Farm, Northwest Territory, Canada. 

 Fruit of medium size; mid-season. 

 Victoria. Species? Letter from Kerr. 



Originated by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska; fruit large, firm; poor. 

 Violet. Domestica. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 578. 1629. 2. Langley Pomona 92, fig. 

 VII. 1729. 3. Garden 50:223. 1897. 4. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bui. 27:16. 1904. 



Early Violet 3. Violette 4. Violet Plumb 2. 



This variety is possibly the same as Pre'coce de Tours but we are unable to identify it 

 positively with this or any other known variety. The " Violette " mentioned in the 

 fourth reference above may not be identical with the Violet of the older writers but it 

 seems to be similar. According to Parkinson the Violet is " a small and long blackish 

 blew plum, ripe about Bartholomew tide, a very good dry eating plum." 

 Victor Sand Cherry. (Prunus besseyi X Munsoniana) X Domestica. i. Am. Br. 

 Assoc. Rpt. 2:184. 1906. 



Theodore Williams of Benson, Nebraska pollinated Prunus besseyi with Wild 

 Goose and the resulting seedling was fertilized with pollen from Quackenboss. This 

 final cross resulted in the variety under discussion. Fruit nearly two inches in diameter; 

 apparently of value. 

 Violet Imperial. Domestica. i. Horticulturist 4:196. 1849. 



Die Violette Kaiserpftaume i. Imperiale Violette i. 



Violet Imperial is usually considered the same as Red Magnum Bonum but Liegel 

 describes it as distinct in that its leaves are shorter, its fruit smaller, darker and ripen- 

 ing period three or four weeks later. 



Violet Royal. Domestica. Mentioned in Miller Card. Kal. 155. 1734. 

 Violette Americaine. Species? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 452. 1889. 



Mathieu found reference in Revue Horticole 351. 1869. 

 Virgata. Species? i. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 51. 1889. 



