560 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



A tender shrub of value only as an ornamental. Flowers semi-double, rose colored; 

 fruit of medium size, oblong, yellow; flesh yellow, juicy, subacid; quality fair; cling- 

 stone; very early. 

 Virgie. Hortulana mineri X Hortulana. i. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 12:229. 1899. 



Originated with A. L. Bruce of Texas; a cross between Miner and Crimson Beauty. 

 Fruit medium, nearly round; suture a line; cavity very shallow; deep crimson with 

 many yellow dots; flesh yellow; good; stone small, round, slightly flattened, clinging. 

 Virginia Damson. Insititia. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 151. 1891. 



Mentioned in the preceding reference as doing well in Virginia. 

 Von Berlepsch Zwetsche. Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 453. 1889. 



Berlepsctis Violette Zwetsche. 



Von Bose Rote Zwetsche. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 453. 1889. 

 Von Lade Spate Mirabelle. Insititia. Listed in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 453. 1889. 

 Von Moro Reine Claude. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 453. 1889. 



Mathieu's reference taken from Pomologische Monatshefte i. 1878. 

 Voslauer Zwetsche. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 453. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 

 163, 367. 1895. 



Similar to the Italian Prune. 

 Vulcan. Triflora X ? i. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 12:229. 1899. 



A hybrid grown by Luther Burbank; much like Wickson. Fruit very large, oval, 

 with sides unequal; cavity large, abrupt; stem short, very stout; suture deep at the 

 top; purple with darker shades; dots numerous, yellow; flesh red next the skin, sweet 

 and pleasant; excellent; stone large, elliptical, slightly flattened, clinging. 

 Wabash. Species? i. Ind. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 72. 1868. 



Noted as a native variety grown in Gibson and Posey Counties, Indiana. Tree low 

 and shrubby, bearing early; fruit large, conical. 



Wady. Species? i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 286. 1887. 2. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:80. 1892. 

 3. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:62. 1897. Wady's Early i, 2, 3. 



Reported as of little value except for early ripening and productiveness; fruit 

 small; good for canning. 

 Wagner. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:291. 1900. 



Wagner No. 9 i. 



A seedling of Weaver fertilized with a wild variety; grown by J. F. Wagner, Bennett, 

 Iowa, in 1894. Fruit small, ovate; cavity broad, shallow; suture clearly defined; 

 yellowish-red; bloom thin; flesh brownish-yellow, sugary, sweet; quality best; stone 

 large, flattened, clinging; mid-season. 



Wahre Fruhzwetsche. Domestica. i. Lucas Vollst. Hand. Obst. 473. 1894. 

 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 453. 1889. 



August Zwetsche 2. Couetsche Pr&coce 2. Couetsche Precoce La Vraie 2. Diet's 

 August Zwetsche 2. Fruhe Gemeine Zwetsche 2. Fruhe Haus Zwetsche 2. Frithe Zwet- 

 sche 2. Precoce Veritable 2. 



Tree large, a quick grower; fruit medium, oval, dark blue; stone completely free; 

 valuable for dessert and drying. 



