326 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



lair to good; partial freestone. Much grown in many States for 

 fulinarj' use mainly. England. 



Simon (Prunus Simoiti). — Large, flattened; color dark red with 

 many large and small dot.-i and faint bloom; stalk short, in deep and 

 wide cavity; suture shallot'. Flesh yellow, firm, meaty. Flesh va- 

 riable in different climates; in the South it is often sweet and prized 

 by many. Season, early. Has proven valuable when crossed with 

 other species. China. 



Smith Orleans. — Large, oval, widest at base; suture deep; color 

 reddish purple and very dark when ripe; bloom dark IjIuc; stalk 

 slender, in narrow deep cavity. Flesh yellow, cjulte fii-m, rich; quality 

 good; cling. Poi)ular in several States. Domestica. 



Spanish King. — Large, oval, regular; color scarlet with blue 

 bloom; suture distinct in dejjressed valley, which extends beyond the 

 apex; stalk half an inch long, stout, in deep broad abrupt cavity. 

 Flesh greenish yellow, firm, juicy, good; pit not free. Xot identical 

 with Lombard, as often claimed, lait cjuite similar in fnut. IJomes- 

 tica. 



Spaulding. — Large, oval ; color green with yellow on sunny side and 

 whitish bloom; suture distinct: stalk medium, in shallow cavity. 

 Flesh yellow, tender, juicy, sweet; good to very good; freestone. 

 Pennsylvania. Domestica. 



Tatge. — Medium to large, regular, oblong, with ends flattened ; cavitj' 

 broad and deep; suture usually broad and deep; color pvu'plish red 

 with light green patches in the shade. Flesh firm; quality much like 

 Lombard, and it ripens at the same time; but the tree is somewhat 

 hardier than Lombard, and less subject to rot of fruit. Domestica. 



Tennant. — Large, purple, ami best in (luality. A large prune 

 originating in Washington and now grown in Texas and eastward to 

 New Jersey and Maryland. Domestica. 



Ungarish Prune. — Mediinn to large, ovate, flattened at sides; 

 color dark pur jile overlaid ^v\\\\ dark-blue liloom; suture in broad deep 

 valley, passing the apex ami extending to an elevated point near the 

 stem; stalk three-fourths to one inch long, ver^• stout, inserted on a 

 raised ])oint. Flesh greenish yellow, firm, juicy, rich; quality best.; 

 freestone. Tree a low-spreading grijwer and hardy in trying climates. 

 From Piussia. 



Victoria (Sliiirp, Slinrj)'.-: Einpcrnr). — Jjarge to very large, ovar 

 color pinkish red with bluish bloom and many whitish and bluish dots' 



