THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 14I 



ALHAMBRA 



[{Prunustriflora X Prunus cerasifera X Prunus domestica] X [(Prunus simonii X Prunus 

 tri flora) X {Prunus americana X Prunus nigra)} 



I. Vt. Sta. Bui. f>T.5. 1898. 2. De Vries Plant Breeding 212- 1907- 



Although it is over a decade since Alhambra was offered to fruit- 

 growers, it has made little headway in popularity and is chiefly of interest 

 because of its breeding. It is not often that we can trace the pedigree of 

 a plant for more than one or at the most two generations, but in Alhambra 

 we are particularly fortunate. Luther Burbank, the originator, began by 

 crossing Kelsey and Pissardi, and the offspring from this cross 

 was fertilized with Agen pollen. This tri-hybrid was in turn fertilized 

 with pollen from a complex hybrid of a cross of Prunus simonii and Prunus 

 triflora pollinated by a cross of Prunus americana and Prunus nigra. As 

 might be expected, the offspring of this final cross was extremely variable 

 and from it was selected the Alhambra. The variety was named by the 

 originator in 1898. 



The fruit as described by Waugh is " egg-shaped, large or very large; cavity 

 medium shallow, abruptly rounded; suture shallow; apex pointed; color dark, dull 

 red; dots many, small, yellowish; bloom thin, purplish; skin firm; flesh yellow inside, 

 reddish outside; stone medium to large, flat, pointed, nearly smooth, clinging; flavor 

 brisk subacid; quality first rate." 



ALTHAM 



Prunus domestica 



I. Jour. Hort. N. S. 17:228. 1869. 2. Lange Allgem. Garten. 2:419. 1879. 3. Oberdieck 

 Deut. Obst. Sort. 432. 1881. 4. Lauche Deut. Pom. 19, PI. IV. 1882. 5. Hogg Fruit Man. 692. 

 1884. 6. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 420. 1889. 7. Gaucher Pom. Prak. Obst. 94, PI. 1894. 8. Soc. 

 Nat. Hort. France Pom. 550 fig. 1904. 9. Cat. Cong. Pom. France ^(>&, fig. igo6. 10. Baltet CmK. 

 Fr. 490, fig. 328. igo8. 



AUhan's Reine Claude 6, 7. Althann's Reine Claude 2, 3, 4, 6. AUhahn's Rote Reine-Claude 6, 7. 

 AUhann's Reine Claude 7. Count Althann's Gage 5. Count Althann's Gage 6, 7. Graf AUhan's 

 Retne-Claude 6. Graf Althann's Reine-Claude 7. Hathen's Red Gage x. Reine-Claude Rouge de 

 Hathen 1. Reine-Claude d'Althann 5, 6, 7. Reine-Claude Comte Althan s, 6. Reine-Claude de Comie 

 Hathem 5, 6. Reine-Claude du Comte Hathem 6, 7. Reine-Clatide du Comte d' Althan 8. Reine- 

 Claude AUhan's 5, 6, 7. Reine-Claude Cotnte d'AUhan 6. Reine-Claude d'Althan 8. Reine-Claude 

 d'AUhan 6, 7, 10. Reine-Claude Rouge Comte Althan 6, 7. Reine-Claude Rouge du Comte Hethau 

 6. Reine-Claude rouge du comte Hethan 7. Reinette Claude Comte d'Althan 9. Reineiie Claude 

 d'AUhan 9. 



Altham is an excellent plum for dessert or home use. The color is 

 a trifle too dull for market purposes and yet it is better colored than Mc- 

 Laughlin, which sells fairly well. The fruit is the type of the last named 



