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Fruit very early; one and one-quarter inches by one and one-eighth inches in size, 

 sUghtly oval, dark purplish-black, covered with thick bloom; skin thick, tough, sour; 

 flesh greenish-yellow, firm, sweet, pleasant flavored; good to very good; stone semi- 

 free, three-quarters inch by one-half-inch in size, irregular oval. 



EARLY YELLOW 



Prunus domestica 



I. Parkinson Par. Ter. 575, 576. 1629. 2. Rea Flora 206, 207. 1676. 3. Ray Hist. Plant. 

 2:1688. 4. Quin tin ye Com. Gard. 70. 1699. 5. Langley Pomowa 90, PI. 20 fig. i. 1729. 6. Diiliamel 

 Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:66. 1768. 7. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 19. 1803. 8. Floy-Lindley Guide Orch. 

 Card. 297, 382. 1846. 9. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 925. 1869. 10. Country Gent. 41:518. 1876. 



11. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 424. 1889. 12. Guide Prat. 152, 354. 1895. 



Amber Primordian i, 2. Amber Primordian 3, 8, 9, 11, 12. Avant Prune blanche 9, 11, 12. 

 Bilhoa 9, II. Catalonia i, 2, 3, 12. Castellan 4. Caialonian 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Cerisette Blanche 



9, 11, 12. Castelane 11, 12. Catalane 11, 12. Catalonische Pflaume 11, 12. Catalonischer Spilling 



12. Catalonischer Spilling 11. Catalonische Kricke 11. De Catalogne 6, 11. De Catalogue 12. 

 D'Avoine 9, 12. Die gelbe fruhzeitige Pflaume 12. Early Yellow 9, 10, 11, 12. Early John 9, 11. 

 Early White Plum 11, 12. Gelhe Spindel Pflaume 11. Gelber Kleiner Spilling 11. Gelbe Fruh- 

 zeitige 11. Gelbe fruhe Pflaume IT, 12. J aune pr^coce 11, 12. Jaune de Catalogne g, 11, 12. Jaune 

 HS.tive 6, 8. Jaune Hdtive 11, 12. JavinhS,tive 7. Jean H&tive g. Jean-hdtive 5. Jean White 11, 

 12. Kleine gelbe Fruh Pflaume 11, 12. London Plumb 5. London Plum 9, 11, 12. Monsieur 

 Jaune 11 incor., 12. Prune de Catalogne 8, 9, 11. Prune de St. Barnabe 8, 9. Prune d'Avoine 11. 

 Pickett's July g, 11, 12. Prune Monsieur Jaune 9. Prune d'Altesse blanche 9, ? 11. Primordian 



10, II, 12. Prunus Catalana 11, 12. Prunus Catelana 11. Prunus Catalonica 11, 12. St. 

 BarnabSe g. Saint Barnabe 11, la. Siebenburger Pflaume f ii, 12. 



The Early Yellow goes back as far as the history of pltim-growing in 

 northwestern Europe is recorded. Because of its sjmonyms it is thought to 

 have originated in Spain whence it was gradually taken northward, crossed 

 the boundary and spread through the fertile valleys of France. Early in 

 the Seventeenth Century it was firmly established in England and was 

 described by Tradescant and Parkinson. From that time till the present 

 it has kept a place in European and American horticulture, in spite of the 

 introduction of hundreds of improved varieties. It is described as follows : 



Tree hardy, moderately vigorous and productive; branches long, slender, upright 

 until bent down with fruit; branchlets pubescent. Fruit very early, small, obovate; 

 stem short, slender; color pale yellow, with thin bloom; flesh yellow, tender, sweet, 

 moderately juicy, pleasant; good; freestone. 



EMPIRE 



Prunus domestica 



I. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt. 9:347. 1890. 2. Cornell Sta. Bui. 131:184. 1897. 3. Ohio Sta. Bui. 

 162:241 fig., 254, 255. 1905. 4. Rice Bros. Cat. 15. 1908. 

 Empire State 4. Rood i, 2. 



