262 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Tree of medium size, round-topped, productive; branchlets stocky, with long inter- 

 nodes; leaf-scars large; leaves folded upward, oval or obovate, two inches wide, four 

 inches long, rugose; margin crenate, with small, dark glands; petiole pubescent, tinged 

 red, having at the most three small glands usually on the stalk; blooming season inter- 

 mediate in time and length ; flowers appearing after the leaves, one and one-quarter 

 inches wide, creamy- white ; borne in pairs; calyx-lobes long and slender. 



Fruit very late, season long; one and one-half inches by one and three-eighths inches 

 in size, oval, purplish-black, overspread with very thick bloom; flesh greenish-yellow, 

 medium juicy, tender, sweet, mild and pleasant; of good quality; stone free or nearly 

 so, one inch by five-eighths inch in size, irregular-oval, flattened, with an acute and 

 slightly oblique apex. 



LAIRE 



Prunus orthosepala ? 



•Laire is cultivated locally in Rooks and neighboring counties in Kansas 

 and is highly spoken of by those who grow it. The description of the variety 

 is made from information sent from the United States Department of 

 Agriculture. For a further account of this plum the reader is referred 

 to the discussion of Prunus orthosepala, page 97. The name is derived 

 from that of the man who first brought the plums under cioltivation some 

 twenty or twenty -five years ago. 



Tree dwarfish, dense-topped, not very productive; branches spiny, zigzag; branch- 

 lets thick, reddish-brown changing to dark brown; leaves oblong-ovate, light green, 

 acuminate, with margins closely serrate and seldom with glandular teeth; petiole 

 slender, one-half inch long, with two glands at the apex; flowers white or tinged with 

 pink, appearing after the leaves; borne in threes or in fours; pedicels thick, one-half 

 inch long; petals narrowly clawed; stamens orange. 



Fruit mid-season; one and one-eighth inches in diameter, roundish, greenish-yellow 

 overlaid with deep red, covered with thick bloom; skin thick; flesh yellow, meaty, 

 juicy, mild subacid; good to very good; stone cUnging, five-eighths inch by nine-six- 

 teenths inch in size, flattened, oval, with rugose surfaces: grooved on the dorsal and 

 ridged on the ventral suture. 



LARGE ENGLISH 



Prunus domestica 



I. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. Sort. 443. 1881. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 429, 433. 1889. 

 Englische Zwetsche ■^. Grosse EngUsche Zwetsche 2. Grosse Englische Zwetsche i, 2. Grosse 

 Englische Pflaumen Zwetsche 2. Grosse Zwetsche ? 2. Schweizer Zwetsche -i incor. 



This appears to be a most excellent plum closely resembling the Italian 

 Prune and surpassing that well-known variety in some respects. As 

 compared with Italian Prune, the fruit of Large English rtins larger, is 



