THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 289 



This variety is not popular in New York nor does it deserve to be, 

 as there are many better plums of its season. Its faults are small size, 

 an insipid flavor and poor keeping qualities. Morocco is one of the oldest 

 of the cultivated plums. It has been known in Europe for three centuries 

 at least and is undoubtedly much older, its early history not having been 

 written. It is not known when the variety was introduced into this cotm- 

 try but it has been grown in the Southern States for many years under 

 the name Mogul. About 1894, it was reintroduced from England by the 

 W. & T. Smith Nursery Company of Geneva, New York, under the name 

 Mogul. 



Tree large, vigorous, round-topped, rather tender to cold, productive; branchlets 

 covered with heavy pubescence; leaves oval, one and three-quarters inches wide, three 

 inches long; margin finely serrate or crenate; petiole short, thick, with one or two 

 globose glands usually at the base of the leaf; blooming season intermediate in time and 

 length; flowers appearing after the leaves, one and one-eighth inches across, white or 

 creamy as the buds unfold; borne on lateral buds and spurs, singly or in pairs. 



Fruit late, ripening period short; below medium in size, round to oval or 

 obovate, purplish-black, covered with thick bloom; dots conspicuous; flesh light golden- 

 yellow, rather dry, moderately firm, sweet next to the skin, but rather acid near the center; 

 poor; stone clinging, medium to small, oval or ovate, flattened, with rough surfaces. 



MOTTLED PRUNE 



Prunus domestica 



This plum is placed among the leading varieties only that a full 

 description of it may be put on record. The fruit is attractive in color 

 but is inferior in quality. These defects are so prominent that the variety 

 can hardly become popular. The Mottled Prune originated in Waterloo, 

 New York, as a chance seedling in 1887; it was introduced by E. Smith 

 & Sons, Geneva, New York. 



Tree large, round and open-topped, very productive; branches stocky; branchlets 

 heavily pubescent; leaves folded backward or flattened, oval or obovate, one and three- 

 quarters inches wide, three and one-half inches long, thick and leathery, rugose; margin 

 crenate, with few, small, dark glands; petiole thickly pubescent, dull dark red, gland- 

 less or with from one to three smallish glands usually on the stalk; blooming season 

 intermediate in time and length; flowers appearing after the leaves, one inch across, 

 white; borne in scattering clusters on lateral buds and spurs, singly or in pairs; 

 pedicels very pubescent. 



Fruit mid-season, ripening period short; one and three-quarters inches by one and 

 one-half inches in size, ovate, dark purplish-red, somewhat mottled, covered with thick 



