326 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



20. Large Orlean 7. Mogul Rouge 16, 18. Oeuf Rouge 16, 18. Prune d'Oeuf Violeite 18. Prin- 

 zessinpflaume 15. Prune-figue 13. Prune Imp^riale Violette 11. Prune d'oeuf 7, 14, 18. Purple 

 Egg 7, 12, 14, i6, 18. frune-oeuf 7. Purple Magnum Bonum 12, 14, 18. Red Magnum Bonum S, 12, 

 20. i?ed Magnum 6. R^d Imperiale 7, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. i?gd Bonum Magnum 3, 7, 18, 20. 

 i?ed £gg Plum 10. Red Egg 12. Red Imperial 12. i?ed £gg 14, 16, 18. Red Aubert 17. Rote 

 Eier Pfiaume 18. Rote Kaiserpflamne 18. Rote Kaiser Zwetsche 18. 116 Riga 19. i?o/^ Kaiser- 

 pflautne 20. Rothe Kaiserzwetsche 20. ShepUr ?i4, ?i8. Sainte-Catherine (Belgien) i8, 20. The 

 Imperial Plum 2. Violette oder Blaue Kaiserpflaume 1$. 



Once popular, Red Magnum Bonum is now but of historical interest. 

 Three centviries ago this variety was cultivated in England by John Trades- 

 cant under the name Imperiall. It was mentioned by aU of the early 

 horticultural writers and it seems clear that the variety was well estab- 

 lished in Europe at least as early as the beginning of the Seventeenth Cen- 

 tury. As all plums at that time were propagated from seed, a large number 

 of sub-varieties of this sort were produced and as these became estab- 

 lished the nomenclature of the variety became much involved. In 1729 

 Langley called it the Red Magntmi Bonum, a name it has since retained. 

 It is not known when the variety was introduced into this country but 

 its first appearance in American literature was in 1803. After its introduc- 

 tion nurserymen sold any large red plum as Red Magnum Bonum and 

 it became difficult to find the true variety. Professor J. L. Budd appar- 

 ently reintroduced this plum in 1881-1882 under the name Dame Aubert 

 Rouge. Although very extensively grown in America at one time it has 

 never been a favorite because of its poor quality. The American Pomo- 

 logical Society rejected it in 1858 from a list of candidates for its catalog. 

 The following description is compiled. 



Tree hardy, vigorous, productive; young shoots glabrous. Fruit mid-season; large, 

 oval, deep red in the sun, pale red in the shade, covered with thin bloom; stem one inch 

 long; flesh greenish, firm, shghtly coarse, dry, brisk subacid; of fair quaUty; stone oval, 

 free. 



REINE CLAUDE 



Prunus domestica 



I. Quintinye Com. Card. 67, 68, 69. 1699. 2. Langley Pomona 93, PI. XXIII fig. 7. 1729. 

 3. Duhamel Traii. Ar6. Fr. 2:89, PI. XI. 1768. 4. Knoop FrwcioZogie 2:62. 1771. 5. Kraft Pom. 

 Aust. 28, Tab. 173 fig. 2, 41, Tab. 193 fig. 2. 1796. 6. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 20. 1803. 7. Mil- 

 ler Card. Diet. 3. 1807. 8. Coxe Cult. Fr, Trees 237, fig. 14. 1817. 9. Phillips Com. Orch. 306. 

 1831. 10. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 147, 148. 1831. 11. Prince Pom. Man. 2:48. 1832. 12. Gal- 

 lesio Pom. Ital., PI. 1839. 13. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 276 fig. 106. 1845. ^4- Floy-Lindley 

 Guide Orch. Card. 283, 382, 419. 1846. is. Poiteau Pom.. Franc. 1:1846. 16. Horticulturist 2: 

 178, 179 fig. 30, 291. 1847. I?- Thomas Am. Fruit CuU. 326 fig. 253, 329. 1849. ^8. Hovey 

 Fr. Am. 2:69, PI. 1851. 19. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 54. 1852. 20. Elliott Fr. Book 410. 1854. 21. 

 Thompson Card Ass't 517. 1859. 22. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 917. 1869. 23- Mas Le Verger 



