THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 365 



VIOLET DIAPER 



Prunus domestica 



i; Parkinson Par. Ter. 576, 578. 1629. 2. Langley Pomona 93, PI. XXIII fig. II. 1729. 



3. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:101, PI. XVII fig. 1768. 4. Prince Pom. Man. 2:70, 92. 1832. 

 S. Elliott Fr. Book 425. 1854. 6. Koch Deut. Obst. 572. 1876. 7. Le Bon Jard. 339. 1882. 

 8. Hogg Fruit Man. 690. 1884. 9. Mathieu Nam. Pom. 452. 1889. 10. Guide Prat. 157, 355- 

 1895. 



Black Diapred i. Blaue Diapr^e 9, 10. Blaue Herzformige Pflaume 9, 10. Buntfarbige Vio- 

 lette Pflaume 9, 10. Cheston i, 9, 10. Cheston 4, 5, 8. Cheston Matchless $. Cheston's Plumb 

 2. Dennie l. Diapr^e noire 7. Die Violette Diapree 10. Diaprfe Violette 3, 10. Diapr^e Vio- 

 lette 4, 8, 9. Diapre Violet 4. Friars i. Friars 8. Friar's Plum 9. Matchless 4, s. 9. i°- 

 Purple Diaper 6. Violet Diaper 5, 9. Violette Diaprfe 9. Violette Violen Pflaume 9, 10. Veilchen 

 Pflaume 9, 10. 



Violet Diaper was ciiltivated at the beginning of the Seventeenth 

 Century and has maintained itself in Europe until the present time although 

 never attaining nor deserving the popularity of the Red Diaper. Match- 

 less, cited as a synonym, is manifestly incorrect as the true Matchless 

 is a yellow plum; but since it has been used so long and by so many writers 

 as a synonym, it seems best to mention it as such. This plum is not grown 

 in America. It is described as follows: 



Fruit early; of medium size, oval; suture faint; cavity almost lacking; skin free; 

 dark purple, covered with thick bloom; flesh yellow, firm, sweet; good; freestone. 



VORONESH 



Prunus domestica 



1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 76. 1883. 2. Ibid. 61. 1887. 3. Am. Gard. 11:625 fig. i. 1890. 



4. Waugh Plum Cult. 116. 1901. 5. Budd-Hansen Am.. Hort. Man. 327, 329. 1903. 



Moldavka 1, 2, 3, 4. Voronesh Yellow 3, 5. Yellow Moldavka s- Yellow Voronesh 2. 



Voronesh is a Russian sort supposed to be ironclad as to cold. It is 

 perfectly hardy at Geneva, the trees are also very productive and the 

 fruits are attractive enough in size and color to meet market demands 

 but the flavor is so insipid as to make the plum unfit for dessert and hardly 

 fit for kitchen use. It is given the honor of a color-plate because it is a 

 somewhat distinct type. In 1881 Professor J. L. Budd secured from J. 

 E. Fisher, Voronesh, Russia, a variety which he introduced as Voronesh 

 Yellow. At the same time he imported a variety from Fisher under the 

 name Moldavka which proved to be identical with his Voronesh Yellow, 

 though Budd held that while they were very similar the Moldavka was 

 more oval than Voronesh. 



