THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 395 



American Wheat. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 289. 1845. 2. Thomas 

 Am. Fruit Cult. 346. 1849. 3. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:129. 1873. 



American Wheat 3. Froment American 3. 



A very small, round, pale blue plum with thin bloom; flesh greenish, melting, 

 jtxicy, sweet; poor; clingstone; mid-season; tree productive; leaves small, light 

 colored. 



Ancient City. Domestica. i. Cultivator 6:270 fig. 1858. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 941. 1869. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 684. 1884. 



Reagles' Ancient City 1,2. 



Raised by C. Reagles, Schenectady, New York, supposedly from seed of Wash- 

 ington. Fruit large, roundish; suture deep; sides unequal; yellow, tinged with green, 

 mottled with crimson specks next to the sun; bloom thin; stem of medium length, 

 thick; flesh yellow veined with white, firm, coarse ; good; freestone. 

 Anderson. Americana. 1. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:2^. 1897. 2. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 488. igo4. 



Anderson's Early Red i. 



Found growing on the Turkey River near Sioux Rapids, Iowa, by Mrs. Vincent 

 Anderson, about 1865. Trees productive; fruit of medium size; good; mid-season. 

 Angelina Burdett. Domestica. i. Card. Chron. 13:600. 1853. 2. Mas Le Wrger 6:37. 

 1866-73. 3. Gaucher Pom. Prak. Obst. 91. 1894. 



Raised from seed by Henry Dowling of Woolston, England, about 1845. Tree 

 vigorous, hardy and productive ; fruit of medium size, roundish ; suture deep , one side 

 enlarged; skin thick; dark purple with brown dots and heavy bloom; flesh greenish- 

 yellow, rich, juicy, sprightly; stone small, obovate, free; mid-season. 

 Angouleme. Domestica. i. Waugh. Plum Cult. g^. 1901. Reine-Claude d'Angouleme i. 



Similar to Reine Claude. 

 Anna. Americana, i. Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt. 90. 1885. 



A variety grown from a wild plum root secured in Wisconsin by Mr. Charles Gibb 

 of Montreal, Canada. 

 Anna Maria. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am 896. 1869. 



Originated by S. D. Pardee, New Haven, Connecticut. Fruit below medium in 

 size, roundish-oval; suture lacking; pale greenish-yellow splashed with darker green; 

 stem short; cavity small; flesh pale green, juicy, melting, rich, sugary; good; stone 

 nearly free; tree moderately vigorous, spreading, productive. 



Anna Spath. Domestica. i. Lange Allgem. Garten. 2:421. 1879. 2. Oberdieck Deut. 

 Obst. Sort. 401. 1881. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 421. 1889. 4. Can. Exp. Farm 

 Bui., 2d Ser. 3:49. 1900. Anna Spaeth 3. 



Originated with M. Spath at Baumschulenweg, Germany, about 1870. Tree vigor- 

 ous; fruit of piedium size, roundish-oval, flattened at both ends; skin tough, free; 

 brownish-black; dots brownish; bloom thick; flesh greenish-yellow, very juicy, mild; 

 good; freestone; season late. 

 Annual Bearer. Americana, i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 87:11. 1901. 



A seedling grown by Edson Gaylord, Nora Springs, Iowa. Fruit large, oblong; 

 suture distinct; purplish-red on a yellow ground ; dots numerous, small; bloom heavy; 



