THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 40 1 



Belle de Paris. Domestica. Mentioned in Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2d Sen 3:49. 1900. 

 Belle de Riom. Domestica. i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 144. 1831. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 

 2:83. 1873. 



This variety is thought to have originated in the vicinity of the French village of 

 Riom, in the eariy part of the Nineteenth Century. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit 

 medium, oval ; suture indistinct ; skin intense purple ; dots white ; flesh greenish-yellow, 

 melting, rich, sweet, aromatic; very good; stone oval, free; late. 

 Belle de Schoeneberg. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom Pom. 449. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 

 158, 352- 1895- 



Belle de Schoneberg i. Gloire de Schoneherg i, 2. Rotgefleckte Gold Pflaume i. 

 Rothgefleckte Goldpflaume 2. Schone von Schoneberg i. Schdne von Schoneberg 2. 



Tree neither vigorous nor productive; fruit large, roundish, reddish-violet; flesh 

 yellow, sweet, agreeable; good; early. 

 Belsiana. Cerasifera. i. Cat. Cong. Pom. France /^-ji. 1887. 



A wild plum resembling Myrobalan, selected by the Arabs and introduced into 

 France in 1878 by G. Luizet, to whom it was sent by Ferdinand Lombard, horti- 

 culturist at Mustopha, Algieria. Fruit of medium size, round; suture indistinct; cavity 

 shallow; skin papery; amber-yellow, with a rose tint on the sunny side; flesh amber- 

 yellow, melting, sweet; stone slightly clinging; early. 

 Belvoir. Domestica. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 680, 686. 1884. 



Fruit above medium in size, round; suture faint; skin thin; black with russet 

 markings and dots; flesh yellow, tender, rich; freestone; late. 



Bender. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1896-7. 2. Waugh Plum Cult 143. 1901. 3. 

 Wis. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 121. 1902. 4.S. Dak. Sta. Bui. g^iio. 1905. Paul Wolf 4. 



Reported to have been grown near Chaska, Minnesota, by Paul Wolf. Tree very 

 vigorous, productive; fruit large, oblong, conical, irregular; suture indistinct; dark 

 red with thick bloom; dots numerous, small; skin thick, tough; flesh light yellow, 

 very firm, meaty; fair to good; stone long, pointed, early. 



Benedetto. Domestica? Listed in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 422. 1889. Beni-Detto. 

 Benedict. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 899. 1869. 



Originated in Pennsylvania. Tree vigorous; fruit small, oval; suture distinct; 

 pale yellow, dotted and splashed with red on the sunny side; bloom thin; flesh pale 

 yellow, juicy, pleasant; good; clingstone. 

 Beni Botan. Triflora. i. Va. Sta. Bui. 129:111. 1901. 



A variety imported by the Department of Agriculture 

 Benschoten. Domestica. 



Pits were left in the cellar of a Mr. Benschoten of Woodstock, Ulster County, New 

 York, by a German emigrant, and from them the above variety was grown. Fruit 

 above medium in size, oval, cream color, mottled with crimson; flesh golden-yellow, 

 sugary, aroma like that of an apricot; season late. 



Benson. Hortulana. i. Kerr Cat. 14. 1898. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 40. 1899. 3. 

 Waugh Plum Cult. 177. 1901. 4. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 422. 1905. 



Moreman Prune i. Benson Market 4. 



