4o6 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Blue Moldavka was received from Russia by J. L. Budd of the Iowa Experiment 

 Station about 1882 in a lot of sprouts labeled Moldavka. Tree hardy and productive; 

 fruit large, oblong; suture a line; cavity of medium size; stem short; dark purple; 

 "bloom thick; dots numerous, russet; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, dry; flavor not high; 

 quality fair; stone semi-clinging; mid-season. 



Blue Plum. Domestica. i. Horticulturist 7:404. 1852. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 900. 1869. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; suture obscure; skin dark blue with light 

 "bloom; flesh yellowish-green, juicy, sweet and refreshing; clingstone; early. 

 Blue Primordian. Domestica. i. Parkinson Par. T^r. 575. 1629. 2. Rea F/ora 206. 1676. 



An old variety of the same shape as the Red Primordian but smaller and of a violet- 

 blue color; of good taste; ripens early, productive. 



Blue Prolific. Domestica. i.Flor.andPom.&g. 1876. i.Kogg Fruit Man. j 22. 1884. 

 3. Guide Prat. 156, 356. 1895. 



Blue Prolific 3. Fertile Bleue 3. Rivers' Blue Prolific 2. Rivers' No. 4 i. 



Tree hardy, productive; fruit below medium in size, oval, slightly narrowed at 

 the stem end; cavity and suture shallow; dark purple, with thin bloom; flesh dull 

 greenish-yellow, juicy; flavor brisk and agreeable; a cooking plum; stone clingii^; 

 ripens early. 

 Blue Prune. Domestica. i. Hoffy Orch. Comp. 2. 1842. 



Hoffy published a colored engraving of this variety, but did not describe it. Fruit 

 long-oval; suture deep; dark blue. 

 Blue Rock. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 423. 1903. 



A seedling from Thomas Rivers, England. Tree upright, productive; fruit of 

 medium size, round; cavity small; suture distinct; dark purple; dots small, gray; 

 flesh yellow, juicy, sweet, rich; clingstone; early. 



Blue Tweens. Domestica. i. Horticulturist 25:204. 1870. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 

 52. 1871. 



A seedling, raised by G. P. Peffer of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, about 1855. Tree hardy, 

 slow in growth; fruit in pairs, giving rise to the name; flesh yellowish-green, adhering 

 to the stone on one side; flavor sprightly subacid; late. 

 Blue Violet. Domestica. Mentioned in Ray Hist. Plant. 2:1528. 1688. 

 Blum. Domestica. i. Cultivator 3d Ser. 8:280 fig. i860. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 900. 1869. 



A seedling from North Carolina resembling Nelson's "Victory in color and shape. 

 Size above medium, oval, dull orange with numerous small brown dots; flesh yellowish- 

 brown, juicy; good; early. 

 Bohemian Prune. Domestica. i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 



Introduced by J. W. Kerr, who secured plants from Charles Luedloff, Carver, 

 Minnesota. Tree upright, vigorous, productive; fruit large, roundish-oval, dark purple; 

 good. 

 Bomberger. Americana, i. Terry Cat. 1900. 2. Wis. Sta. Bui. 87:12. 1901. 



A variety grown by H. A. Terry of Crescent, Iowa, from seed of Harrison; first 

 fruited in 1897. Tree upright, vigorous, productive; fruit large, roundish; suture 



