THE PLUMS OP NEW YORK. 417 



Chariot. Species? i. Harrison Ca^ 1897. 



Probably misnamed. 

 Charity Clark. Mnnsoniana. X Prunus persica. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. ^Siyj. 1892. 

 Blackman i. 



For a history of this variety see Blackman. 

 Charlotte. Domestica. i. Prince Treat. Hort. 25. 1828. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 2 :59. 

 1832. Tomlinson's Charlotte i, 2. Charlotte 2. 



Prince says this is "a seedling of Yellow Egg raised by Judge Tomlinson." Tree 

 very vigorous; fruit shaped like its parent, yellow; flesh sweet with an agreeable flavor; 

 early. 

 Charmer. Nigra? i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 426 1900. 



A seedling raised at Indian Head Experimental Farm, Northwest Territory, Canada. 

 Fruit large, red, bitter; early. 

 Chautauqua. Nigra? i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:38. 1903. 



A variety grown on the Experimental Farm at Ottawa, Canada. 

 Chauviere. Domestica. i. Rev. Hort. 535. 1891. 



Reine-Claude Chauviere i. Belle de Done i incor. 



Grown by M. Chauviere, a Frenchman, who had purchased it under the false name 

 of Belle de Doue. Trees variable in productiveness; fruit roundish-oblate; suture 

 shallow; skin changes from marbled greenish-yellow to dark red, dotted and 

 stained withtinnabar-red ; flesh yellowish-green, soft, juicy, honey-like, very agreeable ; 

 clingstone. 

 Cheresoto. Prunus besseyi X Americana. Cir. S. Dak. Exp. Sta. 1910. 



Cheresoto originated with N. E. Hansen of the South Dakota Experiment Station 

 as a result of a cross of Prtmus besseyi with De Soto. After fruiting for one year it was 

 introduced in 1910. Fruit small, oval; apex pointed; black; bloom heavy; flesh 

 yellowish-green, sprightly; clingstone. 



Cherokee. Americana, i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:78. 1892. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 

 145. 1901. 

 Said to have been found wild in Kansas. Fruit medium in size, roundish-oblong; 

 skin blotched red, thick; clingstone. 



Cherry. Nigra, i. A^. /. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 186. 1885. 2. la. Sta. Bui. 46:264. 1900. 

 Found wild near Chaseburg, Vernon County, Wisconsin, in 1870 by E. Markle 

 of LaCrosse, Wisconsin; introduced by the discoverer. Tree hardy, productive, an 

 early bearer; fruit resembles that of De Soto except that it is larger and about twenty 

 days earlier in ripening. 

 Chester. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 547. 1901. 



An unimportant seedling from the British Columbia Experiment Station not to 

 be confused with the Chester of Forsyth. Tree vigorous, unproductive; fruit medium 

 in size, obovate; cavity narrow, deep; suture shallow; reddish-pink with numerous 

 golden dots; flesh firm, juicy, sprightly, slightly coarse; stone large, clinging; mid-season. 

 Chester. Domestica. i. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 20. 1803. 



Mentioned by Forsyth as very productive; fruit rich; season late. 



