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Cooper's 6. Cooper's Grosse Pflaume 9. Cooper's Grosse RotheZwetsche g. Cooper's 

 Large i, 4, 5, 8. Cooper's Large 3, 6, 9. Cooper's Large American 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9. Coop- 

 er's Large Red 3. Cooper's Large Red 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Cooper's Large Red American 9. 

 Coopers Plum 2. Cooper's Plum ^, 5. Cooper's Red 7. Grosse De Cooper 9. Grosse 

 rouge de Cooper 9. La Delicieuse 5. La Delicieuse ?4, 8, 9. Laiy Lmcj/ 8. Red Mag- 

 num Bonum 6 incor. Smith's Orleans 6. Violet Perdrigon 6 incor. 



Cooper is said to have originated at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century from 

 a seed of Orleans planted by Joseph Cooper of Gloucester County, New Jersey. The 

 variety was imported into England about 1820 and became known in Europe under 

 the name La Delicieuse which was corrupted into Lady Lucy. This variety is so 

 similar to the Smith Orleans that it is impossible to separate them. They may be 

 identical, or they may have come true to seed from the same parent. 

 Cope. Domestica. i. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 274. 1854. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 906. 1869. Cope's Seedling i. 



A seedling raised by John Cope of Southwark, Philadelphia, some time prior to 

 1850. Fruit large, long-oval, dark purple; stem long, slender; flesh dry, somewhat 

 acid; good for cooking; freestone. 

 Comemuse. Domestica. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 145. 183 1. 



Fruit medium in size, purple, obovate; quality fair; freestone. 

 Corymbus. Species? j.Vt.Sta. An. Rpt. 12:222. 1899. 2.^ a.Vigh. Plum Cult. 207. 1901. 



The Beauty i. 



Avarietyfirstcalled"TheBeauty"by the originator, A. L. Bruce.of Texas, who gives 

 the parentage as Smelt Cherry X Abundance. Fruit small, heart-shaped; cavity shallow; 

 suture shallow; apex pointed; dark wine-red; skin strong; flesh soft, yellow, rich, 

 sweet; good; stone small, round, smooth, clinging. 



Cottrell. Americana, i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:37. 1892. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 37. 

 1899. 3. Waugh P/mw Cult. 146. 1901. 4. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:30. 1903. 



Cottrell was raised as a seedling by R. T. Cottrell, Dover, Olmstead County, Minne- 

 sota, and was introduced by O. M. Lord of the same state in 1888. Fruit large, roundish; 

 suture a line; cavity narrow; apex rounded; skin thin, not adherent; mottled red 

 over yellow; bloom medium; dots numerous, small; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; good; 

 stone flattened, strongly and sharply margined, clinging; mid-season. 

 Couler. Americana? i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 235. 1882. 



A variety from William Couler, Chickasaw County, Iowa; " a large plum of fair 

 quality, but cracking badly before ripening; season just before Miner." 

 Coulommiers. Domestica. i. Rev. Hort. 91. 1861. 2. Mathieu Norn,. Pom. 426. 1889. 



Coulommiers Pflaume 2. Prwie de Coulommiers 2. 



Mentioned without a description. 

 Cotilon Reine Claude. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 426. 1889. 



Coulon's Reine Claude i. Reine Claude Coulon i. 



Tree vigorous, productive; fruit of medium size, roundish; cavity small; suture 

 distinct; yellow; bloom thin; flesh yellowish, firm, sweet; good; early. 

 Coul Orleans. Domestica. Mentioned in Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 150. 183 1. 



