424 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Court Royal. Domestica. Mentioned in Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 145. 1831. 

 Cowperthwait Green Gage. Domestica. Mentioned in Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 148. 1831. 

 Cox. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 906. 1869. Cox's Seedling i. 



A seedling from a Mrs. Cox, York, Pennsylvania. Tree vigorous and upright; 

 fruit very large, roundish-oval, slightly compressed; suture broad, shallow; yellow, 

 sometimes splashed with green; cavity narrow, deep; flesh greenish-yellow, coarse, 

 juicy, sweet; good; freestone; early. 

 Crable. Americana? i. Waugh Plum Cult. 232. 1901. 



A variety from Iowa. Fruit medium in size ; obovate ; cavity shallow ; stem long, 

 slender; suture a line; apex pointed; orange with crimson blush; dots many, minute, 

 white ; skin tough ; flesh yellow ; good ; stone large, elliptical, slightly winged, clinging. 

 Craig. Americana, i. Terry Cat. 1900. Prof. Craig i. 



A seedling of Harrison, grown by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa. Fruit large, 

 bright yellow tinged with red ; flesh yellow, rich ; quality good ; semi-clinging. 

 Crescent. Hortulana mineri. i, la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 287. 1887. 2. Terry Cat. 1900. 

 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 172. 1901. Crescent City i. 



Originated with H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa, from seed of Miner about 1880; 

 first fruited in 1885. Fruit of medium size, oval; cavity shallow; suture a line; dull 

 red; dots many; bloom thin; flesh yellow; quality fair; stone large, oval, clinging; 

 mid-season. 

 Crimson. Nigra, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:266. 1900. 



Introduced by H. Knudson, Springfield, Minnesota. Fruit above medium, light 

 red; skin thin; good; stone long, large, flatfish; very early. 

 Crimson Beauty. Hortulana. i. Kerr Cat. 1897. 2. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 11:283. 1898. 



Fruit of medium size, oblong, cherry red; clingstone; earlier and more vigorous 

 than Golden Beauty. 

 Crimson Drop. Domestica. i.Am. 6^07-^.22:765. 1901. 2. Rural N.Y. 61:^^4. 1902. 



Brown's Crimson Drop i, 2. 



This variety is said to be a sport from Golden Drop, which it resembles closely 

 except in color, which is a deep rich red. 

 Croft Early. Domestica. i. Elliott Fr. Book 425. 1854. Croft's Early i. 



Fruit small, reddish-blue; flesh yellow, dry; poor. Reported by Elliott as un- 

 worthy of further culture. 



Cruger Scarlet. Domestica. i. Mag. Hort. 1:365. 1835. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 293. 1845. 3. Elliott Fr. Book 417. 1855. 4. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 426. 1889. 



Cruger' s 2,3. Cruger' s Fruh Pflaume 4. Cruger' s Plum 4. Cruger's Rote Pfiaume 

 4. Cruger's Scarlet 2, 3. Cruger's Scarlet 4. Cruger's Scarlet Gage 2, 3, 4. Cruger's 

 Seedling 2, 3. Cruger's Seedling i, 4. Kruger's Seedling. 



Raised by Henry Cruger, West Point, New York, from a seed of Washington. Fruit 

 of medium size, roundish-oval, compressed; suture obscure; red in the sun, lilac on 

 the shaded side; bloom light; dots numerous, yellow; cavity shallow; stem short, 

 stout; flesh deep orange, dry, mild, agreeable; good; nearly free; mid-season. Mentioned 

 in the American Pomological Society Catalog from 1875 to 1897. 



