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Damas Dronet is an old French variety. Fruit small, oval; suture a line; stem 

 slender; cavity narrow, deep; greenish-yellow; bloom thin; skin not adherent; flesh 

 greenish, firm, sweet; good; stone small, free; mid-season. 

 Damas Dronet de Merlet. Domestica. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:75. 1768. 



Duhamel states that this is distinct from the Damas Dronet described by him on 

 the same page. 

 Damas Jaune Musque. Domestica. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:57. 1873. 



Muskirte Gelbe Damascene 1. 



A foreign variety first mentioned by Christ, a German writer. Tree vigorous, 

 productive; fruit medium in size, usually ovoid; suture shallow or a mere line; skin 

 tender, not adherent, yellow, with a thin bloom; stem long, slender; cavity shallow; 

 flesh yellow, tender, firm, juicy, sweet, of musky flavor; freestone; very early. 

 Damas Noir de Tours. Domestica. i. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 21. 1803. 



Mentioned by Forsyth in the preceding reference. It may be the same as Pr^coce 

 de Tours, but we have no proof. 

 Damas Rouge de Biondeck. Domestica. i. Baltet Cult. Fr. 490. 1908. 



Mentioned by a French writer as early and good. 

 Damas Rouge Hatif. Species? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 448. 1889. 2. Guide Prat, 

 163, 354. 1895. 



Damas Rouge Hdtif i. Haferkrieche i, 2. Rote Friih Damascene i. Rothe Fruh 

 Damascene 2. 



A variety of little merit. 

 Damatie Rouge. Domestica. Listed in Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 145. 1831. 

 Damson Royal. Insititia. i. Floy-Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 282. 1846. 



Described in the preceding reference as similar to " Prune Damson," but larger. 

 Damas Violet. Domestica. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:70. 1768. 2. Kraft Pom. 

 Aust. 2:44, Tab. 199 fig. I. 1796. 3. Quintinye Com. Gard. 68. 1699. 

 4. Willich Dom. Enc. 180. 1803. 5. Mag. Hort. 9:163. 1843. 6. Poiteau Pom. 

 Franc. 1:1846. 7. Hogg Fruit Man. 729. 1884. 



Damas Violet 2, 4, 7. Damas Violet Tardif ?5. Die veilchenfarbige Damascener- 

 pflaume 2. Ladies' Plum 4. Long Violet Damask 3. Prune Gros-Damas Violet 6. 

 Violet Damask 7. 



An old variety of unknown origin concerning which there has been much confusion. 

 Parkinson, in 1629, and a few later writers have made it synonymous to Queen Mother, 

 but it differs from this variety in that Damas Violet has pubescent shoots and oval 

 fruit, while the Queen Mother has glabrous shoots and round fruit. Tree vigorous, pro- 

 ductive ; fruit medium, purple ; flesh yellow, firm, sweet and briskly flavored, separates 

 from the stone; season early. 

 Damson Riley. Insititia. i. Stark Cat. 29. 1910. 



A variety from Ohio said to have been grown for about twenty years. Introduced 

 by Stark Brothers, Louisiana, Missouri, in 1910. 



Dana Yellow Gage. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 275. 1845. 2. Cole Am. 

 Fr. Book. 215. 1849. 3. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:109. i873- 



