430 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Tree vigorous and productive; fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; suture small; 

 green, marbled and shaded with violet; bloom thin; flesh orange yellow, juicy, sugary, 

 luscious; slightly clinging; late. 



Defresne. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 427. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 158, 354. 

 1895. 



A Belgian variety both vigorous and productive; fruit large, long, purplish; flesh 

 greenish ; good ; mid-season. 

 De Gondin. Domestica. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:91. 1873. 



Grown by M. Vaubernier of Laval, Mayenne, and introduced in 1862 by M. M. 

 Bruant & Company, nurserymen at Poiters, France. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit 

 very large, roundish; suture disappearing at maturity; dark purple; bloom thin; 

 flesh yellow, tender, juicy; freestone. 

 De la Toussaint. Species? i. Guide Prat. 162, 354. 1895. 



A very late and long keeping variety. 

 Delaware. Triflora. 1. Burbank Cat. 18. 1893. 2, Rural N. Y. 59:642. 1900. 

 3. Ihid. 60:694. 1901. 4. Waugh Plum Cult. 134. 1901. 



Burbank produced this variety by crossing Satsuma with Kelsey; first offered 

 for sale in 1893; disseminated in the East by J. L. Childs, Floral Park, New York. 

 Tree semi-dwarf, productive but comes into bearing late; fruit of medium size, 

 roundish-conical, dark purple, with thick bloom ; flesh red, juicy, sweet and rich; good; 

 stone clinging; mid-season. 

 De rinde. Domestica. i. Horticulturist 6:561. 1851. 



Described by Baptiste Desportes of Angers, France, in 1851. Tree vigorous; 

 branches long, upright; fruit large, obovate, violet-reddish; dots gray and blue; flesh 

 reddish-yellow, firm, juicy, melting; quality fair. 



De Montfort. Domestica. i. Mag. Hort. 12:341. 1846. 2. Pom. France 2: No. 3. 

 1871. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 713. 1884. 4. Lucas Vollst. Hand. Ohst. 470. 1894. 



Montfort Pflatime 4. Prune de Montfort 2. 



Originated in the nurseries of Madame Ebert, Montfortin, France; named and 

 introduced by M. Prevost, Rouen, France. Tree vigorous, spreading, productive; 

 fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; suture distinct; cavity shallow; dark purple, 

 with russet dots; flesh green, juicy, sweet, rich; good; freestone; mid-season. Men- 

 tioned in the American Pomological Society's Catalog from 1877-1897. 

 De Montmirail. Domestica? i. Guide Prat. 158, 354. 1895. 



Tree of moderate vigor, productive; fruit medium in size, long-oval; yellow lightly 

 blushed with red; flesh yellow; good; early. 



Denbigh. Domestica. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 147. 1831. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 

 357. 1866. 3, Gaucher Pom. Prak. Ohst. No. 92. 1894. 4. Bartrum Pears 

 and Plums. 65, 71. 1903. 



Cox's Emperor 2, 3. Cox's Emperor 4. Denbigh 3. Denbigh-Pflaume 3. Den- 

 bigh Seedling 4. Emperor i. Jemmy Moore 4. 



Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, roundish-oval, bright red to reddish-brown; 

 flesh golden-yellow, sweet, melting, pleasant flavor; freestone; mid-season. 



