438 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



The fruit ot Early Apricot is small, roundish; suture shallow; cavity distinct; 

 pale ried, darker in the sun; dots small, numerous; flesh yellowish-green, slightly juicy, 

 firm;, quality fair; clingstone; season early. 



Early Blue. Domestica. i. Ont. Fr. Growers Assoc. 87. 1896. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. 

 Rpt. 52. 1897. 



A Domestica of American origin. Fruit the size of Lombard; very early. 

 Early Blue. Domestica. i. Miller Gard. Diet. 2. 1807. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 899. 1869. 3. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:13. 1873. 4. Hogg Fruit Man. 698. 1884. 



Azure H^tive 3. Azure Hdtive 2, 4. Black Perdrigon 2, 4. Bltie Gage 3, 4. Blue 

 Gage I, 2. Cooper's Blue Gage 2, 4. Early Blue 3. Little Blue Gage 2. 



An old European variety; rejected by the American Pomological Society in 1858. 

 Fruit of medium size, roundish, dark purple; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy; flavor brisk 

 and rich; freestone; early. 

 Early Cherry. Cerasifera X ? i. Kerr Cat. 21. 1897. 



From California; fruit small, round, red; clingstone; early. 

 Early Cluster. Species? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 428. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 163, 

 3SS- 1895. 



Mentioned in the preceding references. 

 Early Cross. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 380. 1857. 



Originated with a Mr. Cross, Salem, Massachusetts. Tree vigorous, productive* 

 fruit below medium, roundish, reddish-purple; bloom thick; flesh greenish-yellow, 

 juicy, sweet; clingstone; early. 



Early Favorite. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 314. 1845. 2. Elliott Fr. 

 Book 419. 1854. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 395. 1857. 4. Mas Le Verger 

 6:11. 1866-73. 5. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 447. 1889. 6. Guide Prat. 152, 356. 

 1895. 7. Rev. Hort. 548, PI. 1909. 



Early Favorite 4, 5,6. Early Favourite 6. Early Favourite 4. Favorite Hdtive 

 7. Favorite Precoce 4, 5, 7. Favorite Pr^coce 6. Favorite Precoce de Rivers 5, 6. 

 Precoce de Rivers 5. Prune Early Favorite 7. Rivers Early 5,6. Rivers Early Favorite 

 5. River's Early Favourite 5, 6. River's Early Favourite 3. River's Early No.i i. 

 River's Early No. i 2. Rivers Friih Pflaume 5. Rivers Fruhpflaume 6. River's 

 No. I 3, 5. 



A seedling of Pr6coce de Tours raised by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, Eng- 

 land, about 1834. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit small, roundish-oval; suture shal- 

 low; bluish-black; dots russet; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet; good; freestone* 

 very early. Mentioned in the catalog of the American Pomological Society from 

 1852 to 1891. 

 Early Genesee. Domestica. i. Gen. Farmer 9:232. 1848. 



Originated in Brighton, Monroe County, New York. Fruit of medium size, long- 

 ovate, golden-yellow; very early. 



Early Golden Drop. Domestica. i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 352. 1891. 2. Cal. Nur. Cat. 

 1898. Early Golden 2. 



"Small, bright yellow, sugary and rich; pit free; ripens early." 



