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Eason. Domestica. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 578. 1629. 



Described by Parkinson as "small, red and well tasted." 

 Eberly, Domestica. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 135. 1905 Eberly's Plum i. 



A seedling brought to notice by W. V. Eberly of the California Nursery Company. 

 Fruit large, oval; cavity small; yellow, occasionally slightly russeted; dots numerous, 

 silvery; flesh yellowish, translucent; sweet, rich; good; stone long, flat, free; late. 

 Ebon. Cerasifera X ? i. Kerr Cat. 16. 1899. 



Described by Kerr in 1899. Tree upright, with distinct foliage. Fruit medium 

 in size, round to round-oblong, very dark red; flesh red; clingstone. 

 Ecully. Domestica. i. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 364. 1887. 2. Guide Prat. 153, 364. 

 1895. 3. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 433. 1905. Reine-Claude d'Ecully 1, 2, 3. 



A chance seedling grown by M. Luizet, at Ecully-les-Lyon, France; first fruited 

 in 1866. Tree vigorous, very productive; fruit large, roundish; suture deep; halves 

 unequal; cavity deep and rather wide; stem medium in length; skin yellow, slightly 

 tinged with red; flesh yellowish, fine, rather firm, juicy, sweet, Reine Claude aroma; 

 good; stone nearly free; mid-season. 

 Eddie. Species? Letter from J. W. Kerr. 



Originated by Theodore Williams of Benson, Nebraska. 

 Edith. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:269. 1900. 



A seedling of Iowa Beauty grown by E. L. Hayden, Oakville, Iowa, about 1895. 

 Tree upright, vigorous; fruit medium in size, globular; suture indistinct; dark red; 

 dots numerous; bloom thick; good; stone of medium size; mid-season. 

 Edle Early. Domestica. i. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. Sort. 411. 1881. 2. Mathieu Nom. 

 Pom. 428. 1889. 



Edle Fruhpfiaume i, 2. Noble PrScoce 2. 

 Found in a garden in Brunswick, Germany. Tree large, productive; fruit small, 

 oval; suture a line; brownish-red, with gold-colored dots; flesh golden-yellow, tender, 

 juicy, sweet; freestone; early. 

 Edouard Seneclauze. Domestica. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 361. 1866. 



Fruit very small, obovate, golden-yellow; flesh sweet, richly flavored; freestone; 

 early. 

 Eggles. Triflora X Hortulana. i. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 14:271. 1901. 



Sent out by A. L. Bruce, Texas. Fruit large, round; suture indistinct; bright 

 red; dots many, minute, yellow; flesh yellow; stone oval, compressed, clinging; poor. 

 Eldora. Americana, i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. ^33. 1894. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 148. 

 1901. 



A seedling raised by Judge Samuel Miller of Missouri. Tree rapid in growth; 

 fruit medium to large. 



Eldorado. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:269. 1900. 2. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 135. 

 1903. 3. Ibid. 426. 1905. 



A seedling grown by H. A. Terry of Crescent, Iowa, who introduced it in 1899. 

 Fruit small, round; suture lacking; yellow overlaid with red; dots small, grayish; 

 bloom thin; skin thick; flesh firm, yellow, subacid; clingstone; late. 



