446 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Firbas Fruhe Schuttenhoferin. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 429. 1889. 



Mathieu found mention of it in Wiener Garten-Zeitung 287. 1884. 

 First. Species? i. Burbank Caf. 1899. 2, Ibid. 1901. 3. (?a. 5to. 5m/. 68:36. 1905. 



No. 31,288 I. 



According to the originator, Luther Burbank, this variety is one of the second gen- 

 eration of a combination cross of Hawkeye, Hammer, Milton, Wyant, Wayland and 

 Burbank. It was introduced in 1899 under the breeding number 31,288, but grafting 

 wood was not offered for sale until 1900. This is probably one of the earliest plums, 

 ripening in California about three weeks before Red June. Fruit medium in size, 

 roundish; stem short, slender; yellow with faint blush; flesh yellow, sweet, juicy; 

 earliest. 

 First Best. Species? i. Childs Cat. 136. 1910. 



First Best was grown by R. D. Hoyt of Clearwater, Florida, in 1894 from seed 

 marked "Hill Plum" received from W. GoUen of Saharanfur, India. The tree first 

 fruited in 1904 and was introduced in the spring of 1910 by John Lewis Childs, Floral 

 Park, New York, who states that it is an unusually early, yellow variety. 

 First Sweet. Nigra? i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 426. 1900. 



A seedling raised at the Experimental Farm, Northwest Territory, Canada. Tree 

 productive; fruit of medium size; skin red, thin; flavor excellent; early. 

 Fitzroy. Americana, i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 119. 1904. 



A seedling of Rollingstone grown at the Central Experimental Farm, Canada. Fruit 

 above medium, roundish, slightly heart-shaped; suture a line; skin yellow washed 

 with red; dots many; bloom moderate; flesh pale yellow, juicy, sweet; good; stone 

 nearly free; cracks when ripe. 

 Flora Plena. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1894-97. 



J. W. Kerr, the introducer, found this plum in the yard of a friend in York County, 

 Pennsylvania, it having been brought from Iowa. Tree dwarf; blooms profusely 

 with beautiful pure white, very double flowers; no fnxit. 

 Flushing Bulleis. Domestica. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 576. 1629. 



Noted by Parkinson as a variety producing fruit in clusters like a bunch of grapes. 

 Foote. Insititia. i. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bui. 35:21. 1906. 



Fruit small, roundish-oblong; skin black; flesh rather dry, greenish-yellow; stone 

 small, oval, clinging; mid-season. 



Foote. Domestica. i. Horticulturist 20:324. 1865. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 913. 

 1869. 3. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:77. 1873. 



Foote's Early Orleans 3. Foote's Early Orleans i, 2, 3. Monsieur Hatif de Foote 3. 



A seedling of Wilmot's Early Orleans raised in 1852 by Asahel Foote of Williams- 

 town, Massachusetts. Tree large and vigorous; fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; 

 suture absent; very black; flesh greenish, juicy; good; stone oval, flattened, clinging; 

 very early. 

 Foote Golden Gage. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 914. 1869. 



Raised by Asahel Foote, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Tree very vigorous; 

 shoots slightly downy; fruit large, nearly round; suture shallow; stalk slender; cavity 



