THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 449 



This plum is frequently confused with the Purst. The origin of the name and 

 variety is unknown. According to Waugh, it is a German variety introduced in America 

 about sixty years ago. Foliage Damson-like; fruit small, pear-shaped, with a neck; 

 cavity shallow, abrupt; stem slender; suture obsolete; apex slightly pointed; skin 

 tough, purplish-black; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, slightly acid; quaUty fair to good; 

 stone nearly free. 

 Gabriel Combes. Domestica. i. Rev. Hort. 332, PL 1895. 



Prune Reine-Claude Gabriel Combes i. 



Of French origin, probably a seedling of the Reine Claude; first mentioned in 

 1895. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit spheroidal-ovoid, large, purple; cavity very 

 small; suture slight; apex pointed; flesh amber-yellow, fine, juicy, sweet, aromatic, 

 excellent; stone small, free; ripens after Reine Claude. 



Galbraith. Domestica. i. Horticulturist 8:536. 1853. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 382. 1857. 



Said to have originated with a Mr. Galbraith near Boalsburg, Pennsylvania. Tree 

 straggling; fruit of medium size, oval, purple; flesh tender, juicy; good; clingstone; early. 

 Gale. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1897-1900. 2. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:37. 1897. 3. 

 Waugh Plum Ctilt. 149. 1901. 



Gale Seedling 2. Gale Seedling 3. Gale's No.j i. 



Introduced about 1890 by I. Gale & Son, Waukesha, Wisconsin. Tree overbears; 

 fruit below medium, roundish, compressed; suture distinct; apex slightly truncate; 

 dull red; skin thin; flesh yellow, soft; quality fair; stone thick, rounded, nearly free ; 

 very early. 

 Galena. Americana, i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:37. 1897. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 149. 1901. 



Introduced by Charles LuedlofI, Cologne, Minnesota. Fruit large, oval; yellow 

 ground covered with red. 

 Galopin. Domestica. i. Guide Prat. 160, 367. 1895. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 102. 1901. 



Violette de Galopin 2. Violette Galopin i. 



A European variety. Tree poor; fruit of medium size, roundish; cavity shallow; 

 stem short, thick; suture shallow; blue; many conspicuous dots; flesh yellow; quality 

 medium; stone of medium size, oval, slightly necked, nearly free. 

 Garden King. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:273. 1900. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 

 149. 1901. 



Found wild in 1853; in 1861 it was put under cultivation by Judge Elias Toplifi 

 of De Soto, Wisconsin, and subsequently turned over to A. R. Prescott, Postville, Iowa, 

 who introduced it in 1896. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit medium, oval, scarlet; 

 flesh sweet, juicy; freestone. 



Garfield. Hortulana. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:48, 86. 1892. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 

 179. 1901. 3. Ohio Sta. Bui. 162:254, 255. 1905. 



Reported to have been found wild in Ohio; introduced by Leo Welz, Wilmington, 

 Ohio, in 1887. Tree unproductive, lacking in hardiness; fruit small, oval; stem slender; 

 cavity shallow; suture a line; bright red; bloomless; flesh yellow, juicy, acid; quality 

 fair; stone small, long-oval, pointed, clinging; late. 



