THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 479 



Lange Violette Damascene. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 438. 1889. 



Blaue Damascenerin. Damas Violet}. Damas Violet Allonge. Damas Violet 

 Longuet. Das Blaue Auge. Langliche Blaue Damascene?. The Great Damask 

 Plum. 



Langsdon. Hortulana mineri. i. Am. Jour. Hort. S:i44- 1869. 2. Barry Fr. Garden 

 418. 1883. 3. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:56. 1892. 



Illinois Plum i. Langdon 2. 



Grown in Illinois previous to 1869. Tree medium in vigor; leaves obovate or 

 elliptic-obovate, pointed, with small glands; fruit small, roundish-oblong, light red; 

 bloom thin; skin thick; flesh firm; quality fair; stone clinging, small, nearly smooth, 

 turgid, short, pointed; mid-season or later. 



Lannix. Triflora X Munsoniana. 1. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. i^$. lig^. 2. Vt. Sta. Bui. 

 67:15. 1898. 



Supposed to have been produced from Abundance crossed with Wild Goose. Leaves 

 large, oval, pointed, leathery; petiole short, stout, usually glandless; fruit oval, of 

 medium size, coppery-red; bloom light; skin thin, tough, bitter; flesh yellowish, trans- 

 lucent, tender, juicy, slightly fibrous, mild subacid, rich, slightly bitter at the center; 

 good; stone large, oval, clinging. 

 La Prairie. Americana. 1. Wis. Sta. Bui. 6^:^^^. 1897. ^.'WsM.gh.Plum Cult. 155. 1901. 



Taken from the woods about 1844 at Shopiere, Wisconsin; brought to notice by 

 B. H. Smith. Tree productive; fruit large, golden, slightly astringent. 

 Large English Damson. Insititia. Mentioned in Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2d Ser. 



3:51. 1900. 

 Large Golden Prolific. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2d Ser. 3:53. 1900. 

 2. Albertson & Hobbs Cat. 1904. 3. Stone & Wellington Cat. 1907. 



V ail's Seedling 3. 



Originated in Canada; a seedling of Yellow Egg. Tree vigorous, spreading; fruit 

 above medium size, oblong, golden-yellow; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet, pleasant; 

 early. 



Large Green Drying. Domestica. 1. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 149. 1831. 2. Mag. Hort. 

 6:94. 1840. 3. Thompson Gard. Ass't 518. 1859. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am.. 

 927. 1869. 5. Mas. Pom. Gen. 2:191. 1873. 6. Guide Prat. 163, 366. 1895. 



Grosse a secher de Knight 6. Knight's Green Drying 5, 6. Knight's Large Drying 4, 6. 

 Knight's Large Green Drying 3. Large Green Drying 6. Verte k Secher de Knight 5, 6. 



Raised by Thomas Knight; first fruited in 1838. Fruit large, round; suture 

 shallow; greenish-yellow; bloom thin; flesh yellowish, firm, medium juicy, sweet and 

 well flavored; excellent for dessert; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Large Queen. Domestica. i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 26. 1894. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 176. 



1895- 

 Imported from Hungary by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1893 

 and fruited by E. C. Hoskins of Springbrook, Oregon. Fruit of medium size, roundish- 

 oblate, dark wine color; bloom light; dots many, conspicuous ; skin thick; flesh greenish- 

 yellow, coarse, mild subacid; good; clingstone; mid-season. 



