496 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Millett Very Early Red. Americana, i. 5. Dak. Sta. Bui. 93:25. 1905. 



Millett's Very Early Red i. 



Not as early as Millett Early Red. 

 Mills. Domestica. i. Waugh Plum Cult. 116. 1901. 



Fruit medium in size, oval; cavity shallow; suture faint; purplish-red; dots 

 prominent, white; flesh greenish; quality fair; freestone; late. 

 Mills Seedling. Nigra? i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:39. 1903. 



Fruit roundish heart-shaped, below medium in size; cavity narrow, moderately 

 deep; suture a line; deep red; dots obscure; bloom light; skin moderately thick, 

 tender; flesh deep yellow, juicy, slightly sweet, astringent; poor; stone of medium size, 

 oval, flattened, nearly free. 

 Milton Gage. Domestica. i. iWag. if ori. 6:94. 1840. 



Reported by C. M. Hovey as fruiting in the nursery of Charles Downing, Newburgh, 

 New York, seventy years ago. 



Minco. Hortulana mineri X Hortulana. i. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 14:272. 1901. 2, Munson 

 Cat. 1902. 



A cross between Miner and Wayland from T. V. Munson in 1896. Tree vigorous 

 and productive; fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; cavity lacking; suture a line; 

 bright, dark red faintly striped; dots many, distinct; bloom light; flesh yellow, firm, 

 rich, sweet, meaty; very good; freestone; late. 

 Minion. Domestica. i. Quintinye Com,. Card. 69. 1699. 



Mentioned by Quintinye as a "yellowish-white" plum. 

 Minnesota. Domestica. i. la. Sta. Bui. 31:348. 1895. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. 

 Man. 2:319. 1903. 



A European variety introduced into Minnesota from Denmark. Tree vigorous, 

 very hardy; fruit large, ovate; suture distinct; cavity deep, narrow; dark blue; flesh 

 yellow, juicy, subacid; very good; stone small, free. 

 Minnesota Seedling. Americana. Letter from J. W. Kerr. 



An inferior variety from a Mr. Macomber of Vermont. 

 Minnetonka Americana, i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:40. 1892. 2. Kerr Caf. 1897. 

 3. Colo. Sta. Bui. 50:41. 1898. 



Introduced by Peter G'deon of Minnesota. Tree small, slow-growing, bushy top; 

 fruit small, oval, red on a yellow ground; skin thick; flesh firm, acid; clingstone; mid- 

 season. 

 Minnie, Domestica. i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:280. 1900. 



From H. Knudson, Springfield, Minnesota, who raised it from the seed of a large 

 blue Domestica plum. Tree vigorous, upright ; fruit medium in size, necked, greenish- 

 yellow; good; late. 



Minnie. Triflora X Munsoniana. i. Vt. Sta. Bui. 67:17. 1898. 2. Waugh Plum 

 Cult. 219. 1 90 1. 



Originated in North Carolina with J. S. Breece, who considers it an offspring 

 of Abundance pollinated with Wild Goose. The foliage resembles that of Abun- 

 dance. 



