THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 497 



Mirabelle De Bohn. Insititia. i. Mas Pom. Gew. 2:177. 1873. 2. Lucas Vollst. Hand. 

 Obst. 472. 1894. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 423. 1889. 



Bohns Gestreifte Mirabelle i, 3. Bohns Mirabelle 2, 3. Bohns Mirabelle i. Mira- 

 belle de Bohn 3. Mirabelle Rayee 3. 



Liegel received this variety from Henry de Bohn of Upper Austria. Tree of medium 

 vigor, productive; fruit small, roundish; suture a line; skin tender, yellow, marbled 

 with red; stem slender; flesh yellow, tender, melting, juicy, sweet, aromatic; free- 

 stone; mid-season. 



Mirabelle de Flotow. Insititia. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:105, fig. 1873. 2. Rev. Hort. 

 476. 1901. 



Flotows Allerfruheste Mirabelle i. Mirabelle La Plus Hdtive de Flotow i. Von 

 Fldtows Mirabelle 1. 



According to Mas, " this variety was obtained from a seed of Perdrigon Violet 

 by Liegel and dedicated by him to M. de Flotow, of Dresden, one of the first col- 

 laborators of The Illustrirtes Handbuch." Tree vigorous, very productive; fruit small, 

 spherical, yellow, dotted with red on the sunny side; stem medium in length and 

 size; cavity shallow ; flesh yellow, tender, soft, sweet, of Apricot flavor, very pleasant; 

 early. 

 Mirabelle de Ronvaux, Insititia. i. Guide Prat. 163, 359. 1895. 



"A variety of little merit." 

 Mirabelle Double de Herrenhausen. Insititia. i. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. Sort. 426. 

 1881. 2. Guide Prat. 155, 360. 1895. 3. Rev. Hort. 476. 1901. 



Hermhauser Doppelte Mirabelle i. Herrnhauser doppelte Mirabelle 2. 



Tree vigorous, very productive; fruit small to medium, yellow mottled with red; 

 flesh yellow, sweet; good; late, following Drap d'Or. 



Mirabelle Pr^coce de Flaford. Insititia. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 440. 1889. 2. Guide 

 Prat. 163, 360. 1895. 



Reported as being similar to Early Mirabelle. 

 Mirabelle Verte. Insititia. i. Mas Le Verger 6:91. 1866-73. 2. Guide Prat. 162, 360. 

 1895. Grune Mirabelle i, 2. 



From a Herr Commans of Cologne, Prussia. Tree moderately vigorous; fruit small, 

 roundish-oblate; suture deep; cavity deep, wide; skin tender, free; green marbled 

 with yellow; stem short; flesh green, fine, soft, sweet, aromatic; freestone. Resembles 

 Reine Claude and may contain Domestica blood. 

 Mission Prune. Domestica. i. Bailey Cyc. Hort. 3:1376. 1901. 



A large number of plums were planted over a century ago around the old Mission 

 at Santa Clara, California ; after the abandonment of the Mission this variety was found 

 propagating itself by suckers and was cultivated as late as 1870. 



Mississippi. Munsoniana. i. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 50. 1885. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 

 187, 188 fig. 1901. Mississippi Red 2. 



Introduced by J. M. Shell of Georgetown, Texas, about 1875. Fruit large, oval; 

 cavity very shallow; suture lacking; clear red; dots many, yellow; skin thin, tough; 

 flesh soft, yellow; good; clingstone; mid-season. 



