498 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Missouri. Munsoniana? i. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 39, 41, 99. 1889. 2. Ala. Col. Sta. 

 Bui. 11:12. 1890. 



An unimportant variety occasionally found in Alabama and Georgia. Fruit of 

 medium size, oblong, red; flesh firm; good; clingstone; late. 



Missouri Green Gage. Domestica. i. Bailey Ann. Hort. 196. 1891. 2. Ohio Sta. 

 Bui. 113:160. 1899. 3. Ibid. 162:239, 256. 1905. 



Introduced in 1891 by Stark Brothers, Louisiana, Missouri. As tested by the 

 Ohio and New York Experiment Stations it appears to be either identical with or a 

 strain of the Imperial Gage. 



Mistake. Domestica. i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 152:210. 1898. 2. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 

 548. 1901. 



Fruit above medivim size, oblong-oval; suture distinct; sides tmequal; purple; 

 flesh yellow, coarse, juicy, sweet, pleasant; mid-season. 



Mitchelson. Insititia. i. Card. Chron. 892, 894. i860. 2. Flor. & Pom. 152. 1862. 

 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 932. 1869. 4. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:65. 1873. 



De Mitchelson 4. Mitchelson 3. Mitchelson's i, 2. Mitchelson's 4. 



Raised by a Mr. Mitchelson, at Kingston on the Thames, England; a seedling of 

 a Damson. Fruit above medium size, oval; suture indistinct; dark purple; dots few, 

 fawn-colored; bloom thin; flesh yellow, tender, very juicy and sweet; freestone; 

 excellent for culinary purposes. 



Mivian. Domestica. Listed in Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 150. 183 1. 

 Mollie. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1900. 2. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 422, 424. 1905. 



Molly 2. 



Originated with Theodore Williams of Benson, Nebraska. Fruit small, round, 

 red, watery; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Monon. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 11. 1897. 



Tree very productive; fruit small, greenish with dull red blotches; poor; cling- 

 stone; subject to rot. 

 Monona. Species? i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:24, 48. 1897. 



From Christian Steinman, Mapleton, Iowa; said to be the size of Miner but two 

 weeks earlier. 



Monolith. Triflora? X Munsoniana? i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 46. iSgs. 2. Vt. Sta. Bui. 

 67:17. 1898. 



Originated by J. S. Breece of North Carolina ; thought to be a cross between Abun- 

 dance and Wild Goose although it does not show Triflora characters. Fruit of medium 

 size, roundish; cavity medium; suture shallow; coppery-red, striped with darker 

 red; skin thin, bitter; flesh yellowish, translucent, meaty, tender, juicy, fibrous, mild, 

 subacid, rich; good; stone semi-clinging. 

 Monsieur d Fruit Vert. Species? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 441. 1889. 



Mathieu found it referred to in Journal de la Societie Nationale et Centrale d'Horti- 

 culture de France 281. 1883. 

 Mont Barbat d'Ente. Domestica. i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 356. 1891. 



