514 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Pendent. Munsoniana X Hortulana mineri. i. Kerr Cat. 19. 1898. 2. Vt. Sta. Bui. 

 67:18. 1898. 



A cross between Pottawattamie and Forest Garden from Theodore Williams of 

 Benson, Nebraska; introduced by J. W. Kerr in 1898. Tree slender, a rapid grower, 

 productive; fruit medium to large, roundish inclined to oblong, red; semi-clinging; 

 mid-season. 

 Penning. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 11. 1897. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 160. 1901. 



Penning' s Free 2. Penning's Free i. 



Originated with Martin Penning of Minnesota; a perfect freestone. 

 Penning Peach. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 7. 1896. 2. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:52. 1897. 

 3. Kerr Cat. 11. 1899. 



C. W. H. Heideman of Minnesota says this variety was introduced about thirty 

 years ago as the Peach plum and was sold under that name by Northwestern nursery- 

 men; he added the name Penning to avoid confusion; it closely resembles Harrison 

 and is by some considered identical with that variety. Tree hardy and healthy, a shy 

 bearer; fruit medium to large, oblong, purplish-red; flesh sweet; semi-clinging; mid- 

 season. 



Penobscot. Domestica. i. Horticulturist i:ig.6. 1846. 2. 'Elliott Fr. Book 428. 1854. 

 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 222, 244. 1858. 



Originated about 1840 with James McLaughlin of Bangor, Maine. Rejected by 

 the American Pomological Society in 1858. Tree productive; fruit large, oval; suture 

 distinct; cavity small; stem of medium length; greenish-yellow with a red blush in 

 the sun ; bloom xhin ; flesh yellow, sweet ; flavor pleasant ; stone long, pointed at both 

 ends , clinging ; early. 



Pennock. Prunus besseys X Domestica? i. Vt. Sta. Bui. 67:18. 1898. 2. Colo. Sta. 

 Bui. 50:43. 1898. Pennock's Hybrid 2. 



Pennock was raised in 1893 by C. E. Pennock of Fort ColUns, Colorado, from seed 

 of Prunus hesseyi supposed to have been pollinated by Arctic. Tree dwarfish, upright; 

 leaves of medium size, ovate, coarsely serrate, thickish, finely tomentose on either side; 

 petiole short, stiff, sometimes with one gland at the base of the blade; fruit small, 

 roundish; suture slight; deep blue; bloom heavy; flavor intermediate between the 

 pl-um and cherry; stone small, round and cherry-like. 



Peoly Early Blue. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 309. 1845. 2. Thomas 

 Am. Fruit Cult. 346. 1849. 



From Massachusetts. Fruit medium in size, oblong; stem short; suture obscure; 

 dark blue; bloom light; flesh yellow; pleasant; fair quality; semi-clinging; early. 

 Perdrigon des Alpes. Domestica. i. Land. Hart. Soc. Cat. 151. 183 1. 



The London Horticultural Society listed Perdrigon des Alpes and Perdrigon Violet 

 des Alpes as distinct varieties but there seems to be little difference between them. 

 Perdrigon of Cernay. Domestica. i. Quintinye Com. Card. 68, 69. 1699. 



Cernay Perdrigon i. 



Mentioned in the preceding reference as round or oblate, with a dry and mealy 

 flesh. 



