THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 515 



Perdrigon Tardif. Domestica. i. Quintinye Com. Card. 67. 1699. 2. Land. Hort. 

 Soc. Cat. 151. 1831. 3. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:125. 1873. 4. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 

 450. 1889. 



Damas de Septembre 4 incor. Konigs Pflaume aus Paris 4. Konigspfiaume von 

 Paris 3. Later Perdrigon i. Royale de Paris Tardive 4. September Damascene 4 

 incor. Spate Herrn Pflaume 4. Spate Konigs Pflaume 4. Spate Konigs Pflaume 

 aus Paris 4. Spater Perdrigon 4. Spater Perdrigon 3. 



Quintinye, in 1699, mentioned a Later Perdrigon ■which is probably this variety. 

 Duhamel confused this variety with the Imp^ratrice but they are distinct. In Amer- 

 ica this Perdrigon is unknown. Tree small; leaves small, obovate; flowers very small; 

 fruit small, roundish-ellipsoid; suture distinct; skin thick, purplish-black ; stem short; 

 cavity shallow; flesh yellowish, fine, firm, sweet; freestone; late. 

 Pershore. Domestica. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 375. 1866. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:111. 

 1873. 3. Garden 49:225. 1896. Pershore Yellow Egg 3. 



Grown largely in the Pershore district, Worcester County, England. Tree vigor- 

 ous, productive; fruit medium, obovate; suture indistinct; golden-yellow; flesh clear 

 yellow, neither juicy nor sweet; quality fair; stone small, clinging; fit only for culinary 

 purposes; propagated by suckers. 



Petite Quetsche Sucree. Domestica. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:181. 1873. 2. Mathieu 

 Nom. Pom. 437. 1889. 



Ananas Zwetsche 2. Kleine Zuckerzwetsche 2. Kleine Zucker Zwetsche i. 



A German variety produced from seed of Violette Diaper. Fruit small, oval; 

 suture shallow; cavity small; stem slender; dark purple; bloom thick; flesh yellow, 

 fine-grained, juicy, sweet; freestone; mid-season. 

 Phiolenartige Gelbe Zwetsche. Species? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 442. 1889. 



Mathieu found the name of this variety in Wiener Garten-Zeitung 288. 1884. 

 Pilot. Americana, i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:24, 52. 1897. 2. Ibid. 87:15. 1901. 3. Dak. 

 Sta. Bui. 93:31. 1904. 



Originated with M. E. Hinckley at Marcus, Iowa, from seed of a wild plum gathered 

 on the Little Sioux River near Cherokee, Iowa; seed planted in 1870. Tree open, 

 spreading, drooping; fruit large, oblong-oval with rounded apex; suture distinct; 

 yellow mottled with light and dark red; skin thick, tough; flesh firm, rich and sweet; 

 good; stone long-oval, pointed, margined; mid-season; cracks and rots in wet seasons. 

 Pink Damson. Insititia? i. Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt. 93. 1885. 



Fruit small, pinkish-red; flesh light pink, soft; quality fair; very early. 

 Pioneer Prune. Domestica. i. Pioneer Nur. Cat. 1900. 



A variety grown for several years by the Pioneer Nursery Company, Salt Lake 

 City, Utah; discarded because of its close resemblance to the Italian Prune. 

 Piper. Americana. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. ^62. 1891. 2. Wis. Sta. Bui. 6^:%2. 1897. 

 3. la. Sta. Bui. 46:287. 1900. 4. Wis. Sta. Bui. 87:15, 16 fig. 4. 1901. 



Piper's Peach i, 2, 3. Piper's Peach 4. 



Found wild near Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, about 1887 by J. S. 

 Harris of Crescent, Minnesota. Tree vigorous, upright, hardy, productive; fruit large, 



