526 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Ranette. Species? i. Mathieu A/'ow. Pom. 444. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 160, 363. 1895. 



Fruit large, roundish-oval, reddish-brown; flesh yellow, juicy, good; freestone; 

 late. 



Rangheri. Insititia. i. Koch Deut. Obst. Sort. 571. 1876. 2. Lange Allgem. Garten 

 2:420. 1879. 3. Mas Le Verger 6:155. 1866-73. 4- Lauche Deut. Pom. PI. 

 IV. 14. 1882. 5. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 444. 1889. 6. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 

 465. 1900. 



Mirabelle de Rangheri 3. Mirabelle Hdtive de Rangheri 5. Mirabelle Rangheri 5. 

 Mirahelle de Rangheri 5. Mirabelle Rangheris 2. Rangheri' s Aprikosen Pflaume 5. 

 Rangheri's Friihe Gelbe Mirabelle 4, 5. Rangheri's Friihe Mirabelle 5. Rangheri's 

 Gelbe Mirabelle 5. Rangheris Mirabelle i. Rangheris Mirabelle 3. Rangheri's Mira- 

 belle 4, 5, 6. 



Raised by Liegel from the stone of the Abricote^ de Braunau pliun, and 

 dedicated by him to M. Henri Rangheri, a merchant at Prague, Bohemia. Tree of 

 medium vigor; fruit medium, roundish-oval; suture indistinct; cavity shallow; skin 

 golden-yellow with red spots on the sunny side; flesh yellow, juicy, tender, sweet, 

 aromatic; of first quality; freestone; mid-season; valuable for table and household 

 purposes. 

 Rareripe. Americana, i. 5. Dak. Sta. Bui. 26:14. 1891. 2. Ibid. 93:32. 1905. 



Rare Ripe i. 



Tree hardy and productive; fruit small, dark red; flesh sweet; clingstone; inferior 

 to Harrison but better than De Soto; mid-season. 

 Ray. Hortulana mineri X Munsoniana. i. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 12:227. 1899. 



A supposed cross between Miner and Wild Goose from A. L. Bruce of Basin Springs, 

 Texas. Fruit small to medium, oval to roundish; cavity medium deep; suture faint; 

 dark red; flesh yellow; clingstone. 

 Ra}nnond. Species? i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:80. 1892. 



Mentioned by Bailey in 1892 in an unclassified list of plums. 

 Raynes. Domestica. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:36. 1903. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 

 66. 1905. Dunlop ^j I. 



Disseminated by W. W. Dunlop, Outremont, Quebec. Fruit of the prune type, 

 above medium size, oval; suture distinct; dark reddish-purple; bloom moderate; 

 flesh yellowish-green, firm, sweet; good; freestone; mid-season. 

 Reagan. Hortulana X Americana, i. Tex. Cat. 1907. 



An offspring of Wayland crossed with an Americana; introduced by the Texas 

 Nursery Company in 1907. Fruit large, red, rich; good; very late. 

 Reagles Gage. Domestica. i. Cultivator 6:269. 1858. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 941. 1869. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 720. 1884. Reagles' Gage i, 2. 



A seedling of Washington raised by C. Reagles, Schenectady, New York. Tree 

 vigorous, upright; fruit of medium size, spherical; suture broad, shallow; gjreenish- 

 yellow, splashed with darker green; bloom light; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet, 

 vinous; good; freestone; mid-season. 

 Rebecca. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1 894-1 900. 



