528 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Red October. Species? i. Tex. Dept. Agr. Bui. 12:103. 1910. A variety reported 



as worthless in Hale County, Texas. 

 Red Panhandle. Angustifolia watsoni. i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 2. Ibid. 1897. 3. Bailey 



Ev. of Nat. Fr. 222, 223. 1898. 4. Waugh Plum Cult. 233. 1901. 

 Of the same origin as Purple Panhandle. Tree irregular and straggling in habit, 

 very productive; fruit small to medium, irregtilar-oval or oblong, dull dark red with 

 scattering dots; bloom thick; skin tough; flesh reddish-yellow; very poor; stone 

 large, roundish-oval, slightly flattened, clinging; early. 

 Red Pear. Domestica. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 576. 1629. 2. Rea Flora 208. 1676. 



3. Ray Hist. Plant. 2:1528. 1688. 



Mentioned as poor in quality. May be identical with the Pear Plum, 

 Red Peascod. Domestica. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 576, 577. 1629. 2. Rea Flora 208. 

 1676. 3. Ray Hist. Plant. 2:1529. 1688. Red Pescod i. 



Cultivated in the Seventeenth Century. Fruit elongated, watery; poor in quality; 

 very late. 



Red Perdrigon. ' Domestica. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:86. 1768. 2. Kraft Pom. 



.Awit. 2:27, Tab. 172 fig. 2. 1796. 3. Willich jDow. £wc. 4:299. 1803. 4. Downing 



Fr. Trees Am. 2^2. 1845. 5. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. Sort. 44$. 1881. 6. Mathieu 



Nom. Pom. 448. 1889. 



Die rothe Rebhuhnpflaume 2. Perdrigon rouge i. Perdrigon rouge 2, 4, 6. Podie- 



brader Pfiaume 6. Red Perdrigon 6. Roter Perdrigon 6. Rother Perdrigon 5. 



Red Perdrigon was first described by Duhamel; probably introduced into America 

 during the latter part of the Eighteenth Century. Tree very productive; fruit small, 

 oval; cavity small; suture lacking; dark red; dots small; bloom heavy; flesh yellow, 

 firm, juicy, sweet, aromatic; freestone; late mid-season. 



Red Primordian. Domestica. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 575. 1629. 2. Floy-Lindley 

 Guide Orch. Gard. 286, 382. 1846. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 943. 1869. 



4. Mas Pom. Gen. 2:149, %• 75- 1873. 



Early Red Primordian 2. Red Primordian 2, 4. Rouge Ha,tive 4. 



Common in Europe nearly three centuries ago. Fruit of medium size, pear-shaped, 

 reddish, pleasant; good; early. Downing and Mas described a variety under this 

 name supposed to have originated with William Prince. It is very similar to the 

 older variety of which it may be a seedling. 



common schools at Basin Springs, Texas. His work in growing and breeding trees began in his 

 youth, for in 1877 he established himself as a grower and collector of native plums to which he 

 added many of the Triflora varieties that were soon after introduced from Japan. Mr. Bruce's first 

 definite problem in breeding plums was to find extra eariy and extra late sorts for Texas; his Six 

 Weeks, Red May, Dayton and several other plums were the results of these efforts. In 1902 Mr. 

 Bruce moved to Donley County in the Panhandle of Texas from which place he has sent out and 

 continues to send out Triflora, native and hybrid plums of unusual merit. Beside working with 

 plums Mr. Bruce is a. breeder of peaches, pears, raspberries, dewberries and apples, to all of which 

 fruits he has made more or less notable contributions. Mr. Bruce is still in the prime of life, has 

 many plant-breeding problems projected and his work promises much for horticulture in the South- 

 west and in the country at large. 



