THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 529 



Red Prune. Domestica. i. Horticulturist 8:536. 1853. Bottle Plum i. 



From Pennsylvania. Fruit long-pyriform, with a slender neck; suture distinct; 

 pale red; good; it closely resembles the Red Date. 

 Red Skin. Munsoniana. Letter from Kerr. 



Originated by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska. 

 Red Violet, i. Ray Hist. Plant. 2:1528. 1688. 



Mentioned by Ray in the preceding reference together with blue and amber sorts 

 but without description. 



Red Virginal. Domestica. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 153. 1831. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 



2:74. 1832. 3. Elliott Fr. Book 429. 1854. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 950. 



1869. 5. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 448. 1889. 



Rote Jungfernpfliaume 5. Virgin 2. Virgin 3, 4. Virginal h Fruit Blanc 4 incor. 



Virginal a gros Fruit blanc 4 incor. Virginal Blanc 4 incor. Virginale 3. Virginale 



d. Fruit Rouge 5. Virginale Blanc 4 incor. Virginale Rouge 2, 5. Virginal Rouge i. 



White Virginale 4 incor. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish, reddish-purple; bloom thick; flesh greenish- 

 yellow, juicy; good; semi-free. 

 Red Winter. Domestica. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 61. 1887. Krasnaya osimaya i. 



Imported by the Iowa Agricultural College. 

 Reed. Hortulana. i. N. J. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 12. 1882. 2. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 11:286 

 fig. 1898. 

 Originated with P. H. Reed of Hightstown, New Jersey, from pits brought from 

 Illinois; introduced by Charles Black of the same place. Tree vigorous; leaves large, 

 dark green; fruit small, round; suture a faint line ; skin thick; dark red; dots yellow; 

 flesh yellow, meaty; quality fair; stone turgid, semi-clinging; late. 

 Reel. Americana mollis, i. Kerr Cat. 1898. 2. Terry Cat. 1900. 



Grown by H. A. Terry of Crescent, Iowa; a seedling of Van Buren; first fruited 

 in 1896. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, pale yellow with a red cheek; good. 

 Regina. Nigra? i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 426. 1900. 



A seedling raised at Indian Head Experimental Farm, Northwest Territory, Canada. 

 Fruit small, red; skin thick; good. 



Reine-Claude Abricotine. Doraestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 445. 1889. 2. Guide 

 Prat. 156, 363. 1895. 

 Fruit small, whitish; flesh light yellow, sweet; good; early. 

 Reine Claude d'EcuUy. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 445. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 

 153. 364- 1895. 

 Tree vigorous; fruit large, round; cavity small; suture distinct; greenish-yellow; 

 bloom thin; flesh firm, sweet, juicy; good; freestone; mid-season. 

 Reine Claude d'Oberdieck. Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 446. 1889. 

 Reine Claude de Brignais. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 452. 1889. 2. Guide 

 Prat. 162, 364. 1895. 

 Reine-Claude de Brignais i. Violette Reine-Claude Von Brignais i. 

 Said to be superior to Reine Claude. 



