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Fruit large, oval, dark red shading to light red, mottled; bloom thick; flesh green- 

 ish-yellow, sweet; good; freestone; mid-season. 

 Royal de Braunac. Domestica. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 2nd App. 157. 1876. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; suture very slight; light red with dark purple 

 blush; dots numerous, brown; bloom heavy; flesh greenish-yellow, coarse, rather 

 firm, juicy, rich; clingstone; mid-season. 



Royale de Behrens. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 422. 1889. 2, Guide Prat. 

 163, 365. 1895. 



Behren's Konigspflaume 1. Behrens Konigspflaume 2. Royale de Behrens 1. 



Listed in the preceding references. 

 Royale de Siebenfreud. Domestica? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 450. 1889. 2. Guide 

 Prat. 158, 365. 1895. 



Royale de Siebenfreund i. Siebenfreund's Konigspflaume i. Siebenfreud' s Konigs- 

 pflaume 2. 



Grown by Liegel and named by him in honor of M. Siebenfreud, of Tymau, 

 Hungary. Fruit large, long-oval, brownish-red; flesh pale yellow, juicy; good; mid- 

 season. 



Royale Hitive de Liegel. Domestica. i. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. Sort. 420. 1881. 

 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 430. 1889. 3. Guide Prat. 163, 365. 1895. 



Friihe Konigspflaume 2. Fruhe Konigspflaume 3. Konigspflaume Friihe i. 

 Rouge de Liegel 2. Royale Hdtive de Liegel 2. Royale Hdtive 2. 



Similar to the Royal Hitive but inferior in quality. 

 Royale Violette de Keindl. Species? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 437. 1889. 2. Guide 

 Prat. 157, 365. 1895. 



Keindl' s Violette Konigspflaume 2. Keindt's Violette Konigspflaume i. Royale 

 Violette de Keindt 1. 



Originated by Liegel and named after Mr. Keindl, a German pomologist. Fruit 

 large, oval, violet; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, juicy; good; early. 

 Royal Pea. Domestica. Mentioned in Forsjrth Treat. Fr. Trees. 21. 1803. 

 Royer Aprikosen Pflaume. Domestica. Listed in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 449. 1889. 



Abricotee de Royer. Prune-Abricot de Royer. 

 Ruben Burgunder Zwetsche, Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 449. 



1889. 

 Ruby. Domestica. i. Gard. and For. 7:243. 1894. 



Charles H. Shinn of Berkeley, California, describes this variety as a dark red prune 

 coming from Lake County, California. 



Ruby. Triflora X Munsoniana. i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 46. 1895. 2. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 

 12:228. 1899. 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 224. 1901. 



Originated by J. S. Breece, Fayetteville, North Carolina, from seed of Abundance 

 pollinated with Wild Goose; fruit borne in 1894. Fruit of medium size, oval; suture 

 faint; dark, wine-red; skin thick; fiesh yellow, firm, meaty, slightly fibrous, sweet, 

 rich; good; clingstone. 

 Ruby. Munsoniana. i. Orchard Home Nur. Cat. 7. 1891. 2. Terry Cat. 8. 1900. 



