538 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



roundish-oval; cavity deep, rounded; stem short; suture shallow; dark reddish-purple; 

 bloom heavy; flesh yellow, juicy, melting, sweet; quality poor to fair; clingstone; 

 mid-season. 



Saint Martin Quetsche. Domestica. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 152. 1831. 2. Downing 

 Fr. Trees Am. 283. 1845. 3- -^'^- Pom. Soc. Cat. 55. 1852. 4. Elliott Fr. 

 Book 414. 1854. 5. Mas Le Verger 6:49. 1866-73. 



Coe's Late Red 5. Prune Violette D'Octobre 5. Rouge Tardive De Coe 5. Saint- 

 Martin 5. Saint Martin's 4. Saint Martin's Quetsche 4. Violette October Pflaume 5. 



Of German origin; introduced into this country during the second quarter of the 

 Nineteenth Century. Fruit of medium size, ovate, yellow, sometimes blushed; covered 

 with a thin bloom; flesh yellowish, juicy, rich; good; late; fruit hangs to the tree long 

 after maturity. 

 Saint Pierre. Species? i. Mathieu A^ow. Pow. 449. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 156, 366. 1895. 



Fruit resembles Mirabelle, though it is larger; yellow marbled with red; flesh 

 yellow; good; stone nearly free; very early. 

 St. Reme. Domestica. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 153. 1831. 



Cultivated in the garden of the Horticultural Society of London. 

 Sandalls. Domestica. i. Jour. Hort. N. S. 15:247. 1868. 2. Card. Chron. 30:1311, 

 1347. 1870. Sandall's Plum 2. 



Originated about 1800 with a Mr. Sandall at Crab Tree, Fulton, England. Tree 

 vigorous and attains great size; fruit of medium size, round, dark purple; flesh firm, 

 reddish-yellow, juicy, pleasant; good; clingstone; very late. 

 Sanders. Angustifolia varians? i. Waugh Plum Cult. 200. 1901. Honey Grove 1. 



Introduced by J. S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas, in 1898. Fruit small, purplish-red; 

 quality fair; very early. 

 Sanderson. Americana, i. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 300. 1903. 



Originated in Minnesota. Fruit large, roundish-oval, light red over a yellow ground; 

 skin slightly astringent; good; semi-clinging. 

 Sandle. Domestica. Mentioned in Watkins Cat. 1892? 

 Sandoz. Species? i. Crete Cat. 1906. 



IntroducedbyE. F. Stephens of the Crete Nursery, Crete, Nebraska. Tree hardy; 

 productive; fruit red; early. 



Sand Plum. Angustifolia watsoni. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 889. 1869. 2. Neh. 

 Hort. Soc. Rpt. 173. 1895. 3. Kansas "The Plum" 20,45. iQoo- 



Sand Plum is the common name for Prunus angustifolia watsoni. 

 Sannois. Domestica. i. U. S. D. A. Div. Pom. Bui. 10:20. 1901. 



Sannois Quetsche i. 



Originated in Sannois, France. A rather unattractive plum in appearance, but 

 with a fine flavor and high quality. As grown at this Station the tree is small, vigorous, 

 upright-spreading; fruit above medium to large, roundish-oblate, slightly compressed; 

 suture shallow; stem medium in thickness and length; cavity wide, deep ; apex flattened; 

 dull, reddish-purple with darker shades in the sun; bloom moderate; dots numerous, 



