THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 539 



brownish; skin thick, tough; flesh dark coppery-yellow, juicy, rather coarse, very 

 fibrous, tough, firm, sweet; very good; stone medium, irregular-oval, turgid, rough, 

 clinging; very late. 

 Sansoto. Prunus besseyi X Americana, i. Cir. S. Dak. Sta. 1910. 



Sansota originated in 1907 as a cross between De Soto and Prunus besseyi made by 

 N. E. Hansen of the South Dakota Experiment Station; introduced in 19 10. Tree pro- 

 ductive; fruit small, round, black; bloom heavy; flesh yellowish-green, sprightly; 

 clingstone. 

 Santa Rosa. Triflora. i. Fancher Creek Nur. Cat. 1907. 2. Ibid. 1909. 



Originated by Burbank; introduced by the Fancher Creek Nursery Company 

 in 1907. Fruit very large, round, suture distinct; cavity medium deep; dark purplish 

 crimson with thin bloom; flesh reddish near the skin shading to amber near the 

 center; good; clingstone; keeps and ships well. 

 Sapa. Prunus besseyi X Triflora. i. 5. Dak. Sta. Bui. 108. 1908. 



Grown by Hansen of the South Dakota Experiment Station from a cross of Sultan 

 and a selected seedling of the Prunus besseyi; fruited in 1907. Fruit small, round, 

 glossy, dark purple; flesh dark red. 



Saratoga. Domestica. i. Bailey Ann. Hort. 103. 1889. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 25. 

 1897. 3. M-ic/f. 5ia. BmZ. 169:243, 247. 1899. 4. Wa,ngh. Plum Cult. 121. 1901. 

 5. Ohio Sta. Bui. 162:256, 257. 1905. 



Introduced by Green's Nursery Company in 1889. Found in a garden at Saratoga 

 Springs, New York, in 1897. The American Pomological Society placed it on its fruit 

 catalog list. As tested at this Station it is identical to the Lombard in fruit-characters 

 but differs in foliage. It is safe to assume that it is a seedling of the Lombard. 

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



Taken from the wild by Thomas Stonewall, Manitoba; tested at the Indian Head 

 Experimental Farm, Northwest Territory. Fruit of medium size, red; good; early. 

 Satin. Hortulana X Triflora. i. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 12:228. 1899. 



Grown by J. S. Breece, Fayetteville, North Carolina, supposedly from a cross be- 

 tween Moreman and some Japanese variety. Fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; 

 suture a line; red with numerous large, yellow dots; skin thick, tough; flesh firm, 

 yellow; good; clingstone. 

 Satsugon. Triflora. i. Rural N. Y. 64:677. 1905. 



Originated in 1900 with Levi Bell, Sparkill, New York, frorh a cross between Ogon 

 and Satsuma. Fruit large, roundish; cavity deep; dark red; flesh red, firm, meaty; 

 freestone; quality good; mid-season. The originator states that this variety will keep 

 in an ordinary cellar for two months after picking. 

 Satsuland. Triflora X Domestica.? i. Rural N. Y. 64:677. 1905. 



A cross between Satsuma and Richland grown by Levi Bell, Sparkill, New York, 

 about 1900. Fruit below medium size, oval, cavity lacking; stem long; purplish- 

 red; clingstone. 

 Sauvageon. Domestica. i. Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt. 94. 1885. 



Corse's Sauvageon i. 



