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Originated near Augusta, Georgia; introduced by J. W. K. Nelson of that state. 

 Fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; suture slight; cavity of medium depth; bright 

 red with numerous dots; skin tough; flesh yellow; poor; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Schmidt Rote Zwetsche. Domestica. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 449. 1889. 

 Quetsche Rouge de Schmidt i. 



Mathieu found it referred to in Wiener Garten-ZeiUmg 289. 1884. 

 Schoenthal. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1894-1900. 



Fruit of medium size, globular, dull red; stone semi-clinging. 

 Schone von Riom. Domestica. i. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. Sort. 445. 1881. 



Mentioned as an unproductive variety on dry soils. 

 Schuyler Gage. Domestica. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 147. 1831. 2. Cultivator 1:306. 

 1844. 3. Ibid. 3:19. 1855. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 947. 1869. 5. Mas 

 Le Verger 6:103. 1866-73. 

 Reine- Claude de Schuyler 5. Schuyler Gage 5. 



A seedling of Reine Claude grown at Albany, New York, by General Schuyler of 

 revolutionary fame, who refused to disseminate it. His successor in the ownership 

 of the tree, John Bryan, also guarded the variety jealously, so that it was not until about 

 1847 when E. C. Mcintosh came into possession of the estate that the variety was intro- 

 duced. Fruit of medium size, oval; suture shallow; cavity small; yellow splashed 

 with green and dotted with red; bloom thin; flesh yellow, juicy, rich, sweet; very 

 good; freestone; late. 



Scioto. Insititia. i. U. S. D. A. Yearbook 502. 1905. 

 Mussel I. Chickasaw i. 



Cultivated for nearly eighty years in the noted Damson district at Chillicothe, 

 Ohio. It was brought there in 183 1 by Miss Palace Hill from the nursery of her brother, 

 Joseph C. Hill, Petersburg, Virginia, who in turn had found it on the farm of Thomas 

 Hill near Boilings Bridge, North Carolina. The variety is of the Damson tjrpe and 

 the seed of it was probably brought from Europe by the early colonists. Fruit small, 

 oval, necked; suture slight; cavity lacking; dark blue; bloom heavy; good. 

 Scribner. Triflora X Munsoniana. i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 46, Col. PI. 1895. 

 2. Vt. Sta. Bui. 67:19. 1898. 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 225. 1901. 

 From J. S. Breece, Fayetteville, North Carolina, supposedly from a cross of 

 Abundance pollinated by Wild Goose. Fruit large, roundish-oval; suture faint; cavity 

 large; stem short, stout; dark red with many small dots; bloom heavy; flesh yellow, 

 firm, meaty; quality very poor; clingstone. 

 Sea-Egg. Triflora. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 106:62. 1906. 



Bailey mentions this variety as coming from Burbank and describes it as; " glob- 

 ular heart shaped in outline and mottled red; flesh very thick and meaty; orange- 

 yellow, sweet and excellent, with a slight muskiness, cling." 



Semiana. Domestica. i. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 21. 1803. 2. Thomas Am. Fruit 

 Cult. 344, 346. 1849. 3. Cole Am. Fr. Book 217. 1849. 4. Downing Fr. Trees 

 Am. 947. 1869. 

 Blue Imperatrice 2, 3, 4. Semiana of Boston 4. Semina i. Simiana 2. 



