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Grown by W. H. Snelling, New Edinburgh, Ontario, about 1880 from a sprout 

 of an old tree growing at Gatineau Point, Quebec. Fruit medium to large, usually round; 

 stem an inch long, set in a round cavity; suture distinct; yellowish-red, mostly covered 

 with darker red; bloom light; skin thin, tender, apt to crack when fully ripe, slightly 

 astringent; flesh soft, very juicy, sweet; good; stone large, flat; mid-season. 

 Snyder. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:288. 1900. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 

 301. 1903. 



A seedling of De Soto; originated in 1893 with J. A. Fairchild, Coggon, Linn County, 

 Iowa. Tree vigorous, upright; fruit large, roundish, oblique-truncate; suture a line; 

 apex depressed; stem stout set in a shallow cavity; light red with darker shades of red; 

 dots large; bloom thin; flesh yellow, firm, brisk subacid; fair to good; stone large, 

 oval, flat, clinging. 

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



Under test at Indian Head, Northwest Territory, Canada. 

 South Cumberland. Species? i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 151. 1891. 



P. J. Berckmans of Augusta, Georgia, says in the above reference that this variety 

 has been known for twenty-six or twenty-seven years in his section. Fruit golden 

 yellow; very good. 

 Southern Beauty. Species? i. Wild Bros. Cat. 1892. 2. Kerr Cat. 1894. 



Tree peach-like in growth and general appearance; wholly barren; possibly the 

 Blackman renamed; worthless. 

 Southern Golden. Species? i. Ala. Sta. Bui. 11:12. 1890. 



Noted in the preceding reference as a feeble grower; fruit medium in size, oblong, 

 yellow, tender; quality best; early. 

 Spanish Damask. Domestica. i. Kraft Pom. Aust. 2:129, Tab. 175 fig. 2. 1796. 



2. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 21. 1803. 3. Willich Dam. Enc. 4:300. 1803. 

 4. Poiteau Pom. Franc, i. 1846. 5. Hogg Fruit Man. 693. 1884. 6. Mathieu 

 Nam. Pom. 439. 1889. 



Damas d'Espagne i, 6. Damas D'Espagne 5. Die Damaskpflaume aus Spanien i. 

 Liegel's Spanische Damascene 6. Prune Damas D'Espagne 4. Prunus hispanica 4. 

 Spanish Damascene 2. Spanish Damask 6. Spanish Red Damask 3. 



Fruit small, roundish ; suture shallow ; cavity small ; stem short ; purplish- 

 black; bloom thick; flesh yellow, tender, juicy, not rich; quality fair; freestone; mid- 

 season. 

 Spanish King. Domestica. i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 355. 1878. 2. Ibid. 145. 1880. 



3. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:243, 247. 1899. 4. la. Sta. Bui. 46:279. 1900. 5. Budd- 

 Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 326. 1903. Rex i, 2. Spanish 3. 



Introduced into Marion County, Iowa, by John Laike, a German, under the name 

 Rex, through cions obtained in 1872 from a Spanish consul. Several tests show this 

 variety to be identical with the Lombard. If the origin given is correct, the belief that 

 the Lombard is an old European variety is substantiated. 



Spate Zwetsche Von Karlstadt. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 450. 1889. 

 Speckled Gage. Domestica. i. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt. 7:92. 1888. 



