THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 549 



Introduced by Thomas Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, England, in 1885. Tree dwarf- 

 ish, very productive; fruit small, roundish, red or reddish-purple; flesh orange, juicy, 

 sweet, fine; good; stone free; early. 

 Stonewood. Domestica. i. Mag. Hort. 9:165. 1843. 



Listed in the catalog of the London Horticultural Society. Fruit of medium size, 

 roundish, purple; good; freestone; mid-season. 

 Stout. Domestica. i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 



An inferior blue variety originated by Mr. Stout of Kent County, Delaware; tested 

 by J. W. Kerr. 



Strawberry. Angustifolia watsoni. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:65. 1892. 2. Waugh Plum 

 Cult. 234. igoi. 



Tree dwarf, symmetrical, much subject to twig-blight. Fruit small, roundish; 

 cavity shallow; stem slender; skin thin, red; bloom thin; flesh yellow, soft; quality 

 poor; stone roundish, clinging. 

 Striped-leaved. Domestica? i. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees. 21. 1803. 



Mentioned by Forsyth as one of the sorts commonly grown in England in his time. 

 Sucker State. Hortulana. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:50, 87. 1892. 2. Col., O., Hort. Soc. 

 Rpt. 82. 1892. 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 182. 1901. 



The origin of this variety is not known, but it is thought to have come from Illinois. 

 Tree vigorous, fairly productive; fruit medium or above, round-oblong; suture a line; 

 cavity shallow; stem slender; dark red; dots numerous, small, yellow; bloom very 

 thin or lacking; skin thick; flesh yellow, firm; good; stone of medium size, cUnging; 

 late. 



Suisse. Domestica. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:82. 1768. 2. Forsyth Treat. Fr. 

 Trees 21. 1803. 3. Prince Pom. Man. 2:63. 1832. 4. Downing Fr. Trees 

 Am. 949. 1869. 5. Hogg Fruit Man. 726. 1884. 6. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 450. 

 1889. 



Altesse 3, S, 6. La Prune Suisse 2. Monsieur Tardif 4, 5, 6. Monsieur Tardive 

 3, 4. Prune d' Altesse 4, 6. Prune de Monsieur Tardive 3. Prune Suisse i. Prune 

 Suisse 3, 4. Swiss Plum 3, 4, 6. Semiana 6. Simiana 4. Schweizer Pflaume 6. 

 Switzer's Plum 4, 5, 6. 



An old European variety known under many names. In the French nurseries, 

 it has been badly confused with the Blue Imp^ratrice so common in England. Tree 

 vigorous and productive; fruit small, oval, dark purple shading to dark red; bloom 

 heavy; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy and melting; good; clingstone; late. 

 Sultan. Domestica. i. Jour. Hort. 21:243. 1871. 2. Flor. and Pom. 145, PI. 1875. 



3. Hogg Fruit Man. 727. 1884. 



Raised by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, from seed of Belle, about 187 1. 

 Tree vigorous, very productive; fruit medium to large, round with a deep suture; stem 

 medium; cavity wide; deep red; bloom thick; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, juicy, brisk 

 and pleasant; clingstone; early mid-season; said to be an excellent culinary plum. 

 Sultaneck Erick, Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 451. 1889. 

 Sunrise. Domestica. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 78. 1897. 



