THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 563 



flattened; cavity narrow, shallow; rich yellow, more or less washed with red; dots 

 very small, yellow, indistinct; bloom thin; skin moderately thick, tough; flesh yellow, 

 juicy, sweet, pleasant; good; mid-season. 



Weisse Kaiserin. Domestica. i. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. Sort. 418. 1881. 2. Mathieu 

 Nom. Pom. 431. 1889. 



Datte Jaune 2. Gelbe Marunke 2. Grosse Gelhe Battel Pflaume 2. Grosse Gelbe 

 Dattel Zwetsche 2. Imperial Jaune 2. Prune Datte 2. Weisse Kaiserin 2. 



Probably of German origin; tree medium in size, a rapid grower, productive; 

 fruit medium in size, roundish-oval; suture shallow; stem short, glabrous; skin not 

 adherent, whitish-yellow, the sunny side dull red, sometimes dotted with red; dots 

 numerous, fine, yellowish; bloom thin; flesh whitish-yellow, firm, very juicy, highly 

 flavored; good for dessert and cooking; clingstone; late. 

 Werder'sche Friihzwetsche. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu iVow. Pow. 454. 1889. 



Stengel Pflaume. 

 Wetherell. Domestica. i. Mag. Hort. 6:92. 1840. Col. Wetherell i. 



Originated by Henry Corse, Montreal, Canada, about 1830. Spoken of highly 

 at the time of its origin; valuable for commercial purposes. 



Wetherill's Sweet. Insititia. i. Prince Treat. Hort. 27. 1828. 2. Lond. Hort. Sac. 

 Cat. 154. 1 83 1. 



A Damson-like plum; small, sweet and delicious; clingstone; early. 

 Whatisit. Prunus besseyi X Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 18. 1899-1900. 



Grown by Theodore Williams of Nebraska from seed of Prunus besseyi 

 pollinated by an Americana; introduced by J. W. Kerr. Tree upright and vig- 

 orous, bears early, productive; fruit small, spherical inclining to oblong, dark 

 purplish-red. 



Wheat. Insititia. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 576. 1629. 2. Rea Flora 209. 1676. 

 3. Ray Hist. Plant. 2:1529. 1688. 4. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 154. 1831. 

 5. Floy-Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 293, 383. 1846. 6. Downing Fr. Trees 

 Am. 913. 1869. 7. Hogg Fruit Man. 730. 1884. 



English Wheat 6. Great Whitton 4. Nutmeg 2. Nutmeg 4, 5, 6. Red Wheate i. 

 Wheaten 3. Wheaten 4, 5. Whitton 4, 5. Wheat Plum 5. Wheat Plum 6. 

 Wheaton 6. Whitlow 6. 



During the Seventeenth Century this name was applied to all Insititia pltims and 

 is still so used in parts of Europe. 



Whitaker. Munsoniana. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:51, 86. 1892. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. 

 Rpt. 74. 1895. 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 190. 1901. 4. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 212. 

 1904. Whitacre 4. 



Whitaker is a seedling of Wild Goose raised and introduced by J. T. Whitaker of 

 Tyler, Texas. Fruit of medium size, oval; cavity shallow; suture a line; skin thin; 

 bright red; bloom thin; dots many, distinct; flesh yellow, sweet; quality fair; stone 

 small, long-oval, pointed, flat, clinging; mid-season. Listed in the catalog of the 

 American Pomological Society since 1899. 

 Whitby, Species? i. Can. Hort. 18:350. 1895. 



