THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 569 



this name bears a small, purplish-black, Damson-like fruit, long-oval in form, cavity 

 shallow; suture a line; skin thin; bloom very heavy; flesh yellow, juicy, sUghtly fibrous, 

 sweet, mild; flavor good; stone oval, small, free; mid-season. 



Yates. Trifiora X Angustifolia varians. i. Vt. Sta. Bui. 67:22. 1898. 2. Vt. Sta. 

 An. Rpt. 14:275. 1901. 



From seed of Kelsey thought to have been pollinated with Lone Star; originated 

 with D. H. Watson, Brenham, Texas; introduced by W. A. Yates, 1897. Tree thrifty, 

 healthy; fruit large, roundish, red when fully ripe; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Yellow Americana. Species? Letter from Kerr. 



Originated by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska. 

 Yellow Egg. Species? i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:66. 1897. 



Goff mentions a variety under this name which differs from the older plum of the 

 same name. Tree of weeping habit, productive; fruit long; freestone. 

 Yellow, 43 Fischer. Domestica. i. Bailey Ann. Hort. 18. 1889. 



Introduced into this country from Russia by Professor J. L. Budd of Ames, Iowa. 



Yellow Imp^ratrice. Domestica. i. Ann. Pom. Beige 55, PI. 1853. 2. Pom. France 



7:No. II. 1871. 3. Mas Le Verger 6:113, ^g- 1866-73. 4- Hogg Fruit Man. 



732. 1884. 5. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 431. 1889. 6. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 461. 



1906. 



Altesse Blanche 4, 5. D'Altesse Blanche 6. De Monsieur Jaune 3. Gelbe Herm 

 Pflaume 5. Imperatrice Jaune 3, ?$. Jaune de Monsieur 2. Jaune de Monsieur 5, 6. 

 Monsieur a Fruits Jaune 4, 5. Monsieur k Fruits Jaunes 3. Monsieur h Fruits Jaunes 

 S, 6. Monsieur Jatme 6. Prune de Monsieur Jaune 5. Prune de Monsieur Jaune i. 

 Prune de Monsieur, Varieie Jaune 5. Prune Monsieur Jaune 2. Prune d' Altesse 

 Blanche 2, 5. Virginale Blanche 4, ?5. Yellow ImpSratrice ?3, 5. 



M. Jacquin, nurserjrman of Paris, France, obtained this plum from seed of a cross 

 between the Orleans and the Reine Claude planted about 1820; brought to notice in 

 1845. Mas considered Hogg's and Downing's Yellow Impdratrice as different from the 

 French variety. Tree medium in vigor; fruit medium in size, usually roundish-oval; 

 suture broad; halves unequal; skin not adhering, golden-yellow, dotted and streaked 

 with carmine-red; flesh yellow, juicy, very sweet and aromatic; freestone; mid-season. 

 Yellow Imperial. Domestica. i. Prince Pom. Man. 2:59. 1832. 



Imperial jaune i. Imp6riale jaune i. 



Described by Prince as distinct from Yellow Egg which it much resembles but 

 differing in that it is somewhat smaller, about two weeks earlier and slightly more acid. 

 Yellow Jack. Domestica. Mentioned in Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 154. 1831. 

 Yellow Jerusalem. Domestica. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 732. 1884. 2. Mathieu Nom. 

 Pom. 436. 1889. 



Jahns Gelbe Jerusalems Pflaume 2. Jahn's Jerusalems Pflaume 2. Jerusalem 

 Jaune 1,2. Jahn's Gelbe Jerusalems-pflaume 1. Yellow Jerusalem 2. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; suture a line; cavity deep; deep yellow 

 with crimson specks next the sun; flesh yellow, with white veins, tender, juicy, brisk, 

 sweet, very good; clingstone; mid-season. 



