Chapter IV: The Minor Varieties of Plums (7)

=Pennock.= _Prunus besseyi_ × Domestica? =1.= _Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:18. 1898. =2.= _Colo. Sta. Bul._ =50=:43. 1898.

Pennock’s Hybrid 2.

Pennock was raised in 1893 by C. E. Pennock of Fort Collins, Colorado, from seed of _Prunus besseyi_ supposed to have been pollinated by Arctic. Tree dwarfish, upright; leaves of medium size, ovate, coarsely serrate, thickish, finely tomentose on either side; petiole short, stiff, sometimes with one gland at the base of the blade; fruit small, roundish; suture slight; deep blue; bloom heavy; flavor intermediate between the plum and cherry; stone small, round and cherry-like.

=Peoly Early Blue.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 309. 1845. =2.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 346. 1849.

From Massachusetts. Fruit medium in size, oblong; stem short; suture obscure; dark blue; bloom light; flesh yellow; pleasant; fair quality; semi-clinging; early.

=Perdrigon des Alpes.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 151. 1831.

The London Horticultural Society listed Perdrigon des Alpes and Perdrigon Violet des Alpes as distinct varieties but there seems to be little difference between them.

=Perdrigon of Cernay.= Domestica. =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 68, 69. 1699.

_Cernay Perdrigon_ 1.

Mentioned in the preceding reference as round or oblate, with a dry and mealy flesh.

=Perdrigon Tardif.= Domestica. =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 67. 1699. =2.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 151. 1831. =3.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:125. 1873. =4.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 450. 1889.

_Damas de Septembre_ 4 incor. _Königs Pflaume aus Paris_ 4. Königspflaume von _Paris_ 3. Later Perdrigon 1. _Royale de Paris Tardive_ 4. _September Damascene_ 4 incor. _Späte Herrn Pflaume_ 4. _Späte Königs Pflaume_ 4. _Späte Königs Pflaume aus Paris_ 4. Später Perdrigon 4. _Später Perdrigon_ 3.

Quintinye, in 1699, mentioned a Later Perdrigon which is probably this variety. Duhamel confused this variety with the Impératrice but they are distinct. In America this Perdrigon is unknown. Tree small; leaves small, obovate; flowers very small; fruit small, roundish-ellipsoid; suture distinct; skin thick, purplish-black; stem short; cavity shallow; flesh yellowish, fine, firm, sweet; freestone; late.

=Pershore.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 375. 1866. =2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:111. 1873. =3.= _Garden_ =49=:225. 1896.

Pershore Yellow Egg 3.

Grown largely in the Pershore district, Worcester County, England. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit medium, obovate; suture indistinct; golden-yellow; flesh clear yellow, neither juicy nor sweet; quality fair; stone small, clinging; fit only for culinary purposes; propagated by suckers.

=Petite Quetsche Sucrée.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:181. 1873. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 437. 1889.

_Ananas Zwetsche_ 2. Kleine Zuckerzwetsche 2. _Kleine Zucker Zwetsche_ 1.

A German variety produced from seed of Violette Diaper. Fruit small, oval; suture shallow; cavity small; stem slender; dark purple; bloom thick; flesh yellow, fine-grained, juicy, sweet; freestone; mid-season.

=Phiolenartige Gelbe Zwetsche.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 442. 1889.

Mathieu found the name of this variety in _Wiener Garten-Zeitung_ 288. 1884.

=Pilot.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:24, 52. 1897. =2.= _Ibid._ =87=:15. 1901. =3.= _Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:31. 1904.

Originated with M. E. Hinckley at Marcus, Iowa, from seed of a wild plum gathered on the Little Sioux River near Cherokee, Iowa; seed planted in 1870. Tree open, spreading, drooping; fruit large, oblong-oval with rounded apex; suture distinct; yellow mottled with light and dark red; skin thick, tough; flesh firm, rich and sweet; good; stone long-oval, pointed, margined; mid-season; cracks and rots in wet seasons.

=Pink Damson.= Insititia? =1.= _Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 93. 1885.

Fruit small, pinkish-red; flesh light pink, soft; quality fair; very early.

=Pioneer Prune.= Domestica. =1.= _Pioneer Nur. Cat._ 1900.

A variety grown for several years by the Pioneer Nursery Company, Salt Lake City, Utah; discarded because of its close resemblance to the Italian Prune.

=Piper.= Americana. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 162. 1891. =2.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:52. 1897. =3.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:287. 1900. =4.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =87=:15, 16 fig. 4. 1901.

Piper’s Peach 1, 2, 3. _Piper’s Peach_ 4.

Found wild near Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, about 1887 by J. S. Harris of Crescent, Minnesota. Tree vigorous, upright, hardy, productive; fruit large, round, bright red; flesh orange-yellow, sweet and rich; good; stone roundish, slightly margined, nearly free; mid-season; mentioned in the catalog of the American Pomological Society in 1899.

=Piram.= Angustifolia varians. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:80. 1892. =2.= _Tex. Sta. Bul._ =32=:490, 491. 1894. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 197. 1901.

A seedling from Goliad County, Texas, originated by G. Onderdonk; named after Piram Hall about 1875. Tree hardy, productive; fruit medium to large, roundish; suture indistinct; light yellow; dots white; bloom thin; skin thin and tender; flesh yellow, soft, sweet; fair to good; clingstone; mid-season.

=Pissardi.= Cerasifera. =1.= _Rev. Hort._ 191. 1881. =2.= _Gard. Mon._ =25=:367. 1883. =3.= _Rural N. Y._ =44=:479. 1885. =4.= _Gard. and For._ =1=:178. 1888. =5.= _Garden_ =55=:314. 1899. =6.= Bailey _Cyc. Hort._ 1447. 1901.

_Prunus Cerasifera Atropurpurea_ 5. _Prunus Pissardi_ 5. _Prunus Pissardii_ 3. Purple-leaved Plum 3. The Purple Myrobalan 5. Prunus Pissardi 1, 2, 4.

See _Prunus cerasifera_, p. 000. Tree large; shoots purplish; foliage while unfolding tinged with red, later becoming dark purple; fruit medium in size; skin purplish, showing color in unripe stage, thin, tough; suture obscure; flesh firm, juicy, moderately acid, inferior in quality; clingstone.

=Plantz.= Domestica. =1.= _Cal. State Bd. Hort. Rpt._ 129, 130 fig. 1891.

Plantz’s Seedling 1.

A chance seedling found by W. A. Plantz of New Castle, California, about 1883. Tree thrifty, productive; fruit large, oval, tapering towards the stem, reddish-purple; flesh yellow, sugary, rich, juicy and sweet; ripens in California about three weeks before the Hungarian Prune.

=Plunk.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:44. 1897. =2.= Kerr _Cat._ 9. 1897. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 160. 1901.

_Large Red Sweet_ 3. Large Red Sweet 1, 2.

Introduced by Charles Luedloff, Cologne, Minnesota. Tree a rapid grower with good foliage; fruit large, round, dark red or purplish-red; flesh reddish, not juicy, very sweet; good; clingstone; early.

=Pomaria.= Domestica. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 189. 1867.

A seedling of the Reine Claude from South Carolina, about 1867. Tree productive; fruit medium in size, blue; bloom heavy; superior to its parent in flavor.

=Pomona.= Americana × Hortulana mineri? =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:31. 1904.

Originated by E. D. Cowles, Vermilion, South Dakota; under test at the South Dakota Experiment Station. Said to be “a natural cross of Forest Garden and Miner.”

=Pond Purple.= Domestica. =1.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 209. 1835. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 309. 1845. =3.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 344 fig. 368. 1867.

_Pond’s Purple_ 2. Pond’s Seedling 2, 3.

Grown in the garden of Henry Hill, Boston; introduced by Samuel Pond of Cambridge, Massachusetts. As it resembles the well-known Pond, it has been confused with that variety. Young branches downy; fruit of medium size, roundish; stem short; purple; flesh yellowish, rather dry, sweet, mingled with acid; quality fair; freestone; early.

=Pontbriant.= Domestica. =1.= _Pom. France_ =7=:30 fig. 1871. =2.= _Cat. Cong. Pom. France_ 344. 1887.

De Pontbriant 2. Prune De Pontbriant 1.

Raised by M. F. Morel, Lyons, France, from seed of the Purple Gage planted in 1851. Tree of medium vigor; fruit large, round, a little more truncated at the base than at the apex; cavity narrow, shallow; stem long and stout; suture shallow and wide; reddish-purple, deeper on the sunny side; bloom heavy; flesh pale yellow, medium fine grained, melting, very juicy, with a very sweet and aromatic flavor; freestone.

=Pontford.= Domestica. =1.= Watkins _Cat._ 46. 1892?

Tree very productive; fruit of medium size, purple; mid-season; suitable for market.

=Pontotoc.= Hortulana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =11=:286. 1898.

Mentioned in the catalog of F. T. Ramsey in 1898 as not yet well tested.

=Porsch Rote Zwetsche.= Species? Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 443. 1889.

=Potter.= Americana? =1.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 233. 1901.

Mentioned by Waugh who says it originated in Cherokee County, Iowa, and is probably an Americana.

=Poupart.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 717. 1884.

Poupart’s 1.

Mr. Poupart, market gardener at Brompton, grew this variety, according to Hogg, who says it is an enormous bearer and an excellent preserving plum. Fruit medium, nearly round, resembling Purple Gage; light purple, dotted and streaked with darker shades; flesh reddish, firm, sweet, with a Sloe flavor; freestone.

=Powell Damson.= Insititia. =1.= Watkins _Cat._ 48. 1892?

Mentioned in the preceding reference as a new variety. Tree vigorous, productive and large.

=Prairie Flower.= Hortulana mineri. =1.= _Col., O., Hort. Soc. Rpt._ =5=:10. 1890. =2.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 276. 1893. =3.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._ =118=:54. 1895. =4.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 175. 1901.

Prairie 3. _Prairie Flower_ 3.

Prairie Flower, a supposed seedling of Miner, originated in Adrian County, Missouri; introduced by Stark Brothers about 1884. Fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; suture a line; cavity shallow; skin thick, red over yellow; bloom thin; flesh yellow; good; stone oval, slightly flattened, clinging; season late. Mentioned in the last two issues of the catalog of the American Pomological Society.

=Prairie Rose.= Nigra? =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 426. 1900.

A seedling raised at the Experimental Farm at Indian Head, Northwest Territory, Canada. Fruit of medium size, red; good; mid-season.

=Précoce Defresne.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 443. 1889.

=Précoce de Freudenberg.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 430. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 156, 361. 1895.

Freudenberger Früh Pflaume 1. _Freudenberger Früh Pflaume_ 2. _Précoce de Freudenberg_ 1.

This variety is of German origin. Fruit of medium size, oval, reddish-brown; flesh yellow, firm; good; early.

=Précoce de Lucas.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 2d App. 156. 1876. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889. =3.= Lucas _Vollst. Hand. Obst._ 474. 1894.

Lucas Frühzwetsche 2, 3. _Précoce de Lucas_ 2. _Quetsche Précoce de Lucas_ 2.

Of foreign origin; tree vigorous, an early and abundant bearer; fruit large, oval; stem long, slender; dark blue; bloom heavy; flesh greenish, juicy, sweet; freestone; mid-season.

=Précoce de Reutlinger.= Domestica. _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 433. 1905.

Précoce de Reutlinger Prune 1.

Tested at the Experimental Farm at Agassiz, British Columbia. Fruit below medium size, oval; stem short; cavity small; suture well defined and one side enlarged; deep purple; flesh yellowish, tender, sweet, juicy, rich; stone small, free; mid-season.

=Premium.= Americana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:41. 1892. =2.= _Colo. Sta. Bul._ =50=:43. 1898. Peffer’s Premium 1, 2.

Introduced by George P. Peffer of Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Tree vigorous with an open top, productive; leaves of medium size, broad-ovate; fruit medium in size, round or inclining to oblate; cavity very shallow; stem medium; suture nearly obsolete; deep red over orange-yellow; dots numerous, small; bloom thin; flesh yellow, firm; fair to good; stone circular, smooth, clinging; mid-season.

=Preserver.= Triflora × Angustifolia varians. 1. _Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:18. 1898. 2. Kerr _Cat._ 11. 1900.

A supposed cross between Kelsey and Early Red; from D. H. Watson, Brenham, Texas; introduced by William A. Yates in 1897. Tree vigorous, compact; fruit of medium size, roundish, dark red; flesh red, firm; mid-season.

=President.= Americana. 1. Meneray _Cat._ The President 1.

A seedling of Harrison grown by H. A. Terry, and introduced by F. W. Meneray, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Tree productive; fruit large, yellow, covered with red; flesh yellow, sweet, rich, firm; semi-clinging.

=President.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. World_ =12=:123. 1895. =2.= _Garden_ =58=:294. 1900. =3.= _Ibid._ =64=:262. 1903.

Raised by Thomas Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, England; first fruited in 1894 and introduced in 1901 by the originator. Tree compact, productive; fruit large, oval, deep purple almost black; bloom heavy; flesh with a sweet, rich flavor; freestone; late. Recommended for culinary and market use.

=President.= Triflora × Simonii. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =12=:226. 1899.

Grown by Luther Burbank as a seedling of Wickson; named by Waugh in 1899. Fruit large, heart-shaped; cavity deep, rounded; stem short, very stout; suture shallow; apex pointed; dark, fire-red; dots many, minute; bloom thin; skin thin; flesh firm, meaty, yellow; flavor peculiar, a trifle like musk-melon; quality poor; stone large, oval, pointed, flattened, semi-clinging.

=President Courcelles.= Domestica. =1.= _Guide Prat._ 162, 361. 1895. =2.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 401. 1898. =3.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2nd Ser. =3=:55. 1900.

President Courcelle 3.

Tested at the Experimental Farm at Agassiz, British Columbia. Tree vigorous; fruit of medium size, globular or sometimes heart-shaped; suture shallow; purple; flesh pale yellow or greenish, juicy, sweet, pleasant; mid-season.

=Presley.= Hortulana mineri × Hortulana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =12=:227. 1899.

From A. L. Bruce, Basin Springs, Texas. Waugh says its parentage is probably Miner by Wayland. Fruit of medium size, inclined to oval; cavity shallow; bright red; dots numerous, indistinct; flesh yellow; good; stone small, round, flattened, clinging.

=Price.= Americana. =1.= Meneray _Cat._

Prof. Price 1.

A seedling grown by H. A. Terry; introduced by F. W. Meneray, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fruit large, oblong, yellow, tinged with red; good; clingstone.

=Pride of Waterloo.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 3rd App. 182 fig. 1881. =2.= _W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ =44=:92. 1899.

_Pride of Waterloo?_ 2.

Raised by A. H. Doles, Waterloo, New York, from seed of Smith Orleans; distinct from Pond with which it is sometimes confused. Tree upright, vigorous, very productive; branches smooth, reddish-brown; fruit large, oval, narrowing towards the stem; suture indistinct; cavity large; stem medium in length and thickness; reddish-purple; bloom thin; flesh deep yellow, coarse, juicy, sweet, sprightly, not rich; stone slightly adherent; mid-season.

=Primate.= Domestica. =1.= Rivers _Cat._ 35. 1898-9. =2.= Thompson _Gard. Ass’t_ =4=:159. 1901. =3.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 433. 1905.

A seedling first fruited by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, in 1890, and introduced by him in 1897. Fruit large, round; stem short, set in a medium cavity; suture distinct; sides often unequal; purplish-red; dots numerous, small, golden; bloom thin; flesh yellowish, juicy, sweet; good; stone small, free; ripens late and hangs well after maturing.

=Prince.= Domestica. =1.= Ray _Hist. Plant._ =2=:1529. 1688.

Ray mentions a variety by this name. It may be the same as Gloucestershire Violet.

=Prince Early Damson.= Insititia. =1.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:87. 1832.

_Prince’s Early Purple_ 1.

A seedling raised by William Prince. Fruit of medium size, ovate, dark purple, pleasant; freestone; early.

=Prince Orange Egg.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 392. 1857. =2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:187. 1873.

Oeuf Orange De Prince 2. _Prince’s Orange Egg_ 2.

Grown by William Prince. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, globular; cavity medium; stem short, stout; reddish-purple; dots brownish-yellow; bloom thick; flesh greenish-yellow, a little coarse, juicy, sweet and sprightly, not rich; semi-clinging; mid-season.

=Prince Orange Gage.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 405. 1857.

Noted only by Downing, who describes it as follows: “Fruit medium, roundish-oval; suture moderate; skin yellow; stalk long, set in an open cavity; flesh light yellow, coarse, juicy, pleasant, but not rich; adheres to the stone; first of September.”

=Prince Primordian.= Domestica. =1.= Prince _Treat. Hort._ 25. 1828. =2.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:79. 1832.

Prince’s Blue Primordian 1. _Prince’s Blue Primordian_ 2.

A seedling of White Primordian, grown by William Prince. A very early variety, of about the same size as its parent, oval in shape, blue; flesh pleasantly flavored.

=Pringle.= Insititia? =1.= _U. S. D. A. Rpt._ 503, Pl. 63. 1905.

Pringle is a Damson-like variety originating as a sprout from the stock of a Lombard tree in the orchard of A. C. Pringle, Mears, Michigan; introduced by E. Hawley & Sons of Hart, Michigan, about 1896.

=Pringle Blue.= Domestica. =1.= _N. Y. Sta. Rpt._ =12=:612. 1893.

Received by the New York Experiment Station in 1890 from L. M. Macomber, North Ferrisburg, Vermont. Tree very productive; fruit large, irregular-oval; cavity medium; suture shallow; skin thin, tender; purplish-black; bloom thick; dots small, numerous; flesh pale yellow, dry, firm; flavor flat; fair; stone semi-clinging; mid-season; of no value.

=Pringle Purple.= Domestica. =1.= _N. Y. Sta. Rpt._ =9=:347. 1890.

Received by the New York Experiment Station in 1890 from L. M. Macomber, North Ferrisburg, Vermont. Tree productive; fruit of medium size, roundish, compressed; cavity small; suture a line; skin thin, tender; reddish-purple, unattractive; bloom thinnish; dots small, numerous; flesh light yellow, moderately juicy, slightly fibrous, firm, mild; good; stone nearly free; mid-season; of no value.

=Procureur.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:63. 1873.

_Platte Hellrothe Königspflaume_ 1.

Probably of French origin. Tree vigorous, early, productive; fruit large, round, flattened at the ends; suture well defined; dull yellow, almost covered with bright purple; bloom thin; flesh pale yellow, juicy, sweet, aromatic; quality fair; stone small, free; mid-season.

=Profuse.= Species? Letter from Kerr.

Originated by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska.

=Prof. Wittmack.= Insititia? × Domestica? =1.= _Gard. Chron._ =3=:364. 1888.

The parentage of this variety is not definitely known but it is thought to be a Mirabelle crossed with Italian Prune; grown by Herr Ulhorn, Grevenbroich, Lower Rhenish Prussia. A sweet plum of the prune type; freestone; good for either dessert or drying.

=Pruneau.= Species? =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 117. 1875.

Reported from Quebec, Canada, in 1875; commonly grown from suckers.

=Prune d’Agen Double.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 420. 1889.

=Prune d’Amour.= Domestica. Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 421. 1889.

=Prune d’Automne.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:9. 1873.

_Herbstpflaume_ 1.

Raised by Dr. Dorell of Kuttenberg, Bohemia. Tree of capricious growth; fruit small, globular; suture indistinct; purplish-black; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy; good; freestone; late.

=Prune de Laghouat.= Domestica? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 438. 1889.

=Prune d’Ente Impériale.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 429. 1889.

=Prune de Rudolphe.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:189. 1873.

_Rudolph’s Pflaume_ 1.

Liegel received this variety in 1842 from Count Bressler of Hungary. Origin uncertain. Tree vigorous, an early and prolific bearer; fruit medium in size, obovate; suture indistinct; golden-yellow, dotted with red; flesh clear yellow, sweet, juicy; good; stone obovate, clinging; mid-season.

=Prune de Seigneur.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 450. 1889.

Prune de Prince.

=Prune Tardive.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 2nd App. 157. 1876.

Tree vigorous, very productive; fruit below medium size, oval; stem long, slender, set in a small cavity; black; bloom thick; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet; freestone; very late.

=Pseudo Mirabelle.= Insititia. Mentioned in _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 152. 1831.

=Purple Favorite.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 307. fig. 126. 1845. =2.= _N. Y. Agr. Soc. Rpt._ 293 fig. 1848. =3.= _Mag. Hort._ =16=:455, 456 fig. 27. 1850. =4.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:83, fig. 42. 1866-73.

Favorite Pourpre 4. _Purple Favourite_ 4.

The original tree of Purple Favorite was planted at Newburgh, New York, by the father of A. J. Downing; from whence it came is not known. Fruit of medium size, roundish; cavity slight; suture lacking; brownish-purple; bloom thin; flesh pale yellow, tender, juicy, sweet; quality very good; stone small, round, free; mid-season. Listed in the American Pomological Society catalog since 1852.

=Purple Flesh.= Triflora. =1.= Stark Bros. _Cat._ 1909.

A purple-fleshed variety introduced by Stark Brothers and recommended by them as being hardy.

=Purple-leaved Hybrid.= Triflora × Cerasifera. =1.= Burbank _Cat._ 16 fig. 1893.

_K. P. 193_ 1.

A seedling of Kelsey pollinated by Pissardi; from Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, California. Resembles the male parent in wood, bark, leaves, flowers and fruit; very ornamental on account of its large purple leaves. Fruit larger than Pissardi, dark purple with many white dots; bloom thin; flesh reddish-purple throughout, firm, subacid; good; ripens several weeks before Kelsey.

=Purple Panhandle.= Angustifolia watsoni. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Ibid._ 21. 1897. =3.= Bailey _Ev. Nat. Fruits_ 222, 223. 1898. =4.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 233. 1901.

Introduced from the Panhandle of Texas by F. T. Ramsey, Austin, Texas. Tree small, rapid in growth; fruit below medium in size, round-oblong, inclining to conic, purplish-red; quality poor; clingstone; early to mid-season.

=Purple Yosemite.= Species? =1.= _Gard. Mon._ =20=:176. 1878. =2.= _Penin. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 65. 1891. =3.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:32. 1903.

Yosemite 1. Yosemite Purple 3.

Introduced by W. S. Carpenter of Rye, New York, who secured it from the “Rocky Mountains.” Fruit large, roundish; cavity shallow; suture a line; skin thick, deep, dull red; dots yellow, distinct; bloom medium thick; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; quality fair; stone oval, flattened, clinging; mid-season.

=Puymirol d’Ente.= Domestica. =1.= Wickson _Cal. Fruits_ 356. 1891.

Originated at Puymirol in the southwest of France; introduced into California; a type of the Agen. Tree productive; fruit large, inclined to oblong; flesh very sweet; ripens a little earlier than Agen.

=Quaker.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 308. 1884. =2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 160. 1901.

Found in the wild by Joseph Bundy of Springville, Linn County, Iowa; introduced about 1862 by H. C. Raymond, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fruit large, roundish; cavity shallow; suture a line; stem long; skin thick, dark red; bloom thick; dots many; flesh yellow, sweet, pleasant; good; stone large, oblique-oval, flattened, semi-clinging; mid-season.

=Quality.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:24, 55. 1897. =2.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:287. 1900. =3.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =87=:15. 1907.

_Gaylord Quality_ 2.

Of unknown origin; top-grafted about 1880 by Edson Gaylord of Nora Springs, Iowa, who afterwards distributed the variety. Fruit below medium in size, round, dull purplish-red; dots white; bloom heavy; flesh soft; quality fair; stone turgid; mid-season.

=Quebec.= Domestica. Mentioned in _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:38. 1903.

=Queen.= Americana. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:31. 1903.

_Golden Queen_ 1.

From H. A. Terry coming from unknown parents and bearing its first crop in 1897. Tree upright; fruit large, round, bright golden-yellow; very good; said to be excellent for canning or dessert.

=Queen May.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:36. 1903.

First grown by Thomas Clark, Chateaugay, Quebec. Tree strong and productive; fruit large, round; cavity narrow; suture indistinct; greenish-yellow; bloom thin; dots indistinct; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, firm, sweet, rich; very good; clingstone.

=Queen Mother.= Domestica? =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 576, 577, 578. 1629. =2.= Rea _Flora_ 207. 1676. =3.= Ray _Hist. Plant._ =2=:1529. 1688. =4.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 69, 70. 1699. =5.= Langley _Pomona_ 94, Pl. XXIV fig. 3. 1729. =6.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:87. 1832. =7.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 310. 1845. =8.= Floy-Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 291. 1846. =9.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:41. 1866-73. =10.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 719. 1884. =11.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 437, 448. 1889. =12.= _Guide Prat._ 160, 361. 1895.

_Cherry_ of some ?1, ?3. _Coeur de Pigeon_ 11. Damaske Violet ?1. _Damas Violet_ 7, 11, 12. Königin Mutter 11. _Moschatelle_ of some 3. Muscadine ?1. Petit Damas Rouge 9, 12. _Petit Damas Rouge_ 6, 11. _Pigeon’s Heart_ 7, 10, 11, 12. Pigeons Heart 4. _Queene Mother_ of some 1. _Queen Mother_ 9, 11, 12. _Red Queen Mother_ 7, 11. _Rotes Taubenherz_ 11. Rotes Taubenherz 11. _Small Red Damask_ 6. Small Red Damson 6.

Queen Mother and Damas Violet have been confused for nearly three centuries, yet they are distinct, as our descriptions show. Hogg thought the Queen Mother mentioned by Ray and pictured as a cordate-shaped fruit by Parkinson, was the Myrobalan. Tree medium in size, compact, spherical; fruit small, nearly round; suture slightly pronounced, halves equal; cavity nearly lacking; stem medium in length; skin red to violet on the sunny side; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, sweet; good; freestone; mid-season.

=Queen of Arkansas.= Species? Mentioned in _Tex. Sta. Bul._ =32=:490. 1894.

=Quetsche à feuille argentee.= Species? =1.= _Guide Prat._ 162, 362. 1895.

_Frühzwetsche mit Silberblatt_ 1. _Silberblattrige Zwetsche_ 1.

A variety from Hungary having silvery-colored leaves; said to ripen two weeks before the German Prune.

=Quetsche Aplatie.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:23. 1873. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 423. 1889.

Breitgedrückte Zwetsche 2. Breitgedrückte Kaiser Zwetsche 2. _Breitgedrückte Zwetsche_ 1. _Donauers Zusammen Gedrückte Zwetsche_ 1, 2. _Plattrunde Zwetsche_ 1, 2. _Quetsche Aplatie_ 2.

Found in a garden by M. Donauer of Saxe-Cobourg, Gotha. Fruit of medium size, obovate, compressed; suture broad, shallow; dark purple; bloom thick; flesh green, sweet, aromatic; good; stone rough, free; mid-season.

=Quetsche Buhl-Eltershofen.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:159. 1866-73.

A seedling raised by M. Liegel of Germany and named in honor of M. Buhl-Eltershofen. Fruit above medium size, long-ovate; suture distinct; deep purple; bloom light; flesh greenish-white, juicy; quality good; stone large.

=Quetsche Datte des Allemands.= Domestica. =1.= _Guide Prat._ 160, 362. 1895.

Fruit large, irregular-oval, darker color than German Prune; flesh yellow, sweet; good; late.

=Quetsche de Dobrowitz.= Species? =1.= _Guide Prat._ 160, 362. 1895.

_Dobrowitzer Frühzwetsche_ 1. _Quetsche de Doubrawie_ 1.

A Hungarian variety maturing about fifteen days earlier than German Prune.

=Quetsche de Kreuter.= Domestica? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 438. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 363. 1895.

Kreuter’s Zwetsche 1. _Kreuters Zwetsche_ 2. _Quetsche de Kreuter_ 1.

A variety of little merit.

=Quetsche de Millot.= Domestica. =1.= Baltet _Cult. Fr._ 496. 1908.

Mentioned by Baltet as a better variety than the German Prune.

=Quetsche De Ransleben.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:153. 1873.

_Ranslebens Pflaume_ 1. _Ranslebens Zwetsche_ 1.

A seedling of Reine Claude raised by M. Ransleben of Berlin, Germany. Tree vigorous, an early and abundant bearer; fruit small, long-oval; suture indistinct; purplish-brown; thick bloom; flesh green, juicy; stone rough, free.

=Quetsche de Transylvanie.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 450. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 362. 1895.

_Quetsche de Transilvanie_ 2. Siebenburger Zwetsche 1. _Siebenburger Zwetsche_ 2.

Mentioned as “of very doubtful value.”

=Quetsche Dr. Létricourt.= Domestica. =1.= _Le Bon Jard._ Preface XLVII. 1882. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 455. 1889. =3.= _Guide Prat._ 161, 362. 1895.

_De Pologne_ 3. _Impériale Blanche?_ 2, 3. _Prune de Pologne_ 2. _Quetsche de Létricourt_ 2. Quetsche de Létricourt 3. _Quetsche Jaune_ 2, 3. Zwetsche Von Létricourt 2.

Fruit elliptical, elongated at both ends; skin yellow, sometimes washed red; flesh yellowish, very juicy, sweet.

=Quetsche Freestone.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._ =205=:37. 1903. =2.= _Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul._ =27=:15. 1904.

Probably a seedling of German Prune imported by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1894. Fruit small, oval; suture distinct; dark blue; flesh yellow, juicy, tart; late; inferior to German Prune.

=Quetsche Hâtive.= Domestica. =1.= Baltet _Cult. Fr._ 494. 1908.

A medium sized, long-oval, dark purple prune; good; early.

=Quetsche Jaune Précoce.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:99, fig. 50. 1866-73. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 431. 1889.

_Gelbe Frühzwetsche_ 1. Gelbe Frühzwetsche 2. _Quetsche Jaune Précoce_ 2.

Fruit of medium size, oval, yellow; flesh yellow, sprightly, tender, juicy; said to make good prunes; early.

=Quetsche Longue Précoce.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 444. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 362. 1895.

A variety of little merit.

=Quetsche Maraichère.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:107. 1873. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 431. 1889. =3.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 362. 1895.

_Die Gartenzwetsche_ 3. Gartenpflaume 2, 3. _Garten Pflaume_ 1. _Garten Zwetsche_ 1,2. _Maraichère_ 3. _Prune Maraichère_ 1, 2. _Quetsche Maraichère_ 2.

From M. M. Bauman & Sons, Bollwiller, Germany. Tree of medium vigor, an early and abundant bearer; fruit medium, ellipsoidal; suture indistinct; skin dark purple; bloom thin; flesh yellow, sweet, aromatic; freestone; excellent for drying.

=Quetsche Pointue.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:51. 1873. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 450. 1889.

_Provinz Zwetsche_ 2. _Quetsche de Province_ 1. _Spitszwetsche_ 1. Spitzzwetsche 2.

Liegel received this variety in 1816 from M. Grob of Eichelstadt, Bavaria, under the name of Quetsche de Province. Tree vigorous, an early and productive bearer; fruit large, long-ovate, obtuse at the stem end, acute-pointed at the apex; suture broad, deep; deep purple; bloom thick; flesh yellowish, sweet; good for culinary purposes; stone long, narrow, clinging.

=Quetsche Précoce de Buhlerthal.= Domestica? =1.= _Guide Prat._ 164, 363. 1895.

_Frühzwetsche von Buhlerthal_ 1. _Zwetsche Frühe Von Buhlerthal_ 1.

A new variety from Germany maturing very early.

=Quetsche Précoce De Frauendorf.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:97. 1873.

_Frauendorfer Frühe Zwetsche_ 1.

Introduced by Eugene Furst, Frauendorf, Bavaria; distinguished from the German Prune by its larger size, earlier maturity and superior quality.

=Quetsche Précoce Liegel.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:53. 1873. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 439. 1889.

_Liegels Frühzwetsche_ 1. Liegels Frühzwetsche 2. _Quetsche Hâtive de Liegel_ 2. _Quetsche Précoce de Liegel_ 2.

Found growing among German Prune trees by M. Liegel; differs from the German Prune only in that its fruit matures a few days earlier.

=Quetsche Précoce De Schamal.= Domestica. =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:5. 1873.

_Schamals Frühzwetsche_ 1.

Originated by M. Schamal of Jungbunzlau, Bohemia. Fruit small, obovate; suture narrow, shallow; dark purple; flesh yellow, sweet, perfumed; good; freestone.

=Quetsche Ronde.= Domestica. =1.= Knoop _Fructologie_ =2=:62. 1771.

A strain of the German Prune.

=Quetsche Verte D’Italie.= Domestica. =1.= Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:34, Tab. 182 fig. 2. 1796. =2.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 152. 1831. =3.= Mas. _Le Verger_ =6=:97. 1866-73. =4.= _Guide Prat._ 162, 363. 1895.

Die lange, grüne und grosses welsche Pflaume? 1. _Grüne Eierpflaume_ 4. _Grüne Zwetsche_ 4. _Italienische Grüne Zwetsche_ 3, 4. _Verdage D’Italie_ 3, 4. _Vertage d’Italie tres-grosse_ 1.

A European plum of unknown origin. Tree large; fruit large, ellipsoidal; suture very shallow; skin tender, not adherent, greenish-yellow, specked with red; stem short; flesh greenish-yellow, melting, juicy, aromatic; of first quality; clingstone; mid-season.

=Quitique.= Species? Letter from F. T. Ramsey.

Selected from the wild near Quitique, Texas.

=Rachel.= Hortulana mineri. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:58, 86. 1892. =2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 175. 1901. =3.= _Ga. Sta. Bul._ =67=:280. 1904.

Fruit small, roundish; suture a line; cavity shallow; bright red; dots yellow, conspicuous; blue; flesh yellow, melting; quality fair; clingstone; mid-season.

=Rademakers.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 444. 1889. =2.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2nd Ser. =3=:53. 1900.

_Brugnon de Neerveteren_ 1. Rademaker’s Prune 1.

Under test at the British Columbia Experimental Station.

=Ragland.= Triflora × Angustifolia varians. =1.= _Vt. Sta. Bul._ =67=:19. 1898. =2.= Kerr _Cat._ 11. 1900. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 223. 1901.

A hybrid grown by D. H. Watson, Brenham, Texas, supposedly from seed of Kelsey pollinated by Yellow Transparent; introduced by W. A. Yates in 1897. Fruit of medium size, oblate; cavity broad, rounded; suture lacking; bright clear yellow; dots yellow; bloom white; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, sweet, rich; very good; stone small, clinging; early.

=Raisin.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 152. 1831. =2.= _Mag. Hort._ =9=:165. 1843.

An old European variety now obsolete. Fruit small, round, greenish; of medium quality; clingstone.

=Ramsey Last.= Munsoniana. Letter from Kerr.

Originated with F. T. Ramsey, Austin, Texas. Fruit small; good; late for its group.

=Ranette.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 444. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 160, 363. 1895.

Fruit large, roundish-oval, reddish-brown; flesh yellow, juicy, good; freestone; late.

=Rangheri.= Insititia. =1.= Koch _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 571. 1876. =2.= Lange _Allgem. Garten_ =2=:420. 1879. =3.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:155. 1866-73. =4.= Lauche _Deut. Pom._ Pl. IV. 14. 1882. =5.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 444. 1889. =6.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 465. 1900.

Mirabelle de Rangheri 3. _Mirabelle Hâtive de Rangheri_ 5. _Mirabelle Rangheri_ 5. _Mirabelle de Rangheri_ 5. Mirabelle Rangheris 2. _Rangheri’s Aprikosen Pflaume_ 5. _Rangheri’s Frühe Gelbe Mirabelle_ 4, 5. _Rangheri’s Frühe Mirabelle_ 5. _Rangheri’s Gelbe Mirabelle_ 5. Rangheris Mirabelle 1. _Rangheris Mirabelle_ 3. Rangheri’s Mirabelle 4, 5, 6.

Raised by Liegel from the stone of the Abricotée de Braunau plum, and dedicated by him to M. Henri Rangheri, a merchant at Prague, Bohemia. Tree of medium vigor; fruit medium, roundish-oval; suture indistinct; cavity shallow; skin golden-yellow with red spots on the sunny side; flesh yellow, juicy, tender, sweet, aromatic; of first quality; freestone; mid-season; valuable for table and household purposes.

=Rareripe.= Americana. =1.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =26=:14. 1891. =2.= _Ibid._ =93=:32. 1905.

_Rare Ripe_ 1.

Tree hardy and productive; fruit small, dark red; flesh sweet; clingstone; inferior to Harrison but better than De Soto; mid-season.

=Ray.= Hortulana mineri × Munsoniana. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =12=:227. 1899.

A supposed cross between Miner and Wild Goose from A. L. Bruce of Basin Springs, Texas. Fruit small to medium, oval to roundish; cavity medium deep; suture faint; dark red; flesh yellow; clingstone.

=Raymond.= Species? =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:80. 1892.

Mentioned by Bailey in 1892 in an unclassified list of plums.

=Raynes.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:36. 1903. =2.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 66. 1905.

_Dunlop 53_ 1.

Disseminated by W. W. Dunlop, Outremont, Quebec. Fruit of the prune type, above medium size, oval; suture distinct; dark reddish-purple; bloom moderate; flesh yellowish-green, firm, sweet; good; freestone; mid-season.

=Reagan.= Hortulana × Americana. =1.= Tex. _Cat._ 1907.

An offspring of Wayland crossed with an Americana; introduced by the Texas Nursery Company in 1907. Fruit large, red, rich; good; very late.

=Reagles Gage.= Domestica. =1.= Cultivator =6=:269. 1858. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 941. 1869. =3.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 720. 1884.

Reagles’ Gage 1, 2.

A seedling of Washington raised by C. Reagles, Schenectady, New York. Tree vigorous, upright; fruit of medium size, spherical; suture broad, shallow; greenish-yellow, splashed with darker green; bloom light; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet, vinous; good; freestone; mid-season.

=Rebecca.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894-1900.

Fruit above medium in size, roundish-oblong, purplish-red; clingstone; mid-season.

=Reche.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894-1901.

Tree strong and productive; fruit large for the species, globular; dull purplish-red; clingstone.

=Red Cloud.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1897-1900.

Fruit small, roundish, mottled red; inferior; clingstone.

=Red Gage.= Domestica. =1.= _Am. Gard. Cal._ 588. 1806. =2.= _N. Y. Agr. Soc. Rpt._ 292 fig. 1848. 3. Hooper _W. Fr. Book_ 251. 1857. =4.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 443. 1889. =5.= _Guide Prat._ 157, 162, 364. 1895.

_Auserlesene Rote Reine-Claude_ 4. _Auserlesene rothe Reineclaude_ 5. _Lombard_ 3 incor. _Prince’s Red Gage_ 2, 4, 5. Prince’s Rote Reine-Claude 4. _Prinzens rothe Reineclaude_ 5. _Red Gage_ 4, 5. Reine-Claude Rouge Americaine 5. Reine-Claude rouge de Prince 5. _Reine-Claude Rouge de Prince_ 4.

Red Gage was grown from a seed of Reine Claude in 1790 by William Prince, Flushing, Long Island, New York. Fruit of medium size, oval; suture lacking; stem short; dark red in the sun ranging to pale red in the shade; flesh greenish, tender, juicy, sweet; very good; stone small, free; mid-season.

=Red Gage of Dutchess County.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 942. 1869.

Originated in Dutchess County, New York. Fruit of medium size, roundish-oval, slightly compressed; suture distinct; cavity large; color yellow overlaid with a light reddish-purple; dots numerous; flesh yellow, juicy; good; clingstone; mid-season.

=Red Glass.= Hortulana mineri × Domestica. =1.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =14=:272. 1901. =2.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =114=:143. 1910.

Red Glass originated with Theodore Williams of Benson, Nebraska, as a seedling of Miner pollinated by Quackenboss. Fruit large, oval, red; bloom thick; flesh firm, meaty, tender, sweet; good; mid-season.

=Red Glass Junior.= (Hortulana mineri × Domestica) × Domestica. =1.= _Am. Br. Assoc. Rpt._ =2=:185. 1906.

A hybrid from Theodore Williams of Benson, Nebraska, from seed of Red Glass crossed with Quackenboss. The variety is hardy and gives promise of value in Nebraska.

=Red Horse.= Americana. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1897.

Fruit of medium size, roundish-oblong, dull red; inferior; clingstone.

=Redick.= Americana. Mentioned in _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 228. 1909.

=Red Magdalene.= Domestica. Mentioned in Watkins _Cat._ 1892.

=Red May.= Triflora × Munsoniana. =1.= Sherman _Cat._ 1898. =2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 224, 1901.

A seedling of Abundance fertilized by Wild Goose from A. L. Bruce[231], Texas; introduced by J. S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas, in 1898. Fruit of medium size, oblong, pointed, deep red; similar to Red June but ten days earlier.

=Red October.= Species? =1.= _Tex. Dept. Agr. Bul._ =12=:103. 1910.

A variety reported as worthless in Hale County, Texas.

=Red Panhandle.= Angustifolia watsoni. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1894. =2.= _Ibid_. 1897. =3.= Bailey _Ev. of Nat. Fr._ 222, 223. 1898. =4.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 233. 1901.

Of the same origin as Purple Panhandle. Tree irregular and straggling in habit, very productive; fruit small to medium, irregular-oval or oblong, dull dark red with scattering dots; bloom thick; skin tough; flesh reddish-yellow; very poor; stone large, roundish-oval, slightly flattened, clinging; early.

=Red Pear.= Domestica. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 576. 1629. =2.= Rea _Flora_ 208. 1676. =3.= Ray _Hist. Plant._ =2=:1528. 1688.

Mentioned as poor in quality. May be identical with the Pear Plum.

=Red Peascod.= Domestica. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 576, 577. 1629. =2.= Rea _Flora_ 208. 1676. =3.= Ray _Hist. Plant._ =2=:1529. 1688.

Red Pescod 1.

Cultivated in the Seventeenth Century. Fruit elongated, watery; poor in quality; very late.

=Red Perdrigon.= Domestica. =1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:86. 1768. =2.= Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:27, Tab. 172 fig. 2. 1796. =3.= Willich _Dom. Enc._ =4=:299. 1803. =4.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 312. 1845. =5.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 445. 1881. =6.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 448. 1889.

Die rothe Rebhuhnpflaume 2. Perdrigon rouge 1. _Perdrigon rouge_ 2, 4, 6. _Podiebrader Pflaume_ 6. _Red Perdrigon_ 6. Roter Perdrigon 6. Rother Perdrigon 5.

Red Perdrigon was first described by Duhamel; probably introduced into America during the latter part of the Eighteenth Century. Tree very productive; fruit small, oval; cavity small; suture lacking; dark red; dots small; bloom heavy; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, sweet, aromatic; freestone; late mid-season.

=Red Primordian.= Domestica. =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 575. 1629. =2.= Floy-Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 286, 382. 1846. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 943. 1869. =4.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:149, fig. 75. 1873.

Early Red Primordian 2. _Red Primordian_ 2, 4. Rouge Hâtive 4.

Common in Europe nearly three centuries ago. Fruit of medium size, pear-shaped, reddish, pleasant; good; early. Downing and Mas described a variety under this name supposed to have originated with William Prince. It is very similar to the older variety of which it may be a seedling.

=Red Prune.= Domestica. =1.= _Horticulturist_ =8=:536. 1853.

_Bottle Plum_ =1.=

From Pennsylvania. Fruit long-pyriform, with a slender neck; suture distinct; pale red; good; it closely resembles the Red Date.

=Red Skin.= Munsoniana. Letter from Kerr.

Originated by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska.

=Red Violet.= =1.= Ray _Hist. Plant._ =2=:1528. 1688.

Mentioned by Ray in the preceding reference together with blue and amber sorts but without description.

=Red Virginal.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 153. 1831. =2.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:74. 1832. =3.= Elliott _Fr. Book_ 429. 1854. =4.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 950. 1869. =5.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 448. 1889.

Rote Jungfernpflaume 5. _Virgin_ 2. Virgin 3, 4. _Virginal à Fruit Blanc_ 4 incor. _Virginal à gros Fruit blanc_ 4 incor. Virginal Blanc 4 incor. _Virginale_ 3. _Virginale à Fruit Rouge_ 5. _Virginale Blanc_ 4 incor. _Virginale Rouge_ 2, 5. _Virginal Rouge_ 1. _White Virginale_ 4 incor.

Fruit of medium size, roundish, reddish-purple; bloom thick; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy; good; semi-free.

=Red Winter.= Domestica. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 61. 1887.

_Krasnaya osimaya_ 1.

Imported by the Iowa Agricultural College.

=Reed.= Hortulana. =1.= _N. J. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 12. 1882. =2.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =11=:286 fig. 1898.

Originated with P. H. Reed of Hightstown, New Jersey, from pits brought from Illinois; introduced by Charles Black of the same place. Tree vigorous; leaves large, dark green; fruit small, round; suture a faint line; skin thick; dark red; dots yellow; flesh yellow, meaty; quality fair; stone turgid, semi-clinging; late.

=Reel.= Americana mollis. =1.= Kerr _Cat._ 1898. =2.= Terry _Cat._ 1900.

Grown by H. A. Terry of Crescent, Iowa; a seedling of Van Buren; first fruited in 1896. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, pale yellow with a red cheek; good.

=Regina.= Nigra? =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 426. 1900.

A seedling raised at Indian Head Experimental Farm, Northwest Territory, Canada. Fruit small, red; skin thick; good.

=Reine-Claude Abricotine.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 445. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 156, 363. 1895.

Fruit small, whitish; flesh light yellow, sweet; good; early.

=Reine Claude d’Écully.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 445. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 153, 364. 1895.

Tree vigorous; fruit large, round; cavity small; suture distinct; greenish-yellow; bloom thin; flesh firm, sweet, juicy; good; freestone; mid-season.

=Reine Claude d’Oberdieck.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 446. 1889.

=Reine Claude de Brignais.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 452. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 162, 364. 1895.

_Reine-Claude de Brignais_ 1. Violette Reine-Claude Von Brignais 1.

Said to be superior to Reine Claude.

=Reine Claude de l’Echoisier.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2nd Ser. =3=:55. 1900.

Of French origin. Not hardy in Canada.

=Reine Claude de Mezel.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2nd Ser. =3=:55. 1900.

Of French origin. Tree vigorous; fruit medium, globular; suture shallow; skin greenish-yellow; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; early.

=Reine Claude de Razaimbaut.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 446. 1889. =2.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2nd Ser. =3=:55. 1900.

_Reine-Claude de Razaimbaut_ 1. Reine-Claude de Razimbaud 1. _Reine-Claude Précoce de Razimbaud_ 1.

Imported from France by the Canadian Experimental Farm at Agassiz, British Columbia. Tree vigorous; fruit small, roundish; skin green; flesh green, juicy, sweet; mid-season.

=Reine Claude de Saint-Avertin.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 446. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 155, 364. 1895.

Fruit rather large, roundish, greenish-yellow blushed with red; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet, aromatic; very good; late.

=Reine Claude de Vandenbrok.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 446. 1889.

=Reine Claude de Wazon.= Domestica. =1.= _Guide Prat._ 160, 364. 1895. =2.= Baltet _Cult. Fr_. 491. 1908.

Tree vigorous, productive; fruit nearly large, obovate, greenish-yellow, washed with red; flesh juicy, sweet and acidulated; very good; mid-season.

=Reine Claude Descarde.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 445. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 364. 1895.

An inferior variety of the Reine Claude type.

=Reine Claude Hamaitre.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 446. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 364. 1895.

A variety of the Reine Claude type of doubtful value.

=Reine Claude Monstrueuse de Mezel.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 446. 1889.

=Reine Claude Sagot.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ 2nd Ser. =3=:56. 1900.

Probably of French origin; as tested in Canada, tree weak; foliage small, scanty; fruit medium in size, globular; stem one-half inch long; cavity small; suture distinct; skin whitish-yellow; flesh yellowish, rather dry, tender, fine-grained, very sweet; stone small, roundish, free; mid-season.

=Reine Claude Von Bollwiller.= Domestica. Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 445. 1889.

=Reine des Mirabelles.= Insititia × Domestica. =1.= _Guide Prat._ 164, 364. 1895. =2.= _Rev. Hort._ 476. 1901.

_Königin der Mirabellen_ 1.

Produced by crossing the Mirabelle and the Reine Claude. Tree vigorous and productive; fruit large, yellow, dotted with red on the sunny side, juicy; good; mid-season.

=Reine Victoria.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 380. 1866.

According to Hogg this is a French variety distinct from Victoria. Fruit roundish-oval, reddish-purple; flesh juicy, rich, agreeable, freestone; similar to Kirke but two or three weeks later.

=Reisenzwetsche.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 447. 1889.

_Reine-Claude Geante_ 1.

Mathieu gives reference to _Monatsschrift für Pomologie_ 281. 1858.

=Reizenstein Yellow Prune.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 943. 1869. =2.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:119. 1866-73. =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 446. 1889. =4.= _Guide Prat._ 161, 362. 1895.

_De Reizeinstein_ 4. _Jaune de Reizenstein_ 4. _Pruneau Jaune de Reizenstein_ 2, 3. _Prune de Reizenstein_ 2, 3. _Quetsche Jaune de Reizenstein_ 3. Quetsche Jaune de Reizenstein 2, 4. Reizensteiner Gelbe Zwetsche 3. _Reizensteiner Gelbe Zwetsche_ 2, 4. _Reizensteiner Pflaume_ 2, 3, 4. _Reizensteiner Zwetsche_ 3, 4. _Reizenstein’s Yellow Prune_ 2, 3, 4. _Susina Settembrica Quialla_ 3, 4.

Probably originated in Italy. Tree of medium vigor, very prolific, not hardy; fruit of medium size, irregularly ovate; suture indistinct; skin golden-yellow; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; stone rough, free.

=Reutlinger Frühzwetsche.= Domestica? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 447. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 162, 363. 1895.

Quetsche Précoce de Reutlingen 2. _Reutlinger Frühzwetsche_ 2.

An attractive variety ripening in early mid-season.

=Rhinebeck Yellow Gage.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 405. 1857.

Rhinebeck Yellow Gage 1.

Originated at Rhinebeck, New York. Tree vigorous; fruit large, oval; suture deep; cavity shallow; yellow; flesh coarse, juicy, sweet, pleasant; clingstone; mid-season.

=Rhodes.= Domestica. =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 68, 69. 1699.

Mentioned by Quintinye “as long and black.”

=Rhue.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 944. 1869.

_Rhue’s Seedling_ 1.

A seedling from Pennsylvania. Fruit large, oval; suture broad, shallow; cavity deep; reddish-purple; flesh greenish-yellow, coarse, juicy, sweet, vinous; semi-clinging; good; early.

=Richard Trotter.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 98. 1898.

Reported as one of the hardiest of the European varieties tested by the Experimental Farm at Ottawa, Canada.

=Richland.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. Mon._ =1=:2, 154 fig. 1859. =2.= _Ibid._ =5=:18. 1863. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 944. 1869. =4.= _Can. Exp. Farm. Bul._ =43=:36. 1903.

_Copper_ 2.

Originated on the farm of Randall Elden, Richland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, about 1820. Tree hardy, vigorous, productive and said to be resistant to the curculio; fruit medium in size, oval; cavity small; suture a line; skin thick, bluish; dots small; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, slightly sweet; quality fair; stone large, oval, flat, clinging; mid-season; listed in the catalog of the American Pomological Society in 1875.

=Riga 11.= Domestica. =1.= _Mich. Sta. Rpt._ 111. 1887.

Imported from Russia by J. L. Budd of the Iowa Experiment Station.

=Rigny.= Domestica. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 683. 1884. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 420. 1889.

Admiral Rigny 2. Admiral de Rigny 1. _Amiral de Rigny_ 2. _Georg IV_ 2. _Jackson?_ 2.

Described as of medium size, roundish-oval; suture shallow; yellowish-green flaked and striped with darker green, with a few crimson dots on the sunny side; stem of medium length; cavity shallow; flesh yellow, tender, melting, juicy and rich; nearly freestone; early.

=Rising Sun.= Domestica. =1.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 258. 1832.

Corse’s Rising Sun 1.

Originated by Henry Corse, Montreal, Canada. Fruit large, bright yellow, tinged with red next to the sun; good; productive.

=Rivers Early.= Insititia. =1.= _Jour. Hort._ N. S. =29=:177. 1875. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 695. 1884. =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 447. 1889. =4.= Rivers _Cat._ 35. 1898.

_Damas Précoce de Rivers_ 3. Rivers’ Early Damson 1, 3, 4.

Grown by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, from a seed of St. Etienne. Fruit of medium size, sweet and juicy; good.

=Robert.= Americana. =1.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =87=:15. 1901.

Robert’s Freestone 1.

Fruit of medium size, oblong, flattened; suture a line; light greenish-yellow overlaid with purplish-red; skin thick, tough; flesh moderately firm, sweet but not rich; stone nearly free.

=Roby Yellow.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 944. 1869.

A seedling raised by H. R. Roby, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Tree moderately vigorous; fruit small, round; suture broad, shallow; cavity small; greenish-yellow; bloom heavy; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet; good; clingstone; mid-season.

=Rockford.= Americana. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Rpt._ 392. 1891. =2.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 161 fig. 1901. =3.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 128. 1906.

Introduced in 1889 by C. G. Patten of Charles City, Iowa, who found the variety in 1871 on the farm of O. J. Green who, in turn, had brought it as a young tree from a grove near Rockford. Tree productive; fruit medium in size, roundish; cavity medium; suture shallow; skin thick, tough; dark and somewhat purplish-red; bloom thick; dots small; flesh yellow; good; stone large, oval, flattened, clinging; mid-season; listed by the American Pomological Society since 1897.

=Rocky Mountain.= Species? =1.= _Can. Hort._ =15=:157. 1892. =2.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:80. 1892.

_Rocky Mountain Seedling_ 2.

Reported in the Canadian Horticulturist as a “heavy cropper and of first quality.” Bailey mentions a “Rocky Mountain Seedling” in an unclassified list. The Rocky Mountain described by Waugh is not to be confused with these two varieties as it is undoubtedly a Sand Cherry.

=Rodney.= Domestica. =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 152. 1831.

_Rodney Gage_ 1.

Described in the London Horticultural Society catalog as large, oval, purple; quality fair; clingstone.

=Rodt Blaue Zwetsche.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 447. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 365. 1895.

“A variety of little merit.”

=Rodt Frühe Grosse Pflaumenzwetsche.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 447. 1889.

_Grosse Hâtive de Rodt._

=Rognon D’Ane.= Domestica. =1.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:100. 1832.

Fruit large, oval, dark purple; mid-season; similar to Yellow Egg except in color.

=Rognon de Coq.= Domestica. =1.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 68. 1699. =2.= Miller _Gard. Dict._ =3=:1754. =3.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 152. 1831.

Quetsche Rognon de Coq 3.

Mentioned only by the earlier writers. Fruit long; suture deep, prominent; light yellow streaked with red; clingstone; late.

=Rollande Galloppi.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 944. 1869.

Fruit of medium size, long-oval, necked; suture distinct; cavity small; yellowish-green, dotted with crimson in the sun; bloom light; flesh yellowish-green, juicy, sweet; good; clingstone; late.

=Ronald Fancy.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 945. 1869.

Fruit of medium size, oval; suture distinct; cavity medium deep; yellow, striped with green; bloom thin; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sugary, vinous, sprightly; good; freestone; very late.

=Roselle.= Americana. =1.= _Ia. Sta. Bul._ =46=:287. 1900.

_Hoffman Seedling_ 1.

A chance seedling grown by Ernest Hoffman, Roselle, Carroll County, Iowa, in 1892. Fruit large, roundish-oval, yellow blushed with red; sweet; semi-free; mid-season.

=Ros-Pruim Double.= Domestica. =1.= Knoop _Fructologie_ =2=:62. 1771.

Similar to the Horse plum except that it is smaller.

=Ross.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Hort._ =23=:438. 1900.

Ross Seedling 1.

A seedling, supposedly of Bradshaw, grown by J. T. Ross, Hamilton, Canada. Fruit of much the same appearance as Bradshaw but inferior in quality; earlier in season.

=Rossy Frühe Zwetsche.= Species? Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 447. 1889.

_Rossy’s Früh Zwetsche._

=Rostrave Bell.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 945. 1869.

Originated with John D. Stephens, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, roundish-oval; suture broad, shallow; cavity deep; reddish-purple; dots brown; flesh yellow, coarse, rather dry, vinous; good; semi-clinging; mid-season.

=Rote Mirabelle.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 448. 1889.

_Damasine Kleine Kirsch Pflaume._ _Mirabelle Rouge._

=Rotes Zeiberl.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 448. 1889.

_Rote Herbst Zeiberl_ 1.

Referenced by Mathieu from _Wiener Garten-Zeitung_ 288. 1884.

=Rote Zwetsche.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 448. 1889.

_Rosinen Pflaume._ _Spitzige Rote Pflaume._ _Spitz Pflaume._

=Rothe Jungfernpflaume.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 445. 1881.

A German variety said to be unproductive in dry soil.

=Rouge Hâtive de Nitka.= Domestica. =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 96. 1877.

Mentioned in the preceding reference as of medium size, purple, juicy, rich; good; mid-season.

=Roulette.= Munsoniana. =1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:50, 86. 1892. =2.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 142. 1897. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 188. 1901.

Rowlett 2.

Supposed to have originated in Texas. Fruit of medium size, oval; cavity small; suture a line; skin thin; bright red; dots numerous; bloom thin; flesh yellow; quality fair; stone oval, flattened, clinging; mid-season. Listed in the catalog of the American Pomological Society since 1899.

=Round.= Species? =1.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 83. 1888.

J. Webster of Centralia, Illinois, states that he received this variety from a Mr. Spears of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Of high quality; especially adapted for canning.

=Round Leaf Wonderful.= Domestica. =1.= _N. Y. Sta. Rpt._ =12=:612. 1893.

An obscure variety found only in a few collections. Fruit of medium size, long-oval; suture a line; cavity small; dark purple; bloom thick; dots small; flesh yellow, fine-grained, tender, sweet, mild; very good; stone flattened, oval, free; mid-season.

=Rowley.= Domestica. =1.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:36. 1903.

Originated with Jos. Rowley, Cummings Bridge, Ontario. Tree very productive; fruit above medium size, round; suture a line; purplish-red; flesh yellow, moderately juicy, firm, sweet, rich; good; clingstone; mid-season.

=Royal.= Domestica. =1.= Rea _Flora_ 207. 1676. =2.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 69. 1699. =3.= Langley _Pomona_ 92, Pl. XX fig. 8. 1729. =4.= Kraft _Pom. Aust._ =2=:40, Tab. 191 fig. 1. 1796. =5.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 945. 1869. =6.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 438. 1889.

Die Königliche grosse Pflaume 4. _French Royal_ 4, 5, 6. Kings Plum 1. Königspflaume 6. _La Royale_ 5, 6. La Royal 2. _Prune Royale_ 5, 6. _Royal tres-grosse_ 4, 6. _Royal Red_ 5, 6. _Royal_ 5, 6. Royal 2. _Royal Plumb_ 3. Royale 5. _Royale_ 6. _Sir Charles Worsley’s_ 3, 5, 6. _Wahre Königspflaume_ 6.

Royal is an Old World variety supposed to have originated in France. Tree a slow grower; top bushy; shoots pubescent; fruit medium in size, roundish; suture distinct; cavity narrow; reddish-purple; dots small, brownish; bloom thick; flesh yellow, melting, juicy, rich, subacid; quality very good; stone small, roundish, pointed, free; mid-season.

=Royal Bullace.= Insititia. =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 689. 1884.

Royal Bullace is the largest of the Bullaces. Fruit round; suture faint; cavity wide, deep; stem short, slender; greenish-yellow, mottled with red; bloom thin; flesh green, sprightly; good; freestone; late.

=Royal Dauphine.= Domestica. =1.= Miller _Gard. Kal._ 184. 1734. =2.= Forsyth _Treat. Fr. Trees_ 21. 1803.

Royal Dauphin 2. Royale Dauphin 1.

Fruit large, oval, dark red shading to light red, mottled; bloom thick; flesh greenish-yellow, sweet; good; freestone; mid-season.

=Royal de Braunac.= Domestica. =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 2nd App. 157. 1876.

Fruit of medium size, roundish-oval; suture very slight; light red with dark purple blush; dots numerous, brown; bloom heavy; flesh greenish-yellow, coarse, rather firm, juicy, rich; clingstone; mid-season.

=Royale de Behrens.= Domestica. =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 422. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 365. 1895.

Behren’s Königspflaume 1. _Behrens Königspflaume_ 2. _Royale de Behrens_ 1.

Listed in the preceding references.

=Royale de Siebenfreud.= Domestica? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 450. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 158, 365. 1895.

_Royale de Siebenfreund_ 1. Siebenfreund’s Königspflaume 1. _Siebenfreud’s Königspflaume_ 2.

Grown by Liegel and named by him in honor of M. Siebenfreud, of Tyrnau, Hungary. Fruit large, long-oval, brownish-red; flesh pale yellow, juicy; good; mid-season.

=Royale Hâtive de Liegel.= Domestica. =1.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 420. 1881. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 430. 1889. =3.= _Guide Prat._ 163, 365. 1895.

Frühe Königspflaume 2. _Frühe Königspflaume_ 3. Königspflaume Frühe 1. _Rouge de Liegel_ 2. _Royale Hâtive de Liegel_ 2. _Royale Hâtive_ 2.

Similar to the Royal Hâtive but inferior in quality.

=Royale Violette de Keindl.= Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 437. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 157, 365. 1895.

_Keindl’s Violette Königspflaume_ 2. Keindt’s Violette Königspflaume 1. _Royale Violette de Keindt_ 1.

Originated by Liegel and named after Mr. Keindl, a German pomologist. Fruit large, oval, violet; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, juicy; good; early.

=Royal Pea.= Domestica. Mentioned in Forsyth _Treat. Fr. Trees_ 21. 1803.

=Royer Aprikosen Pflaume.= Domestica. Listed in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 449. 1889.

_Abricotée de Royer._ _Prune-Abricot de Royer._

=Ruben Burgunder Zwetsche.= Species? Mentioned in Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 449. 1889.

=Ruby.= Domestica. =1.= _Gard. and For._ =7=:243. 1894.

Charles H. Shinn of Berkeley, California, describes this variety as a dark red prune coming from Lake County, California.

=Ruby.= Triflora × Munsoniana. =1.= _U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt._ 46. 1895. =2.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =12=:228. 1899. =3.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 224. 1901.