Fruit very early; one and three-eighths inches by one and one-quarter inches in size, long-cordate to slightly oval, dark purplish-red over yellow, covered with thick bloom; skin tender, bitter; flesh yellow, not very juicy, tender, sweet, with a peculiar but pleasant flavor; of good quality; stone clinging, seven-eighths inch by one-half inch in size, elongated-ovate, narrow, blunt at the base, long drawn out at the apex, the surfaces rough. BASSETT _Prunus maritima_ =1.= _Gard. Mon._ =17=:335. 1875. =2.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:75. 1892. =3.= Bailey _Ev. Nat. Fruits_ 214. 1898. =4.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 229. 1901. =5.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =162=:254, 255. 1905. =6.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:10. 1905. Bassett’s American 2, 3. _Bassett’s American_ 4. Bassett, the best known of the few cultivated varieties of _Prunus maritima_, was found growing wild in New Jersey and was turned over to a nurseryman, Wm. F. Bassett of Hamilton, New Jersey, who introduced it in 1872. After its introduction it became somewhat popular in the West, gaining quite a reputation as being “curculio proof,” However, its marked inferiority to varieties of other species, in both size and quality, has now banished it from all commercial plantings. The following description is compiled. Tree vigorous, spreading. Fruit late mid-season; very small, roundish, dull red, covered with thin bloom; skin thick, tough; flesh greenish-yellow; quality poor; stone of medium size, roundish, smooth, free. BAVAY [Illustration: BAVAY] _Prunus domestica_ =1.= _Gard. Chron._ =6=:65. 1846. =2.= _Mag. Hort._ =12=:340. 1846. =3.= _Horticulturist_ =1=:527. 1846. =4.= Lee _Gen. Farmer_ =10=:241. 1849. =5.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 328. 1849. =6.= Elliott _Fr. Book_ 423. 1854. =7.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 210. 1856. =8.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 370. fig. 1857. =9.= _U. S. D. A. Rpt._ 190, Pl. XII. 1865. =10.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 379. 1866. =11.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 897. 1869. =12.= _Pom. France_ =7=: No. 6. 1871. =13.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:93, fig. 47. 1866. =14.= Oberdieck _Deut. Obst. Sort._ 437. 1881. =15.= _Cat. Cong. Pom. France_ 363. 1887. =16.= _Rev. Hort._ 515. 1888. =17.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 422. 1889. =18.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._ =129=:32, 33. 1896. =19.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =131=:191. 1897. =20.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._ =169=:241, 242. 1899. =21.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 96. 1901. =22.= _Va. Sta. Bul._ =134=:40. 1902. =23.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =162=:241. 1905.