=1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 578. 1629. =2.= Gerard Herball 1496, 1498. 1636. =3.= Quintinye _Com. Gard._ 67. 1699. =4.= Langley _Pomona_ 94. 1724. =5.= Forsyth _Treat. Fr. Trees_ 21. 1803. =6.= _Am. Gard. Cat._ 588. 1806. =7.= Phillips _Com. Orch._ 306. 1831. =8.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 145, 146. 1831. =9.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 297. 1845. =10.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 342. 1849. =11.= _Pom. Soc. Cat._ 86. 1862. =12.= Hooper _W. Fr. Book_ 244. 1857. =13.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =2=:69. 1873. =14.= Manning _Hist. Mass. Hort. Soc._ 4. 1880. =15.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 695. 1884. =16.= De Candolle _Or. Cult. Plants_ 212. 1885. =17.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 438. 1889. =18.= _Am. Gard._ =14=:146, 147. 1893. _August Pflaume_ 17. Blacke Damascene ?1. Blew Damson 1. Black Damascene 5. Black Damson ?8. _Black Damson_ 9, 11, 17. _Blew Damask_ 3. Black Damosine 4. _Blue Damson_ 10, 11. _Bullace_ 17. Common Damson 6, 15. _Common Damson_ 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17. Damascene 2. _Damascene_ 7, 16. _Damson_ 17. Damas Noir ?8. Damascus ?8. Damas Commun 13. _Early Damson_ of many 9, 10, 17. _Haber Pflaume_ 17. _Hafer Schlehe_ 17. _Jakobs Pflaume_ 17. _Kleine Blaue Julians Pflaume_ 17. _Kreke_ 17. Krieche 17. _Purple Damson_ 9, 10, 17. _Prunus Insititia_ 17. _Round Damson_ 8, 15. Round Black Damson ?8. _Small Round Damson_ 8. _Sankt-Julians Pflaume_ 17. _Schlehen Pflaume_ 17. _Wahre Schlehen Damascene_ 17. _Zipperle_ 17. _Zipperlein_ 17. The common Damson, the Damson of the ancients, probably little changed since before Christ’s time, is still worthy of cultivation even though a score or more of its offspring are offered to take its place. In productiveness, vigor of tree and hardiness it is scarcely surpassed by any of its kind and while its fruits are smaller and more astringent than the best of its offspring they are not surpassed for the chief use of all Damsons—the making of preserves. The chief asset of the Damson is its great adaptability to various soils and climates, surpassing all newcomers of its type in this respect. So while undoubtedly some of the improved Damsons surpass the parent variety under many conditions, there yet remain localities in which the original stock is possibly most valuable.