=1.= Prince _Treat. Hort._ 25. 1828. =2.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 260. 1832. =3.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:100. 1832. =4.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 297. 1845. =5.= _Horticulturist_ =1=:115, 116 fig. 36. 1846. =6.= Floy-Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 419. 1846. =7.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 343. 1849. =8.= Elliott _Fr. Book_ 418. 1854. =9.= _Horticulturist_ =10=:253. 1855. =10.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 191. 1856. =11.= Hooper _W. Fr. Book_ 244, 250. 1857. =12.= Bridgeman _Gard. Ass’t_ =3=:127. 1857. =13.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 910. 1869. =14.= _Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 303, 1878. =15.= Mas _Le Verger_ =6=:77, fig. 39. 1866-73, =16.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._ =103=:32. 1894. =17.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =131=:184. 1897. =18.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =162=:254, 255. 1905. =19.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 100, 102 fig. 1901. _Apricot_ 5 incor. _Dame Aubert Violet_ 12. Duane’s Plum 5 incor. Duane’s Purple 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17. _Duane’s Purple_ 15, 19. Duane’s Purple French 1, 2, 3, 4. Duane’s French Purple 12. _Duane’s Large Purple_ 3. _Duane’s Large Orleans_ 3. _Duane’s Purple French_ 8, 9. _English Pond’s Seedling_ 8. Pourprée De Duane 15. _Pourprêe Duane_ 13. _Purple Magnum Bonum_ of some 12, 13. _Purple Egg_ of some 12. Red Magnum Bonum of some 9. This handsome, purple plum, very well shown in the color-plate, is one of the half-dozen leading fruits of its kind grown in New York, favorably known the country over and in Europe as well. Its popularity is due to its large size, well-turned shape, royal purple color, and firm, golden flesh, characters which fit it admirably for the store and the stand. But appearance is the only asset of the fruit so far as the consumer is concerned—the flesh is dry, tough, sour and clings to the stone, making a plum unfit for dessert though it does very well for culinary purposes. The fruit ripens slowly and colors a week or more before ripe; it is at its best only when fully mature. The trees excel in size, vigor and productiveness and are usually hardy and bear their crops well distributed and not clustered as in most varieties of plums. In minor characters, the trees are distinguished by large leaves, pubescence on the under side and by grayish-drab shoots covered with dense pubescence. Duane is generally found to be a very profitable market plum and if it were only better in quality we could heartily join in recommending it.