=1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 162. 1881. =2.= _Rural N. Y._ =43=:53. 1884. =3.= _Popular Gard._ =4=:38. 1888. =4.= _Am. Gard._ =10=:175. 1889. =5.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:48, 49, 86. 1892. =6.= Kerr _Cat._ 3. 1894. =7.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._ =118=:53. 1895. =8.= _W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ =41=:55. 1896. =9.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 26. 1897. =10.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:39, 42, 48. 1897. =11.= _Vt. Sta. An. Rpt._ =11=:284. 1898. =12.= _Colo. Sta. Bul._ =50=:42. 1898. =13.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =113=:155. 1899. =14.= _Ibid._ =162=:247, 254, 255. 1905. Honey Drop 8, 10, 14. _Honey Drop_ 5, 11. Missouri Apricot 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13. From the fruit-grower’s standpoint, Golden Beauty is of little interest. The plums are so small and the quality so poor that the variety is not worth planting either for the home or for money-making. It is true that the firm, juicy fruits are very good for table use, in jellies in particular, and that they may be shipped long distances, but these characters cannot offset the handicap of small size and poor quality. The variety is of interest to botanists because it seems to be a wanderer out of the range of the species to which it belongs. As the history which follows seems to show, Golden Beauty was found in a part of Texas where _Prunus hortulana_ does not grow (see the discussion of this species) and quite as remarkable if it really comes from so warm a part of Texas is the fact that it should be perfectly hardy here and even farther north. There is a mystery yet to be cleared up about this plum. The variety is very ornamental in flower, foliage and fruit. According to current account, Golden Beauty was found wild by a German on the Colorado River in western Texas during the Civil War. After the war, the German planted his new plum in a yard in Victoria County, Texas, where it attracted the attention of Gilbert Onderdonk, Mission Valley, southern Texas. Onderdonk, noting its merits, propagated and introduced it in 1874. In 1886, Stark Brothers, of Missouri, introduced the Missouri Apricot, the Honey Drop of some, which they claimed was found wild in Missouri. Several pomologists have noted the close similarity of this variety to Golden Beauty and as tested at this Station they are identical in all respects and are therefore placed under the older name. In 1897 the American Pomological Society placed this plum on its fruit catalog list.