The plums of New York

A horticultural monograph surveys cultivated plums through a historical account and botanical classification, an assessment of contemporary plum-growing in America, and detailed descriptions of varieties. It presents synonymy, a bibliography, and footnotes offering biographical sketches and supplemental information, and includes color and botanical illustrations of notable cultivars, bark, and blossoms. Though focused on practical cultivation, it examines botanical relationships and proposes an arrangement of groups while acknowledging species and varietal boundaries are blurred by environmental responsiveness, resulting in wide variation that complicates classification.