Very generally grown throughout southeastern Europe. Tree below medium size; branches upright; leaves small; glabrous, oval, deep green in color; fruit grows in clusters, small, pale yellow; flesh firm, juicy, sprightly, refreshing. This variety is an important commercial sort in the country where it is grown.
Ulysses. Domestica. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 950. 1869.
From western New York; fruit above medium size, roundish-oval, whitish, shaded and mottled with violet-purple; bloom thin; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; good; clingstone; mid-season.
Uncle Ben. Domestica? 1. Gard. and For. 7:243. 1894. 2. Kansas “The Plum” 29. 1900.
Originated in Stanislaus County, Napa Valley, California; fruit medium to large, golden-yellow, spotted with red; flesh sweet, juicy, very good; freestone; late.
Ungarische Dattel Zwetsche. Domestica? Mentioned in Mathieu Nom. Pom. 451. 1889.
Ungarische Späte Bouteillen Zwetsche.
Union. Domestica. 1. Cultivator 6:269 fig. 1895. 2. Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt. 120. 1898. 3. Ohio Sta. Bul. 113:161. 1899. 4. Waugh Plum Cult. 124. 1901.
Reagles’ Union Purple 1. Union Purple 2, 3. Union Purple 4.
Union originated about 1850 with C. Reagles of Schenectady, New York. Tree hardy, productive; fruit medium in size, roundish-oval, dark purple; bloom thick; stem adheres strongly to the fruit; flesh dark yellow, firm, tender, sweet, mild; quality fair; stone oval, turgid, clinging; mid-season.