. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 213. World Beater. (XI) Tree large, vigorous, spreading, open and flat-topped, hardy where the peach can be grown, productive. Leaves broadly lanceolate, peach-like, 1% inches wide, 4^^ inches long, thin ; apex acuminate ; base abrupt; margin serrate, glandular; petiole 1 inch long, slender, tinged red, pubescent on one side, with 2-6 small, globose, brownish glands. Flowers % inch across, white, with a disagreeable odor. Fruit very late, season short; 1 by % inch in size, round-ovate or oval, halves equal ; cavity narrow, shallow, abrupt ; s
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 213. World Beater. (XI) Tree large, vigorous, spreading, open and flat-topped, hardy where the peach can be grown, productive. Leaves broadly lanceolate, peach-like, 1% inches wide, 4^^ inches long, thin ; apex acuminate ; base abrupt; margin serrate, glandular; petiole 1 inch long, slender, tinged red, pubescent on one side, with 2-6 small, globose, brownish glands. Flowers % inch across, white, with a disagreeable odor. Fruit very late, season short; 1 by % inch in size, round-ovate or oval, halves equal ; cavity narrow, shallow, abrupt ; suture a line; apex pointed; color carmine, bloomless; dots medium in number, small, conspicuous; stem slender, glabrous, not adhering to the fruit; skin thick, tough, astringent, adhering slightly; flesh light yellow, juicy, coarse, melting near the skin but firmer and fibrous" next the pit, sweet except near the center, strongly aromatic; fair to good; stone often tinged red, adhering, oval, turgid, angular, pointed at the base and apex, rough- ish. WYANT. P. americana. Wyant is one of the standard Americana plums, ranking well with the best in both fruit- and tree-characters. The plums do not have the distinctive Ameri- cana taste; the flesh is less juicy; the skin is free; and the stones are nearly free and have pitted surfaces. Some of these characters are so valuable in a native plum that Wyant may well be used to breed from. This va- riety was found by J. B. Wyant, Janesville, Iowa. Tree small, spreading and straggling, flat-topped, very hardy, productive, healthy. Leaves falling early, oval, 1% inches wide, 314 inches long, thin; apex acuminate; base abrupt; margin coarsely and doubly serrate, the serrations sharp-pointed, not glandular; petiole Vi inch long, tinged red, pubescent, glandless or with 1-5 globose, yellowish-green glands. Flowers showy on ac- count of the many blossoms and peculiar appearance caused by the numerous long stamens, whitish, with disagreea
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