. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 196 DE SOTO DOWNING parks in which a small, compact, flowering tree is wanted. De Caradeuc originated with A. De Caradeuc, Aiken, South Carolina, be- tween 1850 and 1854. Tree very large, vigorous, spreading, open-topped, variable in productiveness. Leaves oval, 1 inch wide, 2 inches long, thin; apex acute; base broadly cuneate; margin often in two series of fine serrations, without glands; petiole slender, Yz inch long, pubescent, tinged with red, eglandular or with 1 or 2 very small, globose, greenish glands. Flowers 1 inch across. Fruit ve
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 196 DE SOTO DOWNING parks in which a small, compact, flowering tree is wanted. De Caradeuc originated with A. De Caradeuc, Aiken, South Carolina, be- tween 1850 and 1854. Tree very large, vigorous, spreading, open-topped, variable in productiveness. Leaves oval, 1 inch wide, 2 inches long, thin; apex acute; base broadly cuneate; margin often in two series of fine serrations, without glands; petiole slender, Yz inch long, pubescent, tinged with red, eglandular or with 1 or 2 very small, globose, greenish glands. Flowers 1 inch across. Fruit very early; 1^ inches in diameter, round, halves usually equal; cavity shallow, narrow, abrupt, regular; suture a dark line; apex roundish ; color crimson-red over a yellow ground ; bloom light; dots few, light, russet, clustered about the apes; stem slender, % inch in length, glabrous, adhering to the fruit; flesh yellow, very juicy, fibrous, tender and melting; sweet; poor in quality; stone clinging, round-oval, turgid, blunt, with pitted surfaces. DE SOTO. Fig. 188. P. americana. Tray- er. De Soto holds first place among Americana plums in the favor of fruit-growers. The va- riety is better suited to the orchard than other Americanas, having little of the way- wardness in tree of most sorts of its species. The trees, also, are enormously productive, so much so that in many cases their vitality is weakened by over- bearing, unless thinned. The fruits of De Soto, while not so large nor so brilliantly colored as those of some of the Americanas, are not surpassed in quality by the product of any, and keep and ship as well as any. The variety be- comes, therefore, a market sort of value in some regions. The fruits are more subject to curculio than those of most of the native plums. De Soto blights in the South somewhat, and does not stand the drouths of the Mississippi Valley so well as some other varieties. De Soto vvas found on the bank of the Mississippi River near De Soto, Wisc
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