. American horticultural manual .. . commercialstocks. The hardiness of tree of the .Jai:ian and other tender varietiesseems also to be increased Avlien on this iron-clad stock that lessensgroTV-th. Native from Kansas to Manitol/a, west to Utah and —Very large for the class, roundish oblong, somewhatpointed; cavity wide and shallow; color yellowish red, withbluishwhite bloom; dots very minute and numerous. Flesh, yellow; qualitvgood; pit large, with sharp margin. Season, middle of August inIowa. Minnesota. Snyder.—Large, roundish, oblique; color light red, with darkershades of


. American horticultural manual .. . commercialstocks. The hardiness of tree of the .Jai:ian and other tender varietiesseems also to be increased Avlien on this iron-clad stock that lessensgroTV-th. Native from Kansas to Manitol/a, west to Utah and —Very large for the class, roundish oblong, somewhatpointed; cavity wide and shallow; color yellowish red, withbluishwhite bloom; dots very minute and numerous. Flesh, yellow; qualitvgood; pit large, with sharp margin. Season, middle of August inIowa. Minnesota. Snyder.—Large, roundish, oblique; color light red, with darkershades of red, large dots, and thin lilac bloom; stem stout, inserted inshallow cavity; suture a line. Flesh yellow, firm, quality good. Aseedling of De Soto. Iowa. Stoddard.—Large, round, often oblique, with unequal sides: colora yellow groimd covered with shades of red, many white dots, andbluish bloom; stalk short and stout, inserted on tiie siuface; sutureobscure. Flesh yellow, quality good. Americana. Iowa. 302 SYSTEMATIC Surprise.—Large, roundish oval; color dark red, with many smallyello-\vish dots; stem medium in small cavity;suture distinct. Flcsli pale yellow, firm;quality vcr} good. Perhaps this will provethe hardiest and best of the Miner-lilce nativeplums. Hortulana. Minnesota. Texas Belle.—Medium to large, nearlyround; color red; rjuality fair to good. Avariety originating in Texas, but nowgrown cjuite extensively South. Buren. — Medium in size, round;suture indistinct; color waxy ^rellow, over-spread in part ^\itli light red and deepred cheek. Flesh sweet and rich in , last of September. Valuable in the arid States. Tree hasdwarf habit of growing, with low spreading top. Americana, of Mollistype. Waugh. — Medium to large, roundish oval; color dark reddishpurple. Flesh firm, meaty, yellow,and nearlyfrce from the pit; qualitygood to very good. Produced byJ. W. Kerr from pit of Chabot fer-tilized by Wayland jiollcn. Notyet t


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