50 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



hardy and very productive. Nearly free from attacks of insects 

 and fungi." — Dr. Whitaher^ Tyler^ Texas, in Bull. 32, Texas 

 Exjp. Sta. 



Imported and introduced by Dr. Wliitaker. The name Munson 

 which I proposed for this plum in Bulletin 62, is antedated by 

 another Munson plum of the Chickasaw type. 



Earliest of All (Stark Bros.), 



Yosebe, of some. 



" Small to medium, globular ; color a solid dark red ; quality 



good ; pit small, free. Fully ten days earlier than Red June. It 



drops as soon as colored. Our idea in growing this variety for 



market would be to shake the fruit on a sheet and market in quart 



berry boxes. Yery productive. Leaf very narrow, conduplicated 



and somewhat smaller than the Red June." — Stark Bros. See 



TJchi-Beni. 



Engre. 



Fruit small, globular, red, almost exactly like Willard and of same 

 season ; poor. It seems to differ from Willard in foliage, however. 

 The leaves are short and elliptic, whilst those of Willard are long 

 and obovate. Little known. Two varieties seem to be passing 

 under this name. 



Excelsior {Cherokee Nursery Co.). 



"A seedling of the Kelsey. Fruit large, round, 1^ inches in 

 diameter ; color reddish purple, with heavy blue bloom, flesh sweet, 

 juicy, melting and of excellent quality. Ripens early in June. 

 The trees of this variety had more fruit last year than any other 

 variety, either native or foreign. It is undoubtedly a cross between 

 the Kelsey and some variety of the Chickasaw type. The tree is 

 a very strong grower, symmetrical and handsome ; a valuable 

 variety." — Catalogue, Cherokee Nursery Co., Waycross, Ga. 



The fruits which I have seen were an inch and a half in diameter, 

 round-conical, with a distinct small sharp point; stem slender; 

 color very bright dark red with many minute gold dots ; flesh soft 

 and watery, sweet ; cling. The fruit and foliage suggest only 

 the Wild Goose type {Prunus hortulana), but the pit suggests 

 Kelsey. 



