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39. Weaver (Fig. 1). — Large, round-oblong and ftatiened, suture 

 prominent, orange densely overlaid with, mottled red, skin thick; 

 flesh, firm, sweet and good; semi-cling; tke stone large and ilat, 

 obscurely pointed, the wing or margin conspicuous, smootli; Howers 

 large and prominently stalked, th.e calyx lobes usually con- 

 spicuously glandular and obscurely hairy inside; leaves large and 

 firm, deeply toothed, slightly pubescent beneath, the glands rarely 

 prominent and frequently entirely wanting; tree a strong free 

 grower and prolific. Medium to late, ripening in Minnesota the 

 last of September. A well-marked variety, and one of the best. 

 A wild variety, found near Palo, Iowa, by Mr. Weaver; intro- 

 duced by Ennis & Patten, in 1875. Ripens in northern Texas 

 from the first to middle of August. O. M. Lord writes me that 



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Figure 2 — Wolf. 



"the Weaver is wild in profusion on the St. Peter or ^linnesota 

 river." Figured by Professor S. B. Green, in Bull. 5, Minn. 

 Exp. Sta. C. 



40. Wier's Large Red. — "A round plum as large as Wild (locse 

 and better in quality, excellent for cooking; ripening last half 

 of September." — B. O. Curtis, Paris, 111. Leaves medium, firm, 

 smooth or very nearly so, the stalk glandular. I), li. Wier, Illinois. 



41. Wild Rose. — "Large, round, yellow-blush, skin medirim; 

 flesh firm; cling. Early. A Minnesota wild variety, not propa- 

 gated for sale, but deserving to be." — Sias. Introduced in 1880, 

 by A. W. Sias. Presumably P. Americana. 



42. Wolf (Prunus Americana var. mollis). Fig. 2. — Large, 

 round, yeUow blotched, with red, skin thick; flesh firm, meaty 



