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stone small and broad (onl}'' one-fourth, larger than broad), the 

 point very short; flowers large, prominently stalked, the calj'X 

 lobes glandular; leaves narrowly ovate-lanceolate and very peach- 

 like, rather tapering at the base, thick and dull and somewhait 

 pubescent below, coarsely serrate, the stalk with very small 

 glands. Late; blooms very late. One of th:e best. A wild south. 

 Texan variety, introduced by George Onderdonk in 1874. 

 Honey Drop. — See MisLsouri Apricot, below. 



50. Indian Chief. — Large, round, dull red, skin medium thick; 

 flesh firm ; cling, the istone very broad and scarcely prolonged into 

 a point, very rough; flowers mediimi, short-stalked, the calyx 

 lobes glajidula)r; leaves short, biroadly elliptic-ovaite, compara- 

 tiA'ely short-pointed, finely serrate, the short stalks glandular. 

 Early. Recalls the Ohickasaws. Origin uncertain; said by Mun- 

 son to have originated in southern Texas, and by Onderdonk 

 to have come from Oeorgia; others say that it came from 

 Ai'kanisas. C. 



51. Kanawha. — Fruit medium to large, round, red, skin medium 

 thick ; cling ; leaves large and broad with long points, rather thick 

 and dull, the edges irregular with rounded teeth and notches, with 

 se^'eral glands on the stalks. Late. Georgia ? " Similar to Way- 

 land." — Munson. " Almost like Eeed. Excellent for spicing. 

 An enormous bearer." — Berckmans. G. 



52. Missouri Apricot (Honey Drop). — Medium to rather large, 

 round, deep yellow, skin medimn; semi-cling, the stone rather 

 short and turgid, produced abruptly into short points; flowers 

 medium, short-fstalked; leaves medium in size with conspicuous 

 })oints and with rather large serrations, light-colored, the whitish 

 stalks bearing very small glands or sometimes even glandless. 

 Late. Perhaps the best yellow plum. Quality high. Found 

 wild in Missouri and introduced by Stark Bros, in 1886. " Every 

 way an improvement on Golden Beauty." — C. M. Stark. C. 



53. Moreman. — Medium in size, round, dark red, skin medium 

 thick; cling, the stone small and nearly circular, the points very 

 short; leaves medium, long-poiuted, raither coarsely serrate, rather 



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