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and introduced by J. Tj Wlhitalser; Tyler, Texas. Perilmps a 

 Chickasaw. 



50. Wayland. — Fruit large, round-oblong, shining pink-red, skin 

 medium; semi-cling, the stone ra^iier small for the size of the 

 fruit, turgid and slightly pitted, very short-pointed at both ends; 

 flowers large and long-stalked, very late; leaves mediiun to large, 

 rather thick and heavy, long-pointed, the edges irregularly ser- 

 rate and notched, the stalks usually glandular. Very late. One 

 of the best native plums, but too late for the northern States. 

 Introduced by Downer & Bro., Fairview, Ky. First propagated 

 in 1876. It came up in, a small plum thicket in ai comer of the 

 garden of Professor H, B. Wayland, Cadiz, Ky. C, 



60. Whitaker. — Very large, red; leaves medium, oblong-ovate, 

 points rather short, very finely and evenly serrate, the stalks with 

 small glands or. none. Originated under cultivation in eastern 

 Texas by J. T. Whitaker. Seedling of Wild Goose. C. 



61. Wild Goose (Fig. 3). — Large, round-oblong, light red, skin 

 thin; cling, stone long and narrow, prolonged above into a sharp 

 point and below into a narrow base, finely pitted; flowers medium 

 to large stalked; leaves, oblong-lanoeolate, peach-like, not promi- 

 nently pointed, the margins finely and evenly serrate, and the 

 stalks usually bearing two to four small glands. Early. Quality 

 poor, but on account of its productiveness, earliness, beauty, good 

 shipping qualities, and its early introduction, it is the most popu- 

 lar of the native plums. The Wild Goose was first brought to 

 notice by James Harvey of Columbia, Tenn. Some time before 

 1850 a man shot a wild goose near Columbia, and on the spot 

 where the carcass was thrown this plum caane up the following 

 spring. It was introduced about 1850 by the late J. S. Downer, 

 of Fairview, Ky. This is the first native plum introduced to gen- 

 eral cultivation, although the Miner was first known and named. 

 0. 



The Wild Goose is either very variable or there are two 

 varieties passing under that name. In the orchards of Mr. 

 Kerr, in Maryland, and Mr. Munson, in Texas, the flowers appear 

 before the leaves in crowded lateral clusters, but in the planta- 



