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on tke front edge, scarcely pointed, smooili, Americana-likt- ; 

 flowers medium to large; leaves elliptic to ellipuc-obovate, promi- 

 nently pointed; the stalks ordinarily beai'ing two small glands. 

 Medium to late, of good quiility. A Missouri wild variety, intro- 

 duced by William Stark, in 1878. C. 



65. Idol. — Medium to rather lai'ge, round, bright light crimson 

 splashed with magenta, skin thin; stone small, cling; leaves obo- 

 vate; the stalks glandular. Medium season. Said by 1). U. 

 Wier, the originator, to be veiy lai'ge, weighing as much as the 

 average Lombard, but li. O. Curtis, Paris, Illinois, who now 

 handles some of ^Vier's varieties, says that with him it is i-ather 

 small and ripens the last of September and first of October. Said 

 by Mr. Wier to be a cross between Miner and AVild Groc)s>^. 

 Illinois. 



t>6. Indiana Ked. — Large, round, red; cling; flowers medium; 

 leaves elliptic-ovate, prominently pointed, coarsely toothed, tlie 

 stalks mostly prominently glandular. Medium to late. Said to 

 have been an Indiana wild variety and to have been inti^oducod 

 by Dr. I. Cramer. By some thought to be the same as Miner. C. 



07. Iris. — A medium red plum, with rather small and turgid 

 stones, which are scarcely pointed, and smooth or nearly so; 

 flowers medium; leaves elliptic or elliptic-obovate, long-pointed, 

 the stalks glandidar. Illinois. D. 15. Wier, originator and intro- 

 ducer. C. 



68. Langsdon (Fig. 5). — IMedium, round or round-oblong, light 

 red; stone cling, small and nearly smooth, turgid, very short- 

 pointed; leaves obovate or elliptic-obovate, luoderately pointed, 

 the glands small. Medium to late. Much like Miner. 



69. Leptune. — Medium, round, dai'k red, skin thick; cling, stone 

 rather smaU and turgid, nearly smooth, short pointed; leaves 

 elliptic-ovate to eUiptic-obovate, very long pointed and coai-sely 

 serrate, stalks either glandless or glandular. Ltite. Said to Jiave 

 been introduced by J. D. Morrow & Sons, Arkansas. 



70. Miner. — Large, round or roundish-oblong, dull red, skin 

 thick; stone cling, short and broad, smooth or very nearly so, 

 very short-pointed, rather sharp on the front edge, Americanna, 



