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roughish; leaves medium, rather Btrongly pubescent beneath, leaf-stalks glandular. 

 Has gained no prominence bo far as I know. 



7. Cottrell. — Fruit large, round-oblong, red, skin thin; flesh rich and agreeable; cling; 

 leaves large, comparatively thin and smooth, leaf-stalks glandular. Medium season. 

 Seedling raised by R. L. Cottrell,, Dover, Olmsted Co., Minn., and introduced in 1888 

 by O. M. Lord of Minnesota City. 



8. Deep Creek — Medium size, round-oblong and prominently flattened and bearing a 

 conspicuous suture, dull purple-red, very glaucous, skin thick; flesh firm, and very 

 sweet and good; stone free, sides convex, long pointed, roughieh; flowers rather small, 

 short-stalked, the calyx lobes glandlees and hairy inside; leaves medium, nearly smooth, 

 stalks glandular. Medium season. A Kansas wild variety, introduced by Abner 

 Allen. C. 



9. De Soto. — Large to very large, round oblong, purple-red with moderate bloom, skin 

 thick; flesh medium firm, good; stone cling, rather large, somewhat convex, rounded at 

 the ends, slightly roughened; leaves medium, stalks glandular. Medium to late. One 

 of the most popular varieties. Found wild on the Mississippi at De Soto, Wisconsin. 

 Generally introduced by Elisha Hale, Lansing, Iowa, 18tj3 or 1864. Figured by Pro- 

 fessor S. B. Green in bulletin 5, Minnesota experiment station. See No. 3 above. C. 



10. Forest Garden. — Large, round, orange overlaid with rose-purple, skin medium 

 thick to thin; flesh medium firm to soft, good; stone cling, convex on the sides, rounded 

 at the ends, slightly roughened; leaves medium, rather smooth, glands none or reduced 

 to a single small one. Medium season, ripening in Minnesota the middle of Septembf-r. 

 A good sort for home use, but does not ship well unless picked before ripe. Tree grows 

 forked and is apt to split. Said not to succeed well east of Illinois. Taken from the 

 woods at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by Thomas Hare, and introduced by H. C. Raymond, of 

 the Forest Garden nurseries. Council Bluffs, about 1862. Figured in bulletin 5, Minne- 

 sota experiment station, by Prof. S. B. Green. 



11. Gaylord. — Fruit large, round-oblong and slightly flattened, deeply mottled red 

 over a ground of orange, skin rather thick; flesh pulpy and sweet; stone moderate 

 cling, broad and rather flat, pointed, sharp-edged on the back, somewhat roughened; 

 leaves rather broad, somewhat pubescent below, glandular. Medium season. Intro- 

 duced recently by Edson Gaylord, Nora Springs, Iowa. 



12. Harrison's Peach. — Medium size, round-oblong, dull red, skin thick; stone free; 

 leaves medium, rather thick and pubescent, the glands large. Medium season. Not 

 widely disseminated apparently. Minnesota, a wild variety. C. 



13. HawJceye.—ljaTge to very large, round-oblong, purple-red, skin thick; flesh firm 

 and good; stone cling; leaves medium firm, very smooth for the species, stalks glandu- 

 lar. Medium season. Originated in Iowa under cultivation. Introduced by H. A. 

 Terry, Crescent City, Iowa, 1878. Specimens from the Michigan Agricultural College 

 evidently belong to primus angustifolia, the Chickasaw type. C. 



14. Ida. — I know this only from a description submitted by D. B. Wier, the origi- 

 nator: "Medium size, round, yellow nearly covered with dull red; flesh flxm, salmon- 

 color, very sweet; free-stone; leaves very downy and leathery; tree thorny, exceedingly 

 sprawling. The fruit is acid when cooked, but dries sweet." Said by Mr. Wier to be 

 pure P. Americana. Illinois. 



15. Illinois Ironclad. — Fruit very large, oblong, dark red, thick skin; flesh firm; 

 cling; leaves medium, pubescent, glands small or absent. Medium season. Said to be 

 one of the best native plums. Wild variety from Illinois, introduced in 1890 by Stark 

 Bros.. Louisiana, Mo. C. 



16. lona. — Known to me only from description of the originator, D. B. Wier: 

 "Fruit large, oblong, dull yellow with red cheek, skin medium thick; flesh firm, yellow 

 and sweet; stone free, long and much flattened, with a sharp border on the back; 

 leaves very large; tree strong and upright, the growth smooth. Medium season." Said 

 by Mr. Wier to be pure P. Americana, the seed coming from a wild bush in south- 

 western Wisconsin. 



17. Itaska. — Fruit medium, oblong, dull purple-red, skin thick; flesh firm, of fair 

 quality; cling; flowers small and sessile, pinkish, the calyx lobes somewhat glandular, 

 and smooth within; leaves thick and broad, stalks either glandular or glandless; tree a 

 very short, stocky and thick grower, the short joints giving the pinkish bloom a strik- 

 ingly massed eff<iot. Medium season. One of the most distinct in habit. Minnesota. 

 Introduced by P. M. Gideon, Excelsior, Minn., and by W. F. Heikes. 



