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excellent plum in many places. C. M. Stark writes me that it has no value in 

 Missouri. C. 



34. Quaker. — Very large (l^ in- long), round-oblong and somewhat flattened, purple- 

 red inclining to orange red on side opposite the eon, very glaucous-blue, skin very thick 

 and acerb; flesh very firm, sweet and juicy; moderate cling, the stone large and flat, 

 prommently ridged and winged on the back, ends rather blunt, slightly pitted; flowers 

 rather large, stalked, the calyx lobes large and becoming reflexed, hairy inside but 

 scarcely if at all glandular; leaves rather large and Arm, pubescent, the glands small or 

 sometimes wanting. Medium season. One of the best varieties. Must have the best 

 cultivation and not be allowed to overbear. Discovered wild by Joseph Bundy, of 

 Springville, Linn county, Iowa. Disseminated about 18G'i by H. C. Raymond, Council 

 Bluffs, and by him named Quaker in compliment to Mr. Bundy, who is a quaker. C. 



35. Rolling stone.— Very large (often 1}4 in. each diameter), round, flattened and trun- 

 cate at the ends, mottled and spotted pink-purple, skin very thick; flesh firm, sweet 

 and excellent; semi-cling, stone nearly circular, rather flat, sharp on the back edge, 

 nearly smooth; flowers large, long-stalked, the calyx lobes large and rarely somewhat 

 glandular, hairy on the inside; leaves large and firm, comparatively smooth, stalks 

 either glandular or glandless. Medium season, coming in just before De Soto. One of 

 the leading varieties. Found over 30 years ago on the cank of the Rollingstone Creek, 

 Winona Co., Minn., by O. M. Lord, and by him introduced some ten years ago. Profes- 

 sor L. H. Pammel,, of the Iowa Agricultural college, writes me that this variety is 

 reported as a common plum along creeks at Dysart, Iowa. C. 



Mr. Lord has raised many pure seedlings of the Rollingstone, of which 

 the Late Rollingstone (see No. 20) is one. " Several years ago," he writes, 

 "I cut out of my grounds all varieties of native plums except the Rolling- 

 stone. The object was to perpetuate the tree by seeds true to name by 

 preventing all crossing. Some of the seedlings can not be distinguished by 

 their foliage or flowers, but none of them bear so good fruit as the parent. 

 Some are later and some earlier." The variety is figured by Professor S. 

 B. Green in bulletin 10, Minnesota experiment station. 



36. Speer. — Medium, oblong, mottled orange and red. skin medium; flesh firm and 

 sweet; semi-cling, stone broad, convex, ends blunt, slightly roughened; leaves medium, 

 nearly smooth, stalks glandular. Iowa seedling by J. A. Speer. 



37. Van Buren {Prunas Americana var. mollis). — Large, round-oblong, purple-red, 

 skin thick; free; leaves medium, densely white pubescent beneath and on the stalks, as 

 well as the young growth, stalks glandular. Medium season. The pubescence is most 

 marked on young shoots. An Iowa wild variety, introduced by J. Thatcher. 



38. Wazata. — Medium or even small, round, dull red, thich skin; cling; leaves medium 

 pubescent beneath, the glands small or none. Medium to late. C. M. Stark wi ites 

 that it has no value in Missouri. Wild Minnesota variety, introduced by Peter M. 

 Gideon and W. F. Heikes. 



39. Weaver (Fig. 1). — Large, round-oblong and flattened, suture prominent, orange 

 densely overlaid with mottled red, skin thick; flesh flrm, sweet and good; semi-cling, 

 the stone large and flat, obscurely pointed, the wing or margin conspicuous, smooth; 

 flowers large and prominently stalked, the calyx lobes usually conspicuously 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; introduced by Ennis & Patten in 1875. Ripens in northern Texas from 

 the first to middle of August. O. M. Lord writes me that " the Weaver is wild in pro- 

 fusion on the St. Peter or Minnesota river." Figured by Professor S. B. Green in 

 bulletin 5, Minnesota experiment station. C. 



