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81. Jennie Lucas. — Medium to rather large, round, yellow; leaves short, ovate- 

 oblong. Early. Originated under cultivation and introduced, in 1875, by G. Onder 

 DONK, southern Texas. C. 



82. Lone Star. — Rather large, round-oblong, red, skin very thin; leaves rather small, 

 oblong-lanceolate. Early. Originated in Texas by E. W. Kirkpatrick; grown from 

 wild seed from eastern Texas. C 



Fig. 7. — Netvman Plums. Natural size. 



83. Newman (Pigs. 6 and 7). — Rather large, nearly globular or round-oblong, pink-red 

 with prominent light spots near the apex, yellowish opposite the sun; leaves rather 

 large, oblong-lanceolate. Medium to late. Ripens in New York in October. Intro- 

 duced from Kentucky by W. F. Heikes. One of the best known of the Chickasaws. 

 In our plantation the Newman is hardy, but the flowers, instead of appearing before the 

 leaves as in the central and southern states, appear with the leaves in loose umbel-like 

 clusters. This is the same kind of variation which occurs in the Wild Goose (see No. 

 61). In sf)me of the New York trees the leaves are unusually large and often nearly 

 plain. The Chickasaw method of growth is fairly well retained, however. Warren is 

 thought to be indentical with Newman C. 



84. Ogeeehee. — Small to medium, round-oblong, red; leaves short, ovate-oblong. Very 

 early. Similar to Caddo Chief Wild from Georgia, introduced by G. Bourquin. 



85. Pottaivattamie. — Rather large, round, red; leaves rather small, narrowly oblong- 

 lanceolate to ovate-oblong. Early to medium. Tennessee; it was taken to Iowa in a 

 lot of Miners, and came under the notice of J. B. Rice, Council Bluffs, in 1875, who 

 introduced it. Various stories are told about its origin, but the above is correct. It 

 appears to have received its name from Mr. Rice. Like the Newman, the leaves appear 

 to be larger in the north. "Enormous bearer." — Berclcmans. C. 



86. Robinson. — Medium, round, blotched red; leaves medium or small, ovate-oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate. Mid-season. " This is a seedling grown by a Mr. Pickett, of 

 Putnam county, Indiana, from a seedling brought with him from North Carolina, nearly 

 fifty years ago, and has, almost every season (since large enough), borne abundant 

 erops, but was neglected, and never brought to the notice of the puljlic till 1879, when 

 Dr. J. H. Robinson (of the same township) read a paper before the Indiana Horticult- 

 ural society, on Chickasaw plums, and gave a very flattering description of this plum, 

 which he had been watching since 1872, and of which he had two good crops on his own 

 trees, which bore two bushels to the tree five years after planting, and has borne good 

 erops annually, except once, when killed by late frosts. It was named by the Putnam 

 County Horticultural society in honor of Dr. Robinson." — Albertson & Hobbs, Bridge- 

 port, Indiana (1-85), who introduced the variety in the fall of 1884 and spring of 1885. 

 Like Wild Goose and Newman, in New York the flowers appear with the leaves. C. 



87. Schley (Schley^s Large Red). — Rather large, round, red; leaves medium, ovate or 

 lance-ovate. Early to medium. Said to have been introduced from Georgia by W. K. 

 Nelson. Much like Roulette except in foliage. Possibly Prunus hortulana. A very 

 spreading and straggling grower. C. 



