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Oregon. Fruit heart-shaped, above medium in size, smooth; stem long, slender; cavity 

 large, regular, deep, flaring, shaded with pink; suttire shallow; skin very dark purplish- 

 red, thick, tenacious; dots numerous, small, russet, indented; flesh dark reddish, translucent, 

 with white veining, firm, meaty, juicy, mild subacid, rich; good to very good; season late 

 in June; a good shipper. 



Ohio Beauty. P. avium, i. Horticulturist 2:123 %• i9- 1847-48. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 

 212. 1854. 3. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:93 fig. 18, 94, 95. 1866. 4. Am. Pom. 

 Sac. Cat. 12. 1871. 



Bigarreau Baute de I'Ohio. 5. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:177, 178 fig. 1877. 



Ohio Beauty probably originated in 1842 with Professor J. P. Kirtland, Cleveland, 

 Ohio; first disseminated in 1847. The American Pomological Society listed it on its fruit 

 catalog in 187 1 but dropped it in 1895. Tree large, vigorous, hardy, very productive; 

 fnoit medium to large, cordate, compressed; cavity of medium depth, wide; stem slender, 

 long; skin thin, of medium toughness, light yellow overspread with crimson; dots numerous, 

 light russet, conspicuous; flesh whitish, with colorless juice, tender, meaty, mild, sweet; 

 good in quality; stone clinging, irregular-ovate; season early. 



Okiya. P. pumila X P. americana. i. 5. Dak. Sta. Bid. 108:1908. 2. Ibid. 130:176, 

 PI. 6. 191 1. 



Okiya is a cross between the Sand Cherry and Gold plum. Fruit roundish, dark 

 red; flesh green; excellent quality. 

 Oliver. Species? i. Ariz. Sta. Bid. 15:65. 1895. 2. Neb. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 18. 1900. 



Oliver is said to be a valuable cherry for home use in Nebraska; slow in coming into 

 bearing. 



Opata. P. pumila X P. americana. i. S. Dak. Sta. Bui. 108:1908. 2. Ibid. 130:173, 

 174 PI. 4, 17s, 176. 1911. 



Opata, a cross between the Sand Cherry and Gold plum which was sent out in 190S. 

 It is a plum in habit of growth, vigorous ; foliage large, glossy ; fruit one and three-sixteenths 

 inches in diameter, roundish; skin thin, tender, dark purplish-red with blue bloom; flesh 

 green, firm; flavor very pleasant combining the sprightly acid of the Sand Cherry 

 with the rich sweetness of the Gold plum; pit very small; season early, the middle of 

 August. 

 Oregon. P. avium, i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 290. 1889. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 150. 



1895- 

 Oregon is a seedling of Napoleon originated by H. W. Prettyman, East Portland, 

 Oregon, and named by the Oregon Horticultural Society in 1888. W. S. Failing of Port- 

 land introduced it the same year. Tree vigorous, upright; fruit of medium size, roundish- 

 cordate, irregvdarly flattened along the suture; stem medivun in length, stout, set in a deep, 

 irregular cavity; skin black; flesh firm, very dark, juicy, sweet; later than Napoleon. 

 Orel. P. cerasus. 1. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 327. 1888. 2. Maine Pom. Soc. Rpt. 145. 



1889. 

 This name is given to a dwarf cherry similar to Vladimir from Orel, Russia. It has 

 small leaves and a close habit of growth; comes into bearing when from three to four feet 

 in height; fruit larger than Montmorency, nearly black when ripe, mildly subacid. 



