468 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Indian. Domestica. i. Kraft Pom. Aiist. 2:36, Tab. 186 fig. i. 1796. 



Die grosse indianische braunrotlie Pflaume 1. Grosse prune d'Inde rouge 1. 



Fruit large, obovate, brownish-red; suture distinct; flesh yellow, firm; good; 

 obsolete. 



Indiana. Hortulana mineri. 1. Mich. Sta. Rpt. 111. 1887. 2. Cornell Sta. Bui. ■^S-.^b, 

 86. 1892. 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 173. 1901. 



Indiana Red 3. Indiana Red 1,2. 



Supposed to have been found wild in Indiana; introduced by Dr. I. Cramer. Tree 

 tender in severe climates; fruit medium in size, oval; cavity shallow; stem slender; 

 suture a line; red; bloom thin; dots minute, small; flesh yellow, firm; quality fair; 

 stone large; oval, clinging; season late. 



Indian Chief. Munsoniana. i. Am. Pom. Sac. Cat. 36. 1875. 2. Cornell Sta. Bui. 

 38:49, 86. 1892. 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 186. 1901. 



A southern variety of which the place of origin is not certainly known; Munson 

 says southern Texas, Onderdonk thinks Georgia, others consider Arkansas as its birth- 

 place. Tree vasiform, open; leaves short, broad, finely serrate; petiole short, glandular; 

 fruit of medium size, oval; stem short, slender; cavity shallow; suture a line; dots 

 numerous, white; bright red; skin thick; flesh yellow, melting, insipid; poor; stone 

 long-oval, flattened, clinging; early. 

 Inkpa. Americana X Simonii. Cir. S. Dak. Exp. Sta. 1910. 



Inkpa is a cross between Prunus simonii and Prunus americana made by N. E. 

 Hansen of the South Dakota Experiment Station, who introduced the variety in 1910. 

 Ida. Species? i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:79. 1892. 



Originated by D. B. Wier, Illinois. Fruit large, oblong, yellow covered with red; 

 flesh firm; freestone; late. 



lona. Hortulana mineri. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:39. 1892. 2. Thomas Am. Fruit 

 Cult. 490. 1897. 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 153. 1901. 



Originated with D. B. Wier, from seed taken from a wild bush in southwestern 

 Wisconsin. Tree vigorous, upright; fruit of medium size, oval; cavity shallow; suture 

 a line; flesh yellow, firm, sweet; quality fair; freestone; late. 



Iowa. Americana, i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:43. 1897. 2. Minn. Hart. Soc. Rpt. 411. 

 1899. 3. 5. Dak. Sta. Bui. 93:20. 1905. 



From Allamakee County, Iowa, Fruit medium, oval ; red over yellow ; skin astrin- 

 gent; early. 



Iowa Beauty. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1S98. 2. la. Hort. See. Rpt. iii. 1899. 

 3. 7a. Sta. Bui. 46:276. 1900. 



Taken from the woods about i860 by Hugo Beyer, New London, Iowa. Fruit of 

 medium size, oval, mottled yellow; flesh melting, juicy, sweet; good; early. 

 Irby. Hortulana. i. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 11:284. 1898. 2. Wangh Plum Cult. iSi. 1901. 

 3. Tex. Nur. Cat. 1907. 



Erby September i, 2. Irby September 3. 



Found by Dan Irby of Texas growing on the grounds of an old Indian settlement. 

 Fruit of medium size, bright red; late; similar to Wayland. 



