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Originated as a sucker from trees secured in Montreal by James Tobias. Fruit 

 small, round, purplish, speckled with conspicuous dots; very sweet; good. 

 Speer. Americana, i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:42. 1892. 2. Colo. Sta. Bui. 50:45. 1898. 

 3. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 305. 1898. 



Found wild by J. A. Speer, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Tree small, verj' hardy, spreading, 

 productive, apt to overbear; fruit medium or below, irregular-oval to oblong; suture 

 distinct; cavity shallow; stem short, slender; purplish-red on a yellow ground; dots 

 numerous, small; bloom heavy; flesh yellow, firm and sweet; good; stone large, oval, 

 flat, ends blunt, semi-clinging; medium late. 

 Spicer. Munsoniana. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2nd Ser. 3:56. 1900. 



Originated with Charles Luedloff of Minnesota; according to the above reference 

 of no value in British Columbia. 

 Spilling Jaune-double. Insititia. i. Knoop Fructologie 2:63. 1771. 



Except in its larger size and poorer quality this variety closely resembles the 

 White Wheat. 

 Splendid. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:288. 1900. 2. Kerr Cat. 6. 1900. 



Found wild by I. K. Teeter near Magnolia, Harrison County, Iowa, in 1878; 

 introduced by J. W. Kerr in 1900. Tree dwarfish, bears early, productive; fruit 

 medium in size, dark red; skin tough; flesh yellow, very firm, sweet; good; semi- 

 clinging; medium to late. 



Splendor. Domestica. i. Burbank Cat. 15 fig. 1893. 2. Cal. State Bd. Hort. Rpt. 

 47. 1897-98. 3. Am. Card. 21:36. 1900. 4. U. S. D. A. Yearbook 274, PI. 

 XXXVI. 1903. Cross-bred Prune A.P.-318 i. 



Splendor was originated by Luther Burbank in 1886 from a cross between Pond 

 and Agen. In 1893 it was sold under the name Cross-bred Prune A.P.-318 to Stark 

 Brothers of Louisiana, Missouri, who introduced it the following year under its present 

 name. The fruit is twice the size of Agen, ovoid, compressed, dark purple; bloom 

 heavy; flesh yellow, rich, sweet; freestone; hangs well to the free and ripens its crop 

 all together. 

 Spotted Gage. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 949. 1869. 



Tree vigorous, very productive; fruit medium or above, oval; suture shallow; 

 greenish-yellow shaded, mottled and splashed with crimson and lilac; dots numerous, 

 light; bloom thin; flesh coarse, yellow, sugar}% juicy, a little vinous; good; semi- 

 clinging; mid-season. 

 Springer. Americana, i. Ww. Sto. B«/. 87:8. 1901. 2. Wis. Hort. Soc. Rpt. gi, g^. 1901. 



Found wild by Wm. A. Springer of Fremont, Wisconsin; sent to the Wisconsin 

 Experiment Station in 1890 and named by Professor E. S. Goff. Tree productive; 

 fruit of large size, deep purplish-red shading to yellow; dots numerous, yellow; bloom 

 moderate; skin thick, tender, not harsh; flesh deep yellow, sweet and rich; stone 

 large, thick margined, clinging; mid-season. 

 Stabeler Seedling. Species? i. Elliott Fr. Book 429. 1854. 



According to Elliott, an American variety; fruit medium in size, oval, greenish- 

 yellow with white specks; flesh yellowish, adhering to the stone; mid-season. 



