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Newman. — A variety of the Chickasaw family that has recently come into 

 notice through D. L. Adair, of Kentucky. Tree healthy, hardy, vigorous, and 

 productive. Fruit medium, roundish oval ; skin light scarlet, with a thin bloom; 

 flesh soft, light pinkish, vinous, juicy; adheres to the stone. Early August. 

 (Downing.) 



Niagrara. — Medium, oval, dark purple; flesh pale yellow, juicy, sweet, free. 

 September. (Thomas.) 



Moore's Arctic. — Below medium, roundish oval, dark purple, with a pleas- 

 ant but not rich flavor. Early autumn. Tree healthy, vigorous, extremely hardy, 

 a great bearer. Maine. (Thomas.) 



Noriiiand (Normand Yellow, Normand Japan). — Medium, conical, heart- 

 shaped, golden yellow; flesh yellow, firm, and good; free. (Thomas.) 



Og'Oii (Oyon, Shiro-smomo, White Plum). — Medium, roundish, oblate, dis- 

 tinct suture; golden yellow, wilrh creamy bloom; flesh thick, firm, not juicy; 

 free. Keeps long; good canner. Mid-season. (Thomas.) 



Peach Pliiin (Nectarine, Caledonian, Howell's Large, Jenkin's Imperial, 

 Prune Peche, Louis Philippe). — Tree vigorous, upright; stout, blunt, purplish 

 shoots, nearly smooth. A fine-looking fruit, of foreign origin, but only of second 

 quality. Fruit of the largest size, regularly formed, roundish ; stalk about half 

 an inch long, rather stout, and set in a wide, shallow depression ; skin purple, 

 dusted with a blue bloom; flesh dull greenish yellow, becoming tinged with red 

 at maturity, a little coarse-grained, with a rich, brisk flavor, and adhering par- 

 tially to the stone ; good. Middle of August. (Downing.) 



Poole (Poole's Pride). — Medium, round-oblong, red with bloom, sweet, good; 

 hardy, prolific. (Thomas.) 



Pottaw^atoniie. — Medium, round, red, streaked yellow; stem long, slender; 

 flesh firm, juicy. Very productive. Mid-season. Tennessee. (Thomas.) 



Quakenboss. — Introduced by Mr. Quackenboss, of Greenbush, N. Y. 

 Origin in the garden of S. C. Groot, Albany, A very rapid, upright grower, and. 

 productive. Branches smooth ; fruit large, oblong-roundish ; skin deep pur- 

 ple, covered with a bluish bloom; suture scarcely apparent; stalk long, slen- 

 der, and set in a slight depressed cavity; flesh greenish yellow, sprightly, juicy,. 

 and a little coarse-grained, sweet and subacid; adheres slightly to the stone^ 

 Good. September. (Downing.) 



Quaker. — Very large, round-oblate, flattened; purple-red, orange on side, 

 blue bloom; skin thick, astringent; flesh firm, sweet, juicy; semi-cling; very 

 good. Mid-season, Requires good cultivation and thinning. Iowa. (Thomas.) 



Red Negate. — (See Red June.) 



Robinson (Miner, Hickley, Isabel, Gillett, Townsend). — This is an improved 

 variety of the wild or Chickasaw plum, originated with Mr. Miner, Lancaster, 

 Pa. Branches smooth, dark red; fruit medium, oblong, pointed at apex; skin 

 dark, purplish red, with a fine bloom; flesh soft, juicy, vinous; adheres to the 

 stone. Early October. (Downing.) 



Rockford. — Trees planted in 1894 are still rather small, but thrifty in appear- 

 ance, forming round, regular tops. Leaves large, coarsely and deeply serrate, 

 short acuminate ; stalks dark red, pubescent, mostly glandless. Fruit of medium 

 size, oblong, somewhat pointed, broad at base; color dark red on green ground; 

 skin thin; suture inconspicuous; flesh firm, very acid until quite ripe, then of 



