84 THE PLUM IN KANSAS. 



good quality; stone cling, broad at stem end and tapering to a rather acute, thick 

 apex, sides strongly convex, margin narrow, but sharp. Productive; early; ripe 

 August 31. 



Rolliiigstoiie.— Very large, round, flattened, truncated at ends; mottled 

 and spotted pink-purple; flesh firm, sweet, good; semicling. Mid-season. A 

 very popular Western plum. Iowa. (Thomas.) 



Satsuiiia (Blood, Yonemomo). — Medium, roundish-conical, more or less 

 sharp apex, deep suture; very dark red, blue bloom, greenish dots; flesh blood- 

 red, rather coarse, subacid; cling. Blooms early; midsummer; productive. 

 (Thomas.) 



Stoddard (Native). — One of the largest, perhaps the largest, of the native 

 plums originated in Iowa. It is of light pinkish-red color, very handsome, with 

 a tough, sweet skin, and of most excellent quality. (Sedgwick Nursery Com- 

 pany.) 



Surprise. — A variety very recently introduced by Mr. Martin Penning, of 

 Sleepy Eye, Minn., and perhaps finest in quality of all the cultivated native 

 plums. 



Best plum I have seen in this state; large, deep, meaty, fine flavor. Tree 

 thrifty, productive; early September; do not think ita??ieA-/ea?ia. (Harris, Minn.) 



It may be a hybrid of Miner and a?n^/-/fan«, but resembles Miner in tree, 

 fruit, and leaf. Appears to be hardiest of that type. (Heideman, Minn.) 



Best of my collection. Bears well and sells well. (Penning, Minn.) 



One of the very best in all respects; equal to any on my grounds. (Lord, 

 Minn.) 



AVashiiig-tou (Bolmar, Bolmer, New Washington, Bolmer's Washington, 

 Franklin, Irving's Bolmar, Jackson, Parker's Mammoth, Washington Jaune, 

 Philippe I). — The Washington, although not equal to the Green Gage and two or 

 three others in high favor, yet its great size, its beauty and the vigor and hardi- 

 ness of the tree are qualities which have brought this noble fruit into notice 

 everywhere. The parent tree grew originally on Delancey's farm, on the east 

 side of the Bowery, New York, but, being grafted with another sort, escaped no- 

 tice until a sucker from it, planted by Mr. Bolmer, a merchant in Chatham 

 street, came into bearing, about the year 1818, and attracted universal attention 

 by the remarkable beauty and size of the fruit. In 1821 this sort was first sent 

 to the Horticultural Society of London, by the late Doctor Hosack. The Wash- 

 ington has remarkably large, broad and glossy foliage, is a strong grower, and 

 forms a handsome round head. Wood light brown, downy. Fruit of the largest 

 size, roundish oval, with an obscure suture, except near the stalk. Skin dull 

 yellow, with faint marblings of green, but when well ripened, deep yellow, with 

 a pale crimson blush or dots. Stalk scarcely three-fourths of an inch long, a 

 little downy, set in a shallow, wide hollow. Flesh yellow, firm, very sweet and 

 luscious, separating freely from the stone. Good to very good. Middle to the 

 last of August. (Downing.) 



TVay land.— Large, round-oblong; light red; skin medium thick and shiny. 

 Very late; good for Southern states. Kentucky. (Thomas.) 



Wliitaker.— Large, red, seedling of Wild Goose. Texas Horticultural. 

 (Thomas.) 



Wiok.soii.— Medium; glowing carmine, with heavy white bloom; flesh yel- 

 low, firm, spicy, subacid; cling. Good. Ships well. A cross of Kelsey and 

 Burbank. (Thomas.) 



