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Plums and Plum Culture 



Grown from seed of Quaker by H. A. Terry, Iowa. Bore 

 the first crop in 1882. Has been widely distributed and is 

 a deserving favorite. Good for market or home use. 



Hiawatha. — Fruit long oval ; size medium to large ; cav- 

 ity shallow; suture a line; color dull dark red; dots fine and 

 indistinct; bloom blue; skin thick; flesh yellow; stone me- 

 dium large, oval, flattened, cling; quality poor; season 

 medium to late. Sent out as a curiosity only by C. W. Heide- 

 man of New Ulm, Minnesota, and has not proved to be useful 

 in orchard culture. 



HOLT 



Hilltop. — Fruit round oval ; size small in the only speci- 

 mens examined; cavity shallow; stem short; suture a line; 

 color deep red ; dots very minute ; bloom blue ; skin thick ; 

 flesh yellow; stone large, flat, round oval, cling; quality fair 

 to good; season medium to late. 



Holt. — Fruit irregular spherical, compressed; size _ me- 

 dium ; cavity shallow, flaring; stem slender; suture slight; 

 color light red; dots many, minute; bloom blue: skin very 

 thick ; flesh yellow : stone large, round oval, hardly flattened, 

 half-free : quality fair to good ; season medium to late. 



Origin with J. B. Holt of Rutland, Ohio(?) Compare 

 U. S. Dept. Agr. Pomologist's Rept. 1891, p. 392. 



