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Plums and Plum Culture 



yellow ; dots many, dull yellow ; bloom thick, blue ; skin thick, 

 firm ; flesh yellow ; stone medium large, round, slightly flat- 

 tened, cling; quality fair to good; season medium late. 



Seedling of Rollingstone, grown by O. M. Lord, Minne- 

 sota. Thought by some to be the same as Rollingstone, but is 

 different, being from one week to ten days later. 



Le Due. — Fruit medium, roundish or slightly oblong, 

 slightly flattened, suture rather distinct; bright red, some 

 specimens inclining to orange in spots, with thin bloom; flesh 

 rich yellow, sweet and pleasant; semi-cling; skin rather thick, 

 a little harsh; stone rather large, rounded at end-; season 

 medium ; tree vigorous, symmetrical, very productive." — Goff. 

 "Fair quality, small size; not superior to many unnamed kind.-." 

 ■ — Lord, Minnesota. 



Found wild at Hastings, Minnesota, and introduced by 

 W. G. Le Due. Professor Goff speaks favorably of this variety, 

 but as I have seen it, it is inferior. 



Leonard. — Fruit round oval: size very sma'l ; cavity 

 shallow; stem slender; suture shallow: color dull red; dots 

 minute: bloom blue: skin very thick; flesh yellow; stone- 

 small, round oval, flattened, tends to be free; quality fair; 

 season of Wolf. 



Not well reported. 



Lillie. — "Grown from seed of Hawkeye. First crop of 

 fruit in 1893. Tree a strong, vigorous grower, upright in 

 habit, and unusually productive of fruit of large size and best 

 duality, in color a very attractive mottled red on yellow ground. 

 One of the best varieties. Ripe midseason." — Description oi 

 the originator, H. A. Terry, Iowa. Favorably mentioned by 

 Craig. 



Lockey. — Unknown to me. Listed by J. W. Kerr, Alary- 

 land. 



Lottie. — Described as "large to very large, white or pale 

 yellow, freestone, quality best; ripe August 20-30 (in Iowa). 

 Tree upright and remarkablv productive." 



Grown from seed of Van Buren by H. A. Terry, Iowa. 

 Began bearing in 1895. 



Louisa. — Fruit irregular oval ; size medium ; cavity shal- 

 low : stem short: suture a line: color dull red; dots many, 

 small; bloom thick, blue; skin thick; flesh yellow; stone 

 large, oval, flattened, cling; quality medium; season about 

 the same as Wolf, Weaver and De Soto. 



Found wild in Missouri and introduced by Samuel Miller, 

 Bluffton, Missouri. J. W. Kerr of Maryland says: "Tree vig- 

 orous and productive. One of the best market varieties," Also, 

 favorably reported from Minnesota. 



