158 Plums and Plum Culture 



Mollie. — A variety originating with Theodore Williams, 

 Benson, Nebraska. Not yet generally introduced and un- 

 known to me. 



Monon. — Listed by J. W. Kerr, Denton, Maryland, but 

 otherwise unknown to me. 



Moon. — Described as follows by J. W. Kerr. Maryland : 

 "Above medium to large, round oblong, purplish, cling, Au- 

 gust 5-15 (in Maryland). Will be dropped here." I am un- 

 acquainted with the variety. 



Muncy. — "Large, round oblong, dark purplish, cling ; 

 August 1-10 (in Maryland). Will be dropped." — Catalog of 

 J. W. Kerr, Maryland. 



Mussey. — "Very large, round oblong, yellow mottled with 

 red, skin medium thick; flesh firm and excellent; semi-cling; 

 leaves medium to large, pubescent, glands small or none; very 

 late." — Bailey. 



Wild, from Kansas. Introduced by Abner Allen. 



Nellie. — Fruit oblate ; size medium to large ; cavity 

 almost obsolete ; stem medium ; suture a faint line ; apex 

 sometimes slightly depressed; color light pinkish; dots 

 many, indistinct ; bloom blue ; skin thick ; flesh firm, yellow ; 

 stone medium size, round, compressed, partly free ; quality 

 good ; medium to late. 



Nellie Blanche. — "Parentage unknown. Produced first 

 crop in 1897. So far as tested, this is one of the best varieties 

 in cultivation. Tree a strong, upright grower, and so enor- 

 mously productive that the tree is scarcely able to sustain its 

 crop of fruit. Fruit large, oblong, dark mottled red. good 

 quality." — From the advertisement of the originator, H. A. 

 Terry, Iowa. 



Neverfail. — "Fruit large, round, red, very beautiful, 

 quality fine ; ripe about with De Soto. Tree vigorous growth, 

 slightly spreading. Purchased of an eastern nurseryman for 

 Wolf, not true to name; introduced by J. S. Haag, Hosper, 

 Sioux county, Iowa." — Craig. 



Newton Egg. — Fruit oval ; size small ; cavity shallow ; 

 suture a line ; color dull red ; dots many, yellow ; bloom blue ; 

 skin thick, tough ; flesh yellow ; stone large, long, oval, flat- 

 tened, partially free; quality fair to good; season of Wolf and 

 De Soto. 



Originated with Charles Luedloff, Cologne, Minnesota. 



New L t lm. — Fruit oval ; size large ; cavity shallow ; stem 

 stout; suture a line; apex slightly pointed; color orange 

 heavily blushed with crimson; dots many, minute, white; 

 bloom blue; skin tough; flesh yellow; stone medium size, 



