160 Plums and Plum Culture 



From seed of Van Buren. Bore first crop in 1896. Origi- 

 nated with H. A. Terry, Iowa. 



Peffer Premium. — Fruit slightly oblate; size small to 

 medium ; cavity very shallow ; stem medium long ; suture a 

 faint line ; color red over orange ; dots many, small ; bloom 

 blue; skin rather thin; flesh yellow; stone round, flattened, 

 cling or partially free ; quality fair; season of Wolf. 



A wild plum from Wisconsin, introduced by George P. 

 Peffer, Pewaukee. 



Penning ( Penning' s Free). — A variety grown by M. Pen- 

 ning, Minnesota, but not yet generally distributed. 



Pilot. — Professor Goff gives the following account of this 

 variety; "Originated by M. E. Hinkley, 1874, from seed gath- 

 ered on Little Sioux river, Cherokee county, Iowa. Tree 

 bushy, spreading top, low. Fruit egg-shaped, very large, mot- 

 tled yellow and pink ; very prolific. Quality high for dessert. 

 Pit long and thin, prune-shaped. Season medium. When 

 ripening in wet season perhaps 10 per cent will crack on tree. 

 Pronounced by local judges 'best' of twenty named sorts." 



Plunk (Large Red Sweet). — Fruit round; size large; 

 color dark red; stone cling; quality good; season of Wolf. 

 Introduced by Charles Luedloff, Cologne, Minnesota. 



Purple Yosemite. — Fruit irregular oval ; size large ; 

 cavity shallow ; stem short ; suture a line ; color dull orange 

 red ; dots many, minute : bloom thick, blue ; skin very thick ; 

 flesh yellow; stone large, oval, flattened, cling; flavor sweet- 

 ish ; quality fair ; season medium to late. 



Reported favorably by some; unfavorably by others. 



Quaker. — Fruit round oval ; size large to very large ; 

 cavity shallow ; stem long, strong ; suture a line ; color dark- 

 red ; dots many, yellowish ; bloom thick, blue ; skin thick ; 

 flesh yellow; stone large, oblique oval, flattened, more or less 

 free ; quality good to best ; season medium early. J. W. Kerr, 

 Maryland, says the tree blights. 



Professor Bailey says that this was discovered wild by 

 Joseph Bundy of Springville, Linn county, Iowa. Dissemi- 

 nated about 1862 by H. C. Raymond, Council Bluffs, and by, 

 him named Quaker in compliment to Mr. Bundy, who is a 

 Quaker. The quality is high ; in fact this is one of the best 

 of the Americanas. It is regarded by many as being a choice 

 variety in all respects. 



Qualit\. — Under this illegitimate name there has been a 

 variety distributed by Edson Gaylord of Iowa. 



Queen (Golden Queen). — "Fruit very large, roundish 

 oblong, bright golden yellow, delicious in quality, unexcelled 



