1 62 Plums and Plum Culture 



times slightly depressed ; color dark wine red ; dots very 

 minute; bloom heavy, bluish; skin thick and tough; flesh 

 yellow; stone large oval, hardly flattened, cling; quality good 

 to best; season medium early, productive. 



A wild variety introduced by C. G. Patten, Charles City, 

 Iowa, 1889, and generally regarded as valuable. 



Rocky Mountain (Rocky Mountain Dwarf). — Fruit 

 irregular spherical ; size small ; cavity shallow ; stem slender ; 

 suture a faint line; apex slightly depressed; color dull red; 

 dots many, small ; bloom blue ; skin thin ; flesh yellow ; stone 

 round, hardly flattened, cling; flavor sweetish; quality fair. 

 Tree stocky and dwarfish, with very dark-colored bark, show- 

 ing some characteristics of the Nigra group. 



Sent out as a curiosity by C. W. Heidman of Minnesota. 

 Worthless. 



ROSELLE 



Rollingstone. — Fruit irregular spherical ; size medium 

 or larger ; cavity shallow ; stem long ; suture faint ; color 

 dull red ; dots minute ; bloom thick, blue ; skin thick ; flesh 

 yellow ; stone medium size, round, flattened, cling ; flavor 

 sweet ; quality fair to good ; season medium early. 



Found over thirty years ago on the bank of the Rolling- 

 stone creek, Winona county, Minnesota, by O. M. Lord, and 

 introduced by him about 1882. This variety has been widely 

 distributed. In 1892 Professor Bailey said it was "one of the 

 leading varieties." This is probably not true to-day, though 

 it is still largely grown and highly regarded by some. Still 

 the large number of good varieties introduced in recent years 

 has left this somewhat in the shade. 



Roselle. — Fruit round oval ; size large ; color yellow 

 with red cheek ; stone nearly free ; flavor sweet ; quality good ; 

 season September. 



Originated with Ernest Hoffman, Roselle, Iowa, in 1892. 



