1 68 Plums and Plum Culture 



Wood. — Fruit somewhat conical; size medium; cavity 

 deep, flaring; stem short, slender; suture a line; apex 

 pointed ; color orange blushed with crimson ; dots many, 

 minute, white ; bloom light, blue ; skin tough ; flesh yellow ; 

 stone oval, flat, cling; flavor sweetish; quality good; season 

 medium. 



Wyant. — Fruit oblique oval, compressed ; size medium 

 to large ; cavity shallow, flaring ; stem medium ; suture a line ; 

 color pinkish-red; dots many, indistinct; bloom thick, blue; 

 skin thick, firm ; flesh yellow ; stone medium, round oval, 

 flattened, cling ; quality good ; season medium ; tree spread- 

 ing, strong grower, very productive. The Wyant plum origi- 

 nated at Waterloo, Iowa, with Airs. Mary A. Wyant, who in 

 1871 planted the seed from a wild plum tree which bore extra 

 large fruit. She says that the Wyant is not like the parent 

 plum, however. Introduced to the public through Professor 

 J. L. Budd. 



Yellow Sweet. — Fruit round oblong, compressed ; size 

 medium; color orange, heavily marked with purplish-red; 

 bloom bluish ; skin thick ; flesh yellow ; stone round, flat, 

 cling or partly free; flavor very sweet; quality good; season 

 medium early. 



Origin, Minnesota ( ?). Of doubtful value. 



Yellow Yosemite. — A variety of no value, mentioned in 

 some lists. I do not know it nor do I find any authentic 

 description. 



