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The Wayland-likc Plums Named and Described 



MERICAN GOLDEN.— Leaves are of 

 the Wayland type, large, with crenu- 

 lations less appressed than is usual 

 in this group ; petioles glandular ; 

 fruit slightly ellipsoid, medium size, 

 cavity very shallow ; stem medium 

 long, slender ; faint suture line ; color 

 bright golden yellow, solid ; stone 

 medium large, turgid, cling ; flavor 

 sweet but sprightly; quality good. 

 Season late August and September. 

 Introduced by James B. Wild & 

 Brothers, Sarcoxie, Missouri. Originated from seed planted 

 near that place. Very similar to Golden Beauty. 



Benson. — Fruit oval ; size medium : cavity shallow ; stem 

 slender; suture a line; color bright red; dots many, yellow- 

 ish; bloom thin; skin medium thick; flesh yellow; stone 

 medium size, oval, scarcely flattened, cling; quality fair; sea- 

 son medium late. 



Originated with Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska. 

 Named and sent out by J. W. Kerr in 1898. 



Captain. — (Synonym of Columbia, but not of the Domes- 

 tica variety of this name described by Downing in Fruit and 



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