1 86 Plums and Plum Culture 



Freeman. — Fruit round oblong; size large; color red; 

 stone cling; season medium early. 



One of H. A. Terry's Wildgoose seedlings, Iowa, 18S5. 



Hollister. — Fruit oblong spherical ; size above medium ; 

 cavity shallow ; stem slender ; suture a faint line ; color 

 bright red ; dots few : skin thin ; flesh soft, yellow ; stone 

 medium size, oval, slightly flattened, cling; flavor sweet; 

 quality good ; season medium to late. 



Origin unknown. 



Indian Chief. — Fruit oval; size medium; cavity shal- 

 low; stem short, slender; suture a faint line; color bright 

 red; dots many, white; bloom blue; skin thick; flesh yellow; 

 stone medium to large, long oval, flattened, cling; flavor flat; 

 quality poor; season medium early. "Fruit drops as soon as 

 colored." — Kerr. 



Origin in dispute. 



James Vick. — "From seed of Wildgoose. First crop in 

 1885. Tree a spreading, straggling, but vigorous grower, with 

 fruit of large size ; round, bright red, good quality and quite 

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

 Terry, Iowa. 



Jewell. — Fruit round; size medium or larger; cavity 

 shallow ; suture a line ; color yellow overspread with red ; 

 flesh yellow; stone cling; season medium to late. "Tree 

 vigorous, open or spreading, with handsome bright foliage, 

 narrower than Wildgoose leaves." — Kerr. 



Another of Mr. Terry's Wildgoose seedlings, Iowa, 1885. 



Kelly. — This variety I find mentioned in the catalog of 

 the J. Van Lindley Nursery company of Pomona, North Caro- 

 lina. It is there said to have been introduced by R. Bates, 

 Jackson, South Carolina. It is described as being of medium 

 size, yellow, quality good, a prolific bearer, ripening in May, 

 "thus being the earliest plum ever introduced." 



Kroh (Poole, Poole's Pride). — Fruit oval; size small to 

 medium: cavity shallow: stem slender; suture a line; color 

 bluish ; skin thin ; flesh yellow ; stone medium size, oval, some- 

 what flattened, cling; quality good; tree productive. 



Introduced by Stark Brothers in 1893 under the name of 

 Poole's Pride. The previous history of the variety is uncer- 

 tain, except that it had long been known as Kroh. 



Lancaster. — A new variety, grown by Charles B. Camp, 

 of Cheney, Nebraska, from Wildgoose seed thought to have 

 been pollinated by Miner. 



Macedonia (Transparent). — Fruit oval to nearly spheri- 

 cal; size medium or small; cavity shallow; stem short; 



