The Wildgoose Varieties Described 187 



suture a line ; color bright red ; dots many, white ; bloom 

 thin, bluish; skin thin; flesh yellow; stone medium size, 

 slightly flattened, cling; quality fair to good; season medium. 



Milton. — Fruit oval; size medium to large; cavity shal- 

 low, abrupt; stem slender; suture obsolete; apex sometimes 

 slightly pointed; color bright red; dots many, white, con- 

 spicuous; bloom whitish; skin thin; flesh yellow, rather soft; 

 stone large, oval, slightly flattened, cling; flavor sweet; 

 quality good ; season early. 



Seedling of Wildgoose, grown by H. A. Terry, Crescent, 

 Iowa, about 1885. One of the best of the group. A successful 

 commercial variety. 



Mississippi (Mississippi Red). — Fruit oval; size large; 

 cavity very shallow; suture obsolete; color fine, clear red; 

 dots many, yellowish; bloom white; skin thin but tough; 



MILTON 



flesh soft, yellow ; stone medium size, slightly flattened, oval, 

 cling ; quality good ; season medium. 



Introduced by J. M. Shell of Georgetown, Texas, some 

 twenty-five years ago, but dropped from cultivation. It is, 

 however, one of the best fruits of the Wildgoose class which 

 I have seen, and ought to be brought back into cultivation. 



Mrs. Cleveland. — "Fruit large, light mottled red, oblong 

 and slightly pointed at both ends, excellent quality, with a 

 small pit. Tree a strong grower, of spreading habit and quite 

 productive." — From catalog of introducer, H. A. Terry, Iowa. 

 Seedling of Wildgoose, 1883. 



Ohio (Ohio Prolific). — Fruit round; size medium; cav- 

 ity shallow; stem slender; color bright red; skin thin; flesh 

 yellow ; stone cling ; season medium. 



Not valuable. 



