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thick, tough; flesh yellow; stone small, oval, turgid, cling; 

 quality good. (This description made from fruit from the 

 orchard of J. W. Kerr, Maryland, does not agree with Bailey's 

 description.) 



Originated in Luling, Caldwell county, Texas, with Lea 

 Beaty and introduced by him in 1877. As I have seen Beaty 

 it is somewhat different from El Paso, but the two names 

 were originally applied to the same variety. 



Caddo Chief. — Fruit ovoid, slightly pointed, small, bright 

 cherry red, with white or bluish bloom, dots hardly visible, 



AFRICAN 



and a faint suture line; skin tough; flesh red; pit compara- 

 tively large, round, cling; quality poor; very early. Tree 

 thick and spreading, productive. 



Found wild in Louisiana. Introduced by G. W. Stoner. 

 This is a very early plum, ripening in May in the southern 

 states, and has been highly recommended by some, but the 

 general opinion seems to agree with my own observation, that 

 the variety is strictly third-rate. 



Clark. — Fruit irregular spherical; size small; cavity 

 medium deep, broad; stem short; apex slightly indented; 

 color bright red; dots many, minute; bloom bluish; skin 

 tough ; flesh yellow ; stone medium to large, oval, very slightly 



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