The Chicasaw Plums Described 



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thorny ; leaves small and narrow. Bears young and abun 

 dantly. 



Originated and introduced by G. Onderdonk, Texas. 



POTTAWATT. 



a long, slender 

 white bloom an 

 to crack; flesh 

 or a little later. 

 Originated 

 Council Bluffs, 



( \mie. — Fruit medium to large, ellipsoid, with 



stem ; bright red, with small yellow dots and 



d a faint suture line ; skin thin, rather inclined 



firm, yellow, fine quality, cling. Midseason 



in Tennessee. Introduced by J. B. Rice of 

 Iowa, in 1875. One of the best known Chica- 



POTTAWATTAMIE 



saws, and deservedly popular. Probably the hardiest of the 

 group. "It will not prove hardy north of the forty-second 

 parallel except in favored spots." — Budd, Iowa Bulletin 19. 

 Professor Goff, in preparing Wisconsin Bulletin 63, received 

 twenty reports of Pottawattamie. These generally called the 

 variety productive and a good seller, but inferior in quality. 

 The name has been diversely spelled, but the spelling here 

 given is correct. 



Robinson. — Fruit medium size, round, red, cling. Season 

 medium or late. 



This is, unfortunately, one of the best known plums of 

 its class. It is distinctly inferior to such sorts as Newman, 



