The Hybrid Plums Described 205 



medium firm, red, stringy ; stone medium large, oval, flattened, 

 cling; flavor sprightly; quality good; has much of the Wild- 

 goose character, but is firmer and better colored. The leaves 

 are medium large, rather broadly oval, blunt-pointed, abruptly 

 tapering below, margins finely crenulate with many conspicu- 

 ous small glands, petiole short, usually glandless. Specimens 

 from F. T. Ramsey, Austin, Texas. First offered for sale in 

 Mr. Ramsey's catalog for fall of 1899. 



Caper. — P. triflora x P. cerasifera, perhaps. Fruit irreg- 

 ular ovoid, medium size ; cavity shallow, abrupt ; suture 

 shallow ; color fine dark red ; dots many, minute ; bloom light 

 colored; skin thick, tough; flesh medium firm, red; stone 

 large, pointed, only slightly flattened, cling; flavor sprightly 

 subacid; quality fair; leaf large, oval, rounded below, pointed 



BRECK 



above, rather thin, smooth, fine double-crenulate, petiole, 

 strong and glandular. 



Specimens received from the originator, J. S. Breece, 

 North Carolina, in 1899. See Vermont Experiment station 

 Report 12:221. Parentage unknown, except that the fruit and 

 foliage suggest Primus triflora and P. cerasifera. 



Cel. — Said by Mr. Burbank to be Myrobalan x Wickson ; 

 "a tri-specific hybrid." The fruit strongly suggests Primus 

 americana parentage, which would make the pedigree of this 

 variety as follows : P. cerasifera x P. triflora x P. americana. 

 Or if we take the view of Wickson suggested on Page 21, the 

 parentage of Cel would be P. cerasifera x P. triflora x P. 

 simoni. 



Fruit egg-shaped, medium size, rounded cavity; stem 

 medium long and strong; suture indistinct; apex pointed; 

 color bright transparent yellow; stone medium large, cling; 



