232 Plums and Plum Culture 



Originated and introduced by J. H. G. Jenkins, Spring 

 Garden, Missouri, about 1896. Myrobalan group. 



Fuller (Fuller's Egg). — Named to Professor Goff by 

 B. A. Mathews of Knoxville, Iowa. 



Craele. — Fruit obovate ; size medium ; cavity very shal- 

 low ; stem long, slender ; suture a line ; apex pointed ; color 

 orange with crimson blush; dots very many, minute, white; 

 bloom blue; skin very tough; flesh yellow; stone large, 

 elliptical, slightly winged, cling; quality good. 



Specimens received from Iowa. Probably Prunus 

 amcricana. 



Hattie. — Fruit round, small, red; flesh yellow, soft; 

 stone small, round, cling; quality poor; season early; tree 

 dwarfish. 



Nobody seems to know the history of this variety, and 

 probably nobody wants to. Myrobalan group. 



Hoskins. — "Productive, regular bearer, medium; ripe 

 September 1-10; good quality, good shipper, golden color, free- 

 stone, with thin, tough skin." Described by the introducer, 

 J. Wragg & Son, Waukee, Iowa. 



Iola. — A variety originated by D. B. Wier, Illinois, and 

 mentioned by Bailey, Cornell Bulletin 38. Not grown now. 



Ithaca. — Mentioned by Bailey (Cornell Bulletin 38) and 

 said to have come from Peter M. Gideon, Minnesota. Not 

 known now. 



Kicab. — Fruit roundish oval ; size medium ; cavity small ; 

 stem short, slender ; suture very shallow ; color crimson with 

 purplish stripes radiating from the cavity; dots numerous; 

 bloom heavy, lilac; skin thick, tenacious; flesh tender, yellow; 

 stone large, oval, cling; flavor mild subacid; quality good 

 to very good;»season August 10-15 in Illinois. 



Seedling raised by Benjamin Buckman, Farmingdale, 

 Illinois. Description taken from United States Pomologist's 

 Report, 1895, p. 45. 



Marianna. — Fruit round; size small to medium; cavity 

 shallow ; stem short ; suture a line ; color bright, clear red ; 

 dots many, small ; bloom thin, white ; skin thin ; flesh very 

 soft and watery, yellow ; stone large, oval, somewhat flattened, 

 cling; flavor peculiar, like sugar and water, without much 

 sugar; quality poor; season early. 



Originated in the orchard of Charles G. Fitze at Marianna, 

 Polk county, Texas. Introduced in 1884 by Charles N. Eley, 

 Smith Point, Texas. Belongs in the Myrobalan group, though 

 perhaps hybridized with some Chicasaw variety. 



Miles. — "Said to have originated in Illinois from seed 

 taken from North Carolina." — Bailey. 



