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from which these were taken, but when brought into cultiva- 

 tion this variety, and others of the same collection, proved to 

 be a great disappointment. The introducers soon ceased to 

 propagate them, but they tell me that since that time they have 

 had frequent inquiries for the plants from those who had 

 bought them before and had found them desirable. Prunus 

 angustifolia watsoni. 



Simon {Prunus simoni.) — Fruit strongly oblate; size 

 large, an inch to two inches in diameter; cavity deep and 

 wide ; stem very short ; suture shallow ; apex a plain dot ; 

 color dull dark red ; dots many, large and small ; bloom 

 faint ; skin thick and firm ; flesh hard, meaty, yellow ; stone 

 small, round, slightly flattened, partially free; flavor some- 

 times fairly sweet, at other times mawkish and disagreeable; 

 quality fair to good ; season early. 



Steixman. — "Very good bearer of fair-sized fruit; season 

 of Forest Garden ; will sell well." — Steinman, Iowa, in Goff. 

 Probably Americana. 



Stickney. — "A Baraboo variety grown by Franklin John- 

 son of Baraboo, Wisconsin; season and size of Rollingstone ; 

 tender-fleshed." — Goff. 



Strawberry. — Fruit nearly spherical, small ; cavity shal- 

 low ; stem slender ; color red, with a thin bloom ; skin thin ; 

 flesh yellow, soft; stone roundish, cling; quality poor; tree 

 dwarf, symmetrical and ornamental, but much subject to twig 

 blight. Prunus angustifolia watsoni. 



Theresa. — Fruit roundish oval ; size medium ; color red- 

 dish-purple ; bloom heavy, blue ; flesh yellowish-green ; flavor 

 mild ; quality only good ; season early in August in Ohio ; 

 tree a heavy and regular bearer, but variety not otherwise rec- 

 ommended by United States Pomologist's Report, 1892, p. 264. 



Trostle— "Has a local reputation about Kingsley. Iowa. 

 It is a dark red plum." — The Fruitman. Probably Ameri- 

 cana. 



Wady (Wady's Early).— "Early and very good, but the 

 tree is a poor grower and the fruit rather small." — Bailey. 



Wilson. — Reported to Professor Goff by Edson Gaylord 

 of Iowa as "a very earlv fine plum." Is this the same as Silas 

 Wilson? 



Yellow Panhandle. — Fruit irregular oval ; size small 

 to very small ; cavity abrupt ; stem short ; suture light ; apex 

 sometimes .depressed ; color clear red ; dots few, indistinct ; 

 bloom bluish; skin tough; flesh yellow; stone mediurn to 

 large, oval, turgid, cling; quality very poor; tree a fairly 

 good grower. 



This variety has the same history as Red Panhandle, 

 which see. Another of the sand plums. 



