VAEIETIES OF PLUMS FROM NATIVE AMERICAN SPECIES. 11 



* American Golden, h. Introduced by James B. Wild & Bros., Sarcoxie, Mo., and 



said to have originated from seed planted near that place. Appears from the 



description to be hortulana. 

 Ames, 30, 34, am X tr. A seedling of De Soto pollinated by a Japanese variety, 



originated by J. L. Budd, Ames, Iowa. The foliage shows very little Japanese 



character. 

 Anderson, 30, am. Found wild beside the Turkey River, near Sioux Rapids, Iowa, 



by Mrs. Vincent Anderson. 

 Anderson (No. 2), 30, n. A seedling grown in Iowa. 

 Anderson's Early Red. See Anderson. 

 *Anna, am. A variety grown by Mr. Charles Gibb, of Montreal, Quebec, from wild 



stock secured in Wisconsin. Its origin as well as the description indicates americana. 



* Annual Bearer, am. A seedling grown by Edson Gaylord, Nora Springs, Iowa, 



and said by E. S. Goff to be an americana. 

 *Apple, am. An Iowa seedling of Hawkeye, said by Hedrick ^ to be an americana, 



Patten No. 40. 

 Apple, 34, mu X tr. Originated by Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, Cal., who states 



that Satsuma and probably Robinson are in its Une of ancestry. 

 *Apricot, am. Listed as an americana by J. W. Kerr, Denton, Md. 

 *Arctic.^ A native Manitoba variety grown by Thomas Frankland, Stonewall, 



Manitoba. 

 Arkansas, 14, 20, 30, 34, 37, mu. Originated in Arkansas and introduced by J. D. 



Morrow & Son. 

 Arkansas Lombard. See Arkansas. 

 *Assiniboia. A native seedling grown at the Indian Head Experimental Farm, 



Saskatchewan. 

 *Assiniboin. Mentioned by N . E. Hansen ^ as a pure native grown from pits secured 



in Manitoba. Perhaps the same as the preceding. 

 Atkins, 30, am. Foimd on the farm of James Beatty, near Atkins, Benton Co., 



Iowa, and introduced about 1894 under the name Beatty. 

 August, 14, n. Introduced by J. W. Kerr, Denton, Md. 

 Augmt Red. See August. 

 Aurora, 14, h. Grown by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebr., and introduced in 



1898 under the name Moreman's Cherry by J. W. Kerr, Denton, Md., who later 



changed the name to Aurora. 

 Bailey, 39, am. 

 Baker. See Stoddard. 



Baldwin, 36, am. Originated on the Baldwin farm, near Council Bluffs, Iowa. 

 Bales, 3, h. 

 *"BAQ," tr X am (?). A variety offered by S. W. Snyder, Center Point, Iowa, and 



said to be a combination of Burbank, Brittlewood, and Quackenboss. It is prob- 

 ably merely trijlora X americana. 

 *Baraboo, am. Found growing wild near Baraboo, Wis., about 1860 and introduced 



in 1897 by William Toole, of Baraboo. It is said by E. S. Goff to be an americana, 



and its origin indicates that species. 



1 Hedrick, U. P. The Plums of New York, 1911, p. 396. 



2 Hansen, N. E. Some New Fruits, circular of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 spring of 1908. 



