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similar spireas. The named varieties of native plums 

 which, it seems to me, can be confidently referred 

 to Prunus Americana are named below. There are 

 others which belong to this species, but I have not 

 had an opportunity of critically examining them: 



American Eagle, Beaty's Choice, Cheney, Chip- 

 peway, Cottrell, Deep Creek, De Soto, Forest Garden, 

 Gaylord, Harrison's Peach, Hawkeye, Illinois Iron- 



Fig. 27. Variation in stones of Myrobalan plum. Natural size. 



clad, Itaska, Jessie, Kickapoo, Late Rollingstone, Le 

 Due, Little Seedling (of Chas. Luedloff), Louisa, 

 Luedloff 's Green, Luedloff 's Red, Maquoketa, Min- 

 netonka, Mussey, Newton Egg, Ocheeda, Peffer's 

 Premium, Purple Yosemite, Quaker, Rollingstone, 

 Smith's Red, Speer, Stoddart, Wazata, Weaver, 

 Wier's Large Red, Wyant, Yellow Sweet. Of the 

 variety mollis, of Prunus Americana, two named fruit 

 varieties are well marked, the Wolf (or Wolf Free), 

 and the Van Buren. 



