The Americana Plums Described 145 



large, round oval, pointed above and rounded below, glabrous 

 above, rather roughly tomentose over the entire lower surface, 

 margin coarsely, deeply irregularly doubly-jagged toothed, 

 petiole strong, with one or two glands. 



Originated and named by Theodore Williams, Benson, 

 Nebraska. See Vermont experiment station Bulletin 67 :8, 

 1898. 



CALIFORNIA (California Seedling). Fruit slightly oblate; 

 size medium: cavity medium deep, flaring; stem long; suture 

 a line; color bright red; dots many, minute, white; bloom 

 blue ; skin thick, tough ; flesh yellow ; stone medium size, 

 nearly round, slightly flattened, cling; quality good; season 

 medium. 



CARVER. Fruit round oval ; size small ; cavity, shallow ; 

 stem slender; suture a line; color red; dots many, small; 



bloom blue ; skin tough ; 

 flesh yellow ; stone medi- 

 um size, oval, scarcely 

 flattened, cling ; quality 

 fair; season late. 



Introduced by Charles 

 Luedloff, Cologne, Min- 

 nesota. Not a promising 

 variety. 



CHAMPION. Fruit 

 round oval ; size large ; 

 cavity medium deep, 

 rounded ; suture a line ; 

 color red over yellow ; 

 dots many, large, white; 

 bloom white ; skin firm ; 

 flesh yellow ; stone large, 

 oval, flattened, cling; 

 CHAMPION quality good ; season late. 



Seedling of Hawkeye, 



grown by H. A. Terry, Iowa, and generally regarded as a 

 good variety. 



CHEROKEE. "Above medium size, mottled red, round 

 oblong, cling, Aug. 15-25. Tree lacks vigor and the variety 

 will be dropped." J. W. Kerr, Maryland. Said to have been 

 found wild in Kansas. 



CHIPPEWAY. Fruit oblong;. size small to medium; color 

 deep red ; skin medium thick ; flesh firm, yellow ; stone small, 

 thickened, pointed, free; flavor sweet. 



Generally held to be a poor variety. 



CHRISTIE. The following description is from Craig: 

 "Form round truncate; size medium; apex flattened; cavity 

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