The Americana Plums Described 149 



Hare, and introduced by H. C. Raymond of the Forest Garden 

 nurseries, Council Bluffs, about 1862. A favorite variety, 

 especially in the west. 



FREE SILVER. Fruit oval, slightly compressed ; size large ; 

 cavity very shallow ; suture a line ; color dark red ; dots 

 many, minute ; bloom bluish ; skin thick ; flesh yellow ; stone 

 large, round oval, considerably flattened, cling. 



Raised and named by H. A. Terry of Iowa, who also 

 originated the variety called W. J. Bryan. Generally thought 

 to be one of the most promising new sorts yet introduced. 



GALENA. Introduced by Charles Luedloff, Cologne, Min- 

 nesota, and by him described as "large, yellow, with a little 

 red, oval, cling, productive." 



GALE (Gale Seedling). Fruit roundish, compressed; 

 size small or medium ; suture distinct ; apex slightly trun- 

 cate ; color dull red ; skin thin ; 

 flesh yellow, soft; stone thick, 

 rounded, nearly free; quality fair 

 to gd ; season very early. "Tree 

 very productive and much given 

 to overbearing." Introduced by 

 I. Gale & Son of Waukesha, Wis- 

 consin ( ?). 



GARDEN KING. Fruit medium 

 to large, oval, scarlet; flesh sweet, 

 juicy, small, freestone; tree rapid 

 grower, heavy bearer. A. R. 

 Prescott, Postville, Iowa. 



Found wild in 1853. Judge 

 Elias Topliff of De Soto, Wiscon- 

 GAYLORD sin, cultivated this in 1861 ; from 



him obtained by A. R. Prescott, 

 Postville, Iowa, who introduced it in 1896. Craig. 



GATES. "Fruit medium, flattened ; suture distinct ; very 

 dull red" with numerous yellowish specks about apex; skin 

 thick ; flesh yellow, of fair quality ; stone distinctly margined ; 

 season late." Described by Professor Goff from samples from 

 E. H. S. Dartt, Owatonna, Minnesota. 



Originated at Owatonna, Minnesota. 



GAYLORD. Fruit oval; size large; cavity very shallow; 

 stem short and stout ; suture a line ; apex rounded ; color 

 dull crimson ; dots many, very minute ; bloom blue ; skin 

 thick: flesh yellow; stone large, oval, flat, cling; quality 

 good to best; season, medium or early. 



Introduced about 1890 by Edson Gaylord, Nora Springs, 

 Iowa. Extensively planted and generally favorably reported. 

 Said by many to be a profitable market variety. 



