The Americana Plums Described 151 



HANSON. Fruit nearly spherical ; size medium ; cavity 

 shallow, broad; stem short; suture shallow; color bright 

 red over yellow ; dots many, dull yellow ; bloom blue ; skin 

 very thick; flesh yellow; stone medium size, round, slightly 

 flattened, cling; flavor sweet; quality excellent; season early. 



"A good market plum." J. W. Kerr, Maryland. 



HART (Hart's De Soto). Fruit oval; size medium: 

 cavity shallow, flaring ; stem slender, medium length ; suture 

 a line ; color red over orange ; dots many, small, yellow ; 

 bloom blue ; skin tough ; flesh yellow ; stone small, oval, 

 somewhat flattened, cling; quality good. 



HAWKEYE 



Origin. Iowa. A promising variety. Sent out by Iowa 

 agricultural college. 



HARTWTCK. A variety given in some lists, but uniformly 

 reported unsuccessful. I have not seen it and do not know 

 its history. 



HAWKEYE. Fruit round oval; size large; cavity very 

 shallow; stem rather long; suture a line; apex sometimes 

 slightly depressed : color dull red over yellow ; dots many, 

 minute ; bloom thick, blue ; skin thick ; flesh yellow ; size 

 large, oval, flattened, cling; quality, good to best; season of 

 Do Soto. 



