152 Plums and Plum Culture 



Grown from seed of Quaker by H. A. Terry, Iowa. Bore 

 the first crop in 1882. Has been widely distributed and rs 

 a deserving favorite. Good for market or home use. 



HIAWATHA. Fruit long oval ; size medium to large ; cav- 

 ity shallow ; suture a line ; color dull dark red ; dots fine and 

 indistinct ; bloom blue ; skin thick ; flesh yellow ; stone me- 

 dium large, oval, flattened, cling; quality poor; season 

 medium to late. Sent out as a curiosity only by C. W. Heide- 

 man of New Ulm, Minnesota, and has not proved to be useful 

 in orchard culture. 



HILLTOP. Fruit round oval : size small in the only speci- 

 mens examined; cavity shallow; stem short; suture a line; 

 color deep red : dots very minute ; bloom blue ; skin thick ; 

 flesh yellow: stone large, flat, round oval, cling; quality fair 

 to good ; season medium to late. 



HOLT. Fruit irregular spherical, compressed; size me- 

 dium ; cavity shallow, flaring ; stem slender ; suture .slight ; 

 color light red ; dots many, minute : bloom blue : skin very 

 thick : flesh yellow : stone large, round oval, hardly flattened, 

 half- free: quality fair to good: season medium to late. 



Origin with J. B. Holt of Rutland, Ohio(?) Compare 

 U. S. Dept. Agr. Pomologist's Kept. 1891, p. 392. 



