The Americana Plums Described 155 



JONES LATE. Fruit long oval; size large; color red; 

 stone cling ; season late ; tree vigorous and productive. 

 Origin same as Jones (?). 



KAMPESKA. Described by J. W. Kerr, Maryland, as "me- 

 dium size or slightly above, roundish, purplish-red, cling; 

 August 5-15." Generally discarded. 



KICKAPOO. Fruit oval to nearly spherical ; size medium ; 

 cavity shallow ; stem short ; suture a line ; color dull red ; 

 dots many, conspicuous ; bloom heavy, blue ; skin thick ; flesh 

 yellow; stone medium size, oval, slightly flattened, cling; qual- 

 ity good; season medium. 



KIETH. Fruit long oval ; size large to very large ; cavity 

 shallow ; stem short and stout ; suture a faint line ; color 

 orange overlaid with crimson ; 

 dots many, very minute, white ; 

 bloom blue; skin thick; flesh 

 yellow, firm ; stone large, oval, 

 somewhat flattened, cling; qual- 

 ity good to best; season of De 

 Soto and Wolf. 

 One of the best Americanas. 



KLONDIKE. "Golden yellow, 

 freestone, very early." Origi- . 

 nated in Iowa by cross-pollina- 

 tion. Introduced 1897 by W. F. 

 Heikes, Hunstville, Alabama. 

 Originated with J. Wragg & 

 Sons, Iowa. 



KIETH KOPP. Fruit round; size 



large ; color purplish-red ; stone 

 cling ; season of Wolf. 



Not widely known nor highly praised. Introduced by O. 

 M. Lord, Minnesota City, Minnesota. 



KNUDSON (Knudson's Peach). Fruit round oval; size 

 above medium; color purplish-red; stone cling; a little later 

 than Wolf and Weaver. 



Reports on this variety are conflicting. It would be safe 

 to plant something else. 



LABERT (Labert Red). Found in some collections. I 

 have not seen it and do not know its history. 



LA PRAIRIE. A wild variety taken into cultivation in 1844 

 at Shopiere, Wisconsin, and reported to Professor Goff by B. 

 H. Smith. No description. 



LATE ROLLINGSTONE. Fruit oblate spherical; size small; 

 cavity shallow ; stem medium ; suture faint ; color red over 



