1 56 Plums and Plum Culture 



yellow ; dots many, dull yellow ; bloom thick, blue ; skin thick, 

 firm ; flesh yellow ; stone medium large, round, slightly flat- 

 tened, cling; quality fair to good; season medium late. 



Seedling of Rollingstone, grown by O. M. Lord, Minne- 

 sota. Thought by some to be the same as Rollingstone, but is 

 different, being from one week to ten days later. 



LE Due. Fruit medium, roundish or slightly oblong, 

 slightly flattened, suture rather distinct; bright red, some 

 specimens inclining to orange in spots, with thin bloom ; flesh 

 rich yellow, sweet and pleasant ; semi-cling ; skin rather thick, 

 a little harsh ; stone rather large, rounded at ends ; season 

 medium ; tree vigorous, symmetrical, very productive." Goff. 

 "Fair quality, small size; not superior to many unnamed kinds." 

 Lord, Minnesota. 



Found wild at Hastings, Minnesota, and introduced by 

 W. G. Le Due. Professor Goff speaks favorably of this variety, 

 but as I have seen it, it is inferior. 



LEONARD. Fruit round oval ; size very small ; cavity 

 shallow ; stem slender ; suture shallow ; color dull red ; dots 

 minute ; bloom blue ; skin very thick ; flesh yellow ; stone 

 small, round oval, flattened, tends to be free ; quality fair ; 

 season of Wolf. 



Not well reported. 



LILLIE. "Grown from seed of Hawkeye. First crop of 

 fruit in 1893. Tree a strong, vigorous grower, upright in 

 habit, and unusually productive of fruit of large size and best 

 quality, in color a very attractive mottled red on yellow ground. 

 One of the best varieties. Ripe midseason." Description of 

 the originator, H. A. Terry, Iowa. Favorably mentioned by 

 Craig. 



LOCKEY. Unknown to me. Listed by J. W. Kerr, Mary- 

 land. 



LOTTIE. Described as "large to very large, white or pale 

 yellow, freestone, quality best; ripe August 20-30 (in Iowa). 

 Tree upright and remarkably productive." 



Grown from seed of Van Buren by H. A. Terry, Iowa. 

 Began bearing in 1895. 



LOUISA. Fruit irregular oval ; size medium ; cavity shal- 

 low ; stem short ; suture a line ; color dull red ; dots many, 

 small ; bloom thick, blue ; skin thick ; flesh yellow ; stone 

 large, oval, flattened, cling; quality medium; season about 

 the same as Wolf, Weaver and De Soto. 



Found wild in Missouri and introduced by Samuel Miller, 

 Bluffton, Missouri. J. W. Kerr of Maryland says : "Tree vig- 

 orous and productive. One of the best market varieties." Also 

 favorably reported from Minnesota. 



