1 82 Plums and Plum Culture 



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

 flattened, cling ; flavor, sweetish ; quality good ; season 

 medium. 



Introduced by T. V. Munson of Texas in 1897. 



PEACHLEAF. Fruit spherical, medium size; cavity slight, 

 deep wine red with a faint suture line and many small dots; 

 skin- thick and strong ; flesh very firm, yellow ; stone medium 

 size, roughened ; quality good. This is very much like More- 

 man, though the foliage seems to be a trifle more peach-like 

 and nearer the type of this group. The variety was received 

 from B. A. Mathews of Iowa, who says he has been growing 

 it for twenty-five years, but does not know its origin. It is 

 probably a distinct variety of this group, hitherto undescribed. 



PONTOTOC. Mentioned as not yet fully tested, and referred 

 to this group by Mr. Ramsey. 



REED. Fruit spherical or nearly so, small to medium, dark 

 cherry red with a faint suture stripe and many distinct yel- 

 lowish dots ; skin thick and firm ; flesh meaty, yellow ; stone 

 medium size, turgid, half-free ; quality fair. Ripens with 

 Moreman. Grown by Mr. O. H. Reed of Hightstown, New 

 Jersey, from seed of native plums from Illinois. Propagated 

 and introduced by Mr. Charles Black of Hightstown, who 

 writes me that it has been abandoned since the introduction of 

 Wildgoose and the Japanese varieties. 



The tree of Reed is one of the finest, with extraordinarily 

 large, brilliant green foliage. 



SUCKER STATE. Fruit round or roundish ; size medium ; 

 cavity shallow ; stem slender ; suture a line ; color dark wine 

 red; dots many, small, yellow; bloom none or thin; skin 

 thin ; flesh yellow ; stone medium size, short oval, not flat- 

 tened, cling ; quality good ; season late. 



Origin, Illinois (?). 



WAYLAND. Fruit spherical, medium to large, bright cherry 

 red with a distinct suture line and many distinct white dots 

 and a thin white bloom, skin thick and firm, flesh firm, meaty, 

 yellow ; stone medium cling ; quality good. Introduced by 

 Downer & Brother, Fairview, Kentucky. First propagated 

 in 1876. Came up in a plum thicket in the garden of Professor 

 H. B. Wayland, Cadiz, Kentucky. Described and illustrated 

 in Report United States Department Agriculture, 1888, p. 573. 

 A valuable variety. 



"The red coloring always has a pinkish hue here. Tree a 

 vigorous upright grower while young, assuming a weepinsr 

 habit when older; foliage large, bright and healthy." J. W. 

 Kerr, Maryland. 



WORLDBEATER. Fruit spherical or nearly so, medium to 

 large, bright wine red with numerous large white or yellowish 



