1 86 Plums and Plum Culture 



FREEMAN. Fruit round oblong; size large; color red; 

 stone cling; season medium early. 



One of H. A. Terry's Wildgoose seedlings, Iowa, 1885. 



HOLLISTER. Fruit oblong spherical ; size above medium ; 

 cavity shallow ; stem slender ; suture a faint line ; color 

 bright red ; dots few ; skin thin ; flesh soft, yellow ; stone 

 medium size, oval, slightly flattened, cling; flavor sweet; 

 quality good; season medium to late. 



Origin unknown. 



INDIAN CHIEF. Fruit oval ; size medium ; cavity shal- 

 low ; stem short, slender ; suture a faint line ; color bright 

 red ; dots many, white ; bloom blue ; skin thick ; flesh yellow ; 

 stone medium to large, long oval, flattened, cling; flavor flat; 

 quality poor; season medium early. "Fruit drops as soon as 

 colored." Kerr. 



Origin in dispute. 



JAMES VICK. "From seed of Wildgoose. First crop in 

 1885. Tree a spreading, straggling, but vigorous grower, with 

 fruit of large size; round, bright red, good quality and quite 

 productive." From advertisement of the originator, H. A. 

 Terry, Iowa. 



JEWELL. Fruit round; size medium or larger; cavity 

 shallow ; suture a line ; color yellow overspread with red ; 

 flesh yellow; stone cling; season medium to late. "Tree 

 vigorous, open or spreading, with handsome bright foliage, 

 narrower than Wildgoose leaves." Kerr. 



Another of Mr. Terry's Wildgoose seedlings, Iowa, 1885. 



KELLY. This variety I find mentioned in the catalog of 

 the J. Van.Lindley Nursery company of Pomona, North Caro- 

 lina.- It is there said to have been introduced by R. Bates, 

 Jackson, South Carolina. It is described as being of medium 

 size, yellow, quality good, a prolific bearer, ripening in May, 

 "thus being the earliest plum ever introduced." 



KROH (Poole, Poole's Pride). Fruit oval; size small to 

 medium ; cavity shallow ; stem slender ; suture a line ; color 

 bluish ; skin thin ; flesh yellow ; stone medium size, oval, some- 

 what flattened, cling; quality good; tree productive. 



Introduced by Stark Brothers in 1893 under the name of 

 Poole's Pride. The previous history of the variety is uncer- 

 tain, except that it had long been known as Kroh. 



LANCASTER. A new variety, grown by Charles B. Camp, 

 of Cheney, Nebraska, from Wildgoose seed thought to have 

 been pollinated by Miner. 



MACEDONIA (Transparent). Fruit oval to nearly spheri- 

 cal ; size medium or small ; cavity shallow ; stem short ; 



