The Chicasaw Plums Described 199 



thorny; leaves small and narrow. Bears young and abun- 

 dantly. 



Originated and introduced by G. Onderdonk, Texas. 



POTTAWATTAMIE. Fruit medium to large, ellipsoid, with 

 a long, slender stem; bright red, with small yellow dots and 

 white bloom and a faint suture line ; skin thin, rather inclined 

 to crack; flesh firm, yellow, fine quality, cling. Midseason 

 or a little later. 



Originated in Tennessee. Introduced by J. B. Rice of 

 Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1875. One of the best known Chica- 



POTTAWATTAMIE 



saws, and deservedly popular. Probably the hardiest of the 

 group. "It will not prove hardy north of the forty-second 

 parallel except in favored spots." Budd, Iowa Bulletin 19. 

 Professor Goff, in preparing Wisconsin Bulletin 63, received 

 twenty reports of Pottawattamie. These generally called the 

 variety productive and a good seller, but inferior in quality. 

 The name has been diversely spelled, but the spelling here 

 given is correct. 



ROBINSON. Fruit medium size, round, red, cling. Season 

 medium or late. 



This is, unfortunately, one of the best known plums of 

 its class. It is distinctly" inferior to such sorts as Newman, 



