2OO Plums and Plum Culture 



Munson, Lonestar, and several others. It is generally reported 

 as rotting badly. Bailey (Cornell Bulletin 38) quotes the 

 following account of its history from Albertspn & Hobbs, 

 Bridgeport, Indiana, who introduced the variety in 1884: 

 "This is a seedling grown by a Mr. Pickett of Putnam county, 

 Indiana, from a seedling brought with him from North Caro- 

 lina, nearly fifty years ago, and has, almost every season (since 

 large enough), borne abundant crops, but was neglected and 

 never brought to the notice of the public till 1879, when Dr. 

 J. H. Robinson (of the same township) read a paper before 

 the Indiana Horticultural society on Chicasaw plums, and 

 gave a very flattering description of this plum, which he had 

 been watching since 1872. and of which he had two good crops 

 on his own trees ; which bore two bushels to the tree five years 

 after planting, and has borne good crops annually, except 

 once, when killed by late frosts. It was named by the Putnam 

 County Horticultural society in honor of Dr. Robinson. 



SANDERS (Honey Grove). Described in 1808 catalog of 

 J. S. Kerr, Texas, as small, purplish-red, medium quality, 

 abundant bearer, "the earliest plum." I know nothing more 

 about it. 



YELLOW TRANSPARENT (Transparent, erroneously). 

 Fruit above medium size, oblong, bright yellow ; skin thin 

 and tough; flesh rather soft and watery; flavor sweet and 

 good ; stone cling ; season early or medium. 



Grown from seeds gathered in the wild by J. L. Freeman, 

 northern Texas. A fairly good yellow variety. 



