2i 8 Plums and Plum Culture 



seems to be certainly Miner. Crimson Beauty belongs to the 

 Wayland group. 



Twenty or thirty other varieties of the same or very simi- 

 lar parentage were received from Mr. Bruce. 



MARYLAND. A seedling of Utah Hybrid, which see. 

 Prunus angustifolia watsoni x P. pumila besseyi. Fruit 

 round or slightly ellipsoid, small, dark red or maroon; stone 

 medium size, pointed, cling. Season July 15-25 (in Mary- 

 land). Leaves large, oval, pointed, rounded at the base, 

 thickish, harsh, smooth above, tomentous below, margin irreg- 

 ularly crenulate and minutely glandular, petiole short, strong, 

 with 2-3 prominent glands. 



MAYNARD 



Of no value in the orchard. Originated with J. W. Kerr, 

 Denton, Maryland, and introduced in 1896. 



MAYNARD. P. triflora x P. simoni. Fruit oval, obliquely 

 truncate, large to very large ; cavity medium deep, broad ; 

 stem medium length; suture obsolete; color deep dull red: 

 dots very many, minute; bloom thin, whitish; skin thin; 

 flesh yellow, reddening from the outside, meaty; stone me- 

 dium large, oval, flattened, roughened, perfectly free ; flavor 

 rich and sweet, quality extra fine. Originated by Luther Bur- 

 bank and named by him in Vermont Experiment station Report 

 12 :226. 1899. Named after Professor S. T. Maynard. A very 

 fine plum. 



