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WAYLAND (P.'hortulana). Valuable in the dry Southwest, because the trees 

 bear heavily but late. Fruits small, red, sour, clingstone, excellent for 

 culinary purposes. Trees large, sturdy and hardy. 



WILD GOOSE (P. munsoniana) . A very early, handsome, medium-sized, 

 red variety, with tender, melting, pleasant flavored, clingstone flesh. 

 Tree large, healthy, hardy and prolific when well pollinated, sterile, 

 or nearly so, otherwise. 



WOLF (P. americana mollis). A remarkably hardy, reliable American 

 variety which bears handsome, medium-sized, red fruits of good flavor, 

 almost freestone. Valuable in the upper Mississippi Valley, but 

 probably not elsewhere, unless in very cold sections where better 

 Plums fail. 



WYANT (P. americana). One of the best American varieties. Tree small, 

 spreading, straggly, hardy, healthy, prolific. Fruit mid-season and 

 with short period of ripening. Medium-sized, dark red, flesh yellow, 

 juicy, tender, melting, sweet, of fair quality and nearly free from the pit. 



EUROPEAN GROUP 



AGEN. Particularly valuable for prune making because of its richness 



in sugar and solids and its regular annual bearing. Good also for 



dessert. Fruit below medium in size, late, reddish-purple, almost 



freestone. 



BAVAY. See Reine Claude. 

 DAMSON. Impossible to eat raw. Noted for twenty centuries for jam. 



A little, late, astringent, blue Plum, borne profusely on small trees. 



Widely adaptable to soils and climates, hence superior to several of its 



progeny which excel it in other respects. 

 FRENCH. The largest and best quality variety of the Damson group. 



Sometimes the stone clings to the flesh, sometimes it is free. Fruits 



purple, late, follows Shropshire. Trees large, strong, prolific annual 



croppers. 

 GOLDEN DROP. The largest and handsomest yellow variety, suitable 



for dessert, culinary purposes and drying. Very late, freestone. 



Particularly successful on the Pacific coast; almost a failure in the 



East because the trees are tender to frost and susceptible to disease. 

 GREEN GAGE. See Reine Claude. 

 HAND. See Reine Claude. 

 IMPERIAL GAGE. See Reine Claude. 

 ITALIAN PRUNE. A late, short season, purple, freestone Plum, specially 



useful for culinary purposes. Its good qualities have made it one of 



the most widely grown varieties of the world. 

 JEFFERSON. Sae Rgine Clauds. 

 LAWRENCE. See Reine Claude. 

 MCLAUGHLIN. See Reine Claude. 

 MIDDLEBURG. A large, late, purple, almost freestone variety, of long 



season and excellent quality for dessert and culinary uses. Trees 



medium size, sturdy, hardy, healthy and prolific. 

 MONARCH. One of the largest, handsomest and best flavored of purple 



Plums. Fruit late, clingstone. Tree medium size, prolific. 



