HAMMER 



HUDSON 



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Tree vasiform, open-topped, semi-hardy, variable in 

 productiveness. Leaves sparse, oblanceolate, 1% inches 

 wide, 3 V& inches long, thin ; apex abruptly pointed ; 

 base acute ; margin finely serrate or crenate ; petiole 

 slender, tinged red, with 1-4 globose or reniform 

 glands. Flowers white. Fruit early ; 1 % inches in 

 diameter, round, halves equal ; cavity abrupt, regular ; 

 suture a line ; apex round ; color light yellow, more 

 or less blushed with red on one side, becoming red at 

 maturity, mottled, with thin bloom ; dots numerous, 

 small, white ; stem slender, % inch long, glabrous ; 

 skin thin, tough, adhering ; flesh yellowish, very juicy, 

 fibrous, tender, melting next the skin but firmer at 

 the center, sweet except near the pit ; good in quality ; 

 stone adhering, round-oval, flattened, blunt but with 

 a small, sharp tip, rough. 



HAMMER. P. americana. The trees of 

 this variety make the best orchard plants of 

 all of the native varieties, being large, vigorous, 

 shapely, and hardy. The fruits are good in 

 quality, handsome in appearance, keep and 

 ship well, but crack badly in unfavorable 

 weather, and are quite subject to brown-rot. 

 Hammer extends the season of the Americana 

 plums considerably, and is well worth planting 

 in home orchards, in which the native plums 

 are too seldom found. In particular, this 

 variety can be recommended for the colder 

 parts of the country where Domestica and 

 Insititia plums are not hardy. Hammer is one 

 of H. A. Terry's numerous plums, fruited first 

 in 1888. 



Tree very large, vigorous, round-topped, spreading, 

 hardy, an uncertain bearer. Leaves oval or obovate, 

 2 inches wide, 4 inches long, thin ; apex taper-pointed ; 

 base obtuse ; margin coarsely and doubly serrate ; 

 petiole % inch long, tinged red, with 1-4 small, globose, 

 greenish-brown glands. Flowers Jf inch across, 

 white, with a disagreeable odor. Fruit midseason ; 1 ^4 

 inches in diameter, round-oval, compressed, ha'lves'equal ; 

 cavity very shallow, narrow, flaring ; suture an indistinct 

 line ; apex roundish ; color crimson with thick bloom ; 

 dots numerous, very small, light russet ; stem slender, 

 % inch long, glabrous ; skin thick, tough, inclined to 

 crack, separating readily ; flesh golden-yellow, juicy, 

 fibrous, tender, melting, sweet, aromatic ; good ; stone 

 semi-free, flattened, round-oval, compressed at the base ; 

 abruptly pointed at the apex, rough. 



HAND. P. domestica. General Hand. Un- 

 productiveness and uncertainty in bearing keep 

 this variety from being one of the best of 

 all plums in America. Even with these handi- 

 caps, it has maintained its popularity for a 

 century. The fruit is the largest of the Reine 

 Claude plums a beautiful golden-yellow trun- 

 cated sphere and when allowed to become 

 fully ripe is unsurpassed in flavor pleasing in 

 all the flesh attributes of a good dessert plum. 

 The trees, in vigor, health, and hardiness, are 

 usually satisfactory, but are unproductive. 

 The amateur should plant this variety, and it 

 would seem that it is more often worth plant- 

 ing in commercial orchards. The original tree 

 grew on the place of General Hand, Lancaster, 

 Pennsylvania, and first fruited about 1790. 



Tree large, vigorous, spreading, dense-topped, hardy, 

 variable in productiveness. Leaves obovate or oval, 2% 

 inches wide, 4 % inches long ; apex and base acute ; 

 margin finely and doubly serrate ; petiole % inch long, 

 pubescent, tinged red, with 1-4 small, globose, greenish- 

 brown glands. Flowers 1*4 inches across, white. Fruit 

 midseason ; 1 % inches in diameter, round-truncate, 

 halves equal ; cavity deep, flaring ; suture shallow, dis- 

 tinct ; apex flattened or depressed ; color yellow, ob- 

 scurely striped and mottled with green, with thin bloom ; 

 dots numerous, white, inconspicuous, clustered about 



the apex ; stem long, very pubescent ; skin thick, tough, 

 astringent, separating readily ; flesh golden-yellow, juicy, 

 fibrous, firm, sweet, pleasant ; very good ; stone free, 

 broadly oval, turgid, blunt at the base and apex, 

 roughened. 



HANSKA. P. americana, X P. Simonii. 

 Hanska is a cross between P. americana and 

 a large, firm-fleshed apricot-plum from China. 

 The tree is said to make an extraordinarily 

 rapid growth in the nursery and to fruit on 

 two and three-year-old wood in the nursery 

 row. The fruits closely resemble those of the 

 Chinese parent in color, fragrance, quality, and 

 firmness of flesh, but are smaller in size. The 

 pit is very small. The variety originated with 

 N. E. Hansen of the South Dakota Experiment 

 Station, and first fruited in 1906 on two-year- 

 old trees. The variety is planted only in the 

 northern states of the Great Plains. 



HAWKEYE. P. americana. This variety 

 is a widely planted Americana. It is typical 

 of its species; its foliage, fruit, and pit all 

 represent P. americana very well. The fruit 

 is satisfactory, both attractive in appearance 

 and pleasant to eat out of hand or cooked. 

 The trees are crooked in body and quite too 

 straggling, and, at the same time, too dense 

 in growth to make good orchard plants. This 

 variety belongs in the MidSle West, but it 

 might be grown for home use in regions too 

 cold for the European plums. Hawkeye is a 

 seedling of Quaker grown by H. A. Terry, 

 Crescent, Iowa, and introduced in 1883. 



Tree large, vigorous, spreading, low-headed, hardy, 

 productive, susceptible to attacks of shot-hole fungus. 

 Leaves tinged red late in the season, flat, obovate, 2 

 inches wide, 4 inches long, thin ; apex taper-pointed ; 

 base very abrupt ; margin c~oarsely and doubly serrate, 

 the serrations often becoming spiny, eglandular ; petiole 

 slender, % inch in length, pink, with 1 or 2 globose, 

 greenish -brown glands. Flowers showy on account of 

 the numerous, pure white, flat petals, with a somewhat 

 disagreeable odor. Fruit midseason ; 1 inch in diameter, 

 round-oval, halves equal ; cavity shallow, narrow ; suture 

 an indistinct line ; apex round ; color dull carmine, with 

 thin bloom ; dots numerous, gray or reddish, obscure ; 

 stem slender ; skin thick, tough, adhering ; flesh pale, 

 dull yellow, very juicy, fibrous, watery and melting, 

 sweet at first with a tart and astringent after-taste ; 

 good ; stone adhering to the pulp, round-oval, flattened, 

 smooth. 



HUDSON. P. domestica. Hudson River 

 Purple. Purple Egg. Hudson belongs to the 

 Hudson River Valley, New York, where it 

 has long been grown for home and market. 

 The variety has few qualities of fruit to com- 

 mend it, since the fruits are of only medium 

 size, not markedly attractive in appearance, 

 and the quality is below the average. The 

 trees are very good in habit of growth and 

 bear very well; they have the faults of not 

 bearing early and of being subject to black- 

 knot. Nothing is known of the origin of Hud- 

 son except that it has been grown in the 

 Hudson River Valley for many years. 



Tree large, vigorous, spreading, very productive, 

 hardy. Leaves oval, 2 inches wide, 3 % inches long ; 

 apex acute ; base abrupt ; margin serrate, with small 

 dark glands ; petiole % inch long, thick, lightly pubes- 

 cent, glandless or with 1-3 greenish-yellow glands. 

 Flowers 1 inch across, white. Fruit late; 1% inches in 

 diameter, long-oval, halves unequal ; cavity shallow, 



