POTTAWATTAMIE 



RED JUNE 



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all the characters of a long-keeping and good- 

 shipping sort of its species, and the trees are 

 large, vigorous, hardy, healthy, and productive. 

 The fruits have a very peculiar flavor, incom- 

 parable with any other plum or fruit, which, 

 while disagreeable to some, is liked by others. 

 The flesh of this plum is so transparent that 

 the pit can be readily seen when the skin is 

 removed. This variety was raised by P. H. 

 Kroh, Anna, Illinois, about 1880. 



Tree large, vigorous, open and round-topped, hardy. 

 Leaves peach-like, 1% inches wide, 3% inches long, thin 

 and leathery ; apex taper-pointed ; base abrupt ; margin 

 finely crenate, with small dark glands ; petiole % inch 

 long, slender, hairy, light purplish-red, with 1-4 small, 

 globose, reddish-brown glands. Flowers % inch across, 

 white. Fruit early, season very long ; 1 inch in diam- 

 eter, round-oval, halves equal ; cavity very shallow and 

 narrow ; suture a distinct line ; apex roundish ; color 

 clear, dark, currant-red, with thin bloom ; dots few, 

 light russet, conspicuous, clustered about the apex ; stem 

 slender, % inch long, glabrous, adhering to the fruit ; 

 skin thin, tough, separating from the pulp ; flesh semi- 

 transparent, dark amber-yellow, very juicy, fibrous, 

 tender and melting, sweet, with a strong, peculiar flavor ; 

 fair quality ; stone adhering, long-oval, flattened, com- 

 pressed at the base, pointed at the apex, rough. 



POTTAWATTAMIE. P. Munsoniana. 

 This variety is possibly of greater cultural 

 value than any other of its species. The fruit 

 is of high quality, the texture is especially 

 pleasing in eating, and though melting and 

 juicy, it keeps and ships very well because of 

 a tough skin. The plums escape both curculio 

 and brown-rot to a higher degree than the 

 fruits of most varieties of this species. The 

 trees, though dwarfish at maturity, are vigor- 

 ous, productive, and among the hardiest of the 

 Munsoniana plums, growing without danger of 

 winter-injury to tree or bud as far north as the 

 forty-fourth parallel. Pottawattamie came un- 

 der the notice of J. B. Rice, Council Bluffs, 

 Iowa, in 1875. 



Tree medium in size, dwarfish, round-topped, hardy. 

 Leaves flat, lanceolate, peach-like, 1% inches wide, 3*4 

 inches long, thin ; apex taper-pointed ; base abrupt ; 

 margin finely serrate or crenate, with small, reddish 

 glands ; petiole 1 inch long, slender, tinged red, thinly 

 pubescent, glandless or with 1-5 very small, globose 

 reddish-yellow glands. Flowers % inch across, creamy- 

 white, with a disagreeable odor. Fruit early, 1 inch 

 in diameter, round-oval, compressed, halves equal ; 

 cavity shallow and narrow, abrupt ; suture indistinct ; 

 apex depressed ; color clear currant-red, with thin 

 bloom ; dots few, white, conspicuous, clustered about 

 the apex ; stem slender, % inch long ; skin tough, 

 separating readily; flesh deep yellow, juicy, fibrous, 

 tender and melting, sweet next the skin but sour at 

 the center ; good in quality ; stone clinging closely, 

 narrow, long-oval, turgid, smooth, flattened and necked 

 at the base, abruptly sharp-tipped at the apex. 



QUACKENBOSS. Fig. 205. P. domes- 

 tica. The fruits of Quackenboss possess to a 

 high degree the characters which make a good 

 market plum; they are of large size; round- 

 oval, a better shape for the markets than the 

 prune shapes; very prepossessing in color a 

 handsome, dark purple with heavy bloom; the 

 flesh is tender, juicy and sweet, making the 

 variety one of the good purple plums. The 

 tree is large, vigorous, hardy, with a round and 

 spreading top, but it does not have the reputa- 

 tion of being fruitful, and the variety fails 

 chiefly as a commercial sort for this reason. 



The plums ripen late and come on the market 

 at a time when wanted for home canning. The 

 variety has two peculiarities; the petals are 

 comparatively distinct from each other, giving 

 the flower, or a tree in flower, an odd appear- 

 ance; and the leaves are remarkably variable 

 in size. Quackenboss originated at Schenec- 

 tady, New York, about 1828. 



205. Quackenboss. (XD 



Tree very large and vigorous, round-topped, hardy, 

 productive. Leaves flattened, obovate, variable in size, 

 average 1 % inches wide by 3 % inches long ; apex 

 obtuse ; base tapering ; margin finely serrate, with 

 small black glands ; petiole % inch long, pubescent, 

 faintly tinged red, glandless or with 1-4 small, globose 

 greenish-yellow glands. Flowers 1% inches across, 

 white, with a yellow tinge at the tips of the opening 

 buds. Fruit late, season short; 1% by 1% inches in 

 size, round-oval, slightly compressed, halves equal ; 

 cavity narrow, abrupt ; suture shallow, often lacking ; 

 apex depressed ; color bluish-black, with thick bloom ; 

 dots numerous, yellowish-brown, inconspicuous ; stem % 

 inch long, pubescent, adhering well to the fruit ; skin 

 tender, astringent ; flesh deep yellow, juicy, tender, 

 sweet, mild ; good ; stone semi-free, flattened, irregular- 

 oval, tapering to a long, narrow neck at the base, 

 bluntly acute at the apex, with rough and pitted sur- 

 faces. 



RED JUNE. P. salidna. Botan. Long 

 Fruit. Red Nagate. Shiro Smomo. Red 

 June is distinguished from all other plums by 

 its fruit-characters: the plums are distinctly 

 cordate in shape with a deep cavity and a 

 pointed apex; the color is a mottled garnet-red 

 overlaid with delicate bloom; the flesh is a 

 light yellow, firm enough to endure transporta- 

 tion well, peculiarly aromatic, sweet, and not 

 wholly agreeable in flavor; the stone adheres 

 tightly to the flesh. The trees are large, vig- 

 orous, spreading, hardy, healthy, and produc- 

 tive. Other good qualities of the variety are 

 that it blooms late; the fruits are compara- 

 tively immune to curculio and brown-rot and 



