WOOD 



YELLOW EGG 



221 



WOOD. P. americana. Wood seems to 

 have considerable merit for cold climates. The 

 plum is attractive in color; above the average 

 size; and good in quality. The trees, in habit 

 of growth and in productiveness, are better 

 than those of most Americanas. The fruit 

 ripens sufficiently early to fit into the short 

 seasons of northern latitudes. This variety is 

 a seedling from a chance plum found growing 

 in Cottonwood County, Minnesota. 



Tree of medium size, spreading, hardy, dense-topped, 

 an annual and abundant bearer. Leaves falling early, 

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

 pointed ; base abrupt ; margin coarsely serrate, with 

 long, taper-pointed teeth, eglandular ; petiole % inch 

 long, slender, tinged red, lightly pubescent, glandless 

 or with 1 or 2 small, globose, greenish-red glands. 

 Flowers }J inch across, white. Fruit midseason, 

 ripening period short ; 1 ^4 inch in diameter, oblate, 

 compressed, oblique, halves equal ; cavity flaring ; suture 

 a line ; apex flattened or depressed ; color dark red 

 over a yellow ground, mottled, with thin bloom ; dots 

 numerous, light russet, inconspicuous ; stem l /2 inch 

 long, glabrous, detaches from the fruit when ripe ; skin 

 thick, tough, sour, adhering ; flesh orange-yellow, juicy, 

 coarse, fibrous, tender and melting, sweet, lacking in 

 flavor ; fair in quality ; stone free, roundish, flattened, 

 slightly oblique, blunt and flattened at the base, roundish 

 at the apex, smooth. 



WORLD BEATER. Fig. 

 213. P. hortulana. World 

 Beater is very similar to 

 Wayland, the plums differ- 

 ing from those of the latter 

 variety in being a week 

 earlier, a little smaller, and 

 more oval. In tree-charac- 

 ters, World Beater is per- 

 haps the better plum. This 

 variety may be recom- 

 mended for culinary pur- 

 poses and as a late plum 

 for regions where the peach 

 is hardy. World Beater was 

 grown by J. H. Tinsley from 

 a seed planted near Nash- 

 ville, Tennessee, in 1838. 



213. 



World Beater. 

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Tree large, vigorous, spreading, open and flat-topped, 

 hardy where the peach can be grown, productive. Leaves 

 broadly lanceolate, peach-like, 1% inches wide, 4% 

 inches long, thin ; apex acuminate ; base abrupt ; margin 

 serrate, glandular ; petiole 1 inch long, slender, tinged 

 red, pubescent on one side, with 2-6 small, globose, 

 brownish glands. Flowers % inch across, white, with 

 a disagreeable odor. Fruit very late, season short ; 

 1 by % inch in size, round-ovate or oval, halves equal ; 

 cavity narrow, shallow, abrupt ; suture a line ; apex 

 pointed ; color carmine, bloomless ; dots medium in 

 number, small, conspicuous ; stem slender, glabrous, not 

 adhering to the fruit ; skin thick, tough, astringent, 

 adhering slightly ; flesh light yellow, juicy, coarse, 

 melting near the skin but firmer and fibrous next the 

 pit, sweet except near the center, strongly aromatic ; 

 fair to good ; stone often tinged red, adhering, oval, 

 turgid, angular, pointed at the base and apex, -rough- 

 ish. 



WYANT. P. americana. Wyant is one 

 of the standard Americana plums, ranking well 

 with the best in both fruit- and tree-characters. 

 The plums do not have the distinctive Ameri- 

 cana taste; the flesh is less juicy; the skin is 

 free; and the stones are nearly free and have 

 pitted surfaces. Some of these characters 

 are so valuable in a native plum that Wyant 



may well be used to breed from. This va- 

 riety was found by J. B. Wyant, Janesville, 

 Iowa. 



Tree small, spreading and straggling, flat-topped, very 

 hardy, productive, healthy. Leaves falling early, oval, 

 1% inches wide, 3^4 inches long, thin; apex acuminate; 

 base abrupt ; margin coarsely and doubly serrate, the 

 serrations sharp-pointed, not glandular ; petiole % inch 

 long, tinged red, pubescent, glandless or with 1-5 

 globose, yellowish-green glands. Flowers showy on ac- 

 count of the many blossoms and peculiar appearance 

 caused by the numerous long stamens, whitish, with 

 disagreeable odor. Fruit midseason ; 1 ^ inches in 

 diameter, oblong-obovate, oblique, truncate, halves 

 equal ; cavity shallow, narrow, flaring ; suture a line ; 

 apex flattened ; color dark carmine over a yellow ground, 

 with thin bloom ; dots numerous, light russet, incon- 

 spicuous ; stem slender, % inch long, glabrous, dehis- 

 cent ; skin thin, tender, separating readily ; flesh dark 

 golden-yellow, juicy, tender and melting, sweet ; of fair 

 quality ; stone nearly free, broadly oval, flattened, blunt 

 at the base, somewhat pointed at the apex, with pitted, 

 dark colored surfaces. 



YELLOW EGG. Fig. 214. P. domestica. 

 Dame Aubert. Mogul. Wentworth. White 

 Mogul. White Egg. Yellow Magnum Bonum. 



214. Yellow Egg. (XD 



Producing the largest and handsomest of 

 plums, Yellow Egg is worth consideration by 

 either the amateur or the commercial fruit- 

 grower. At best, however, the fruit is fit only 

 for cooking, and is none too good for culinary 

 purposes. The trees are very satisfactory on 

 all but very light soils. This plum ought to 

 be crossed with varieties of better quality with 

 the hope of getting as handsome a fruit, but 

 one which could be used for dessert purposes. 

 It is an old European variety. 



