54* PLUMS. 



AMERICAN GROUP PRUNUS AMERICANA. 

 DIVISION I. RED, PURPLE, OR BLUE. 



American Eagle. Very large, roundish-oblong ; purplish red, cling, 

 good. Early. Missouri. 



Beach Plum. Small, round ; dark purple, covered with bloom ; 

 flesh brittle, juicy, sweet, freestone. Grows wild on the sand 

 dunes of the coast from Maine to Virginia. It is a straggling 

 bush, usually three to five feet high. Com- 

 monly gathered to preserve. Ripens in 

 August. Fruit of little value. It is 

 Prunus Maritima. Fig. 738. 



Beaty. Large, round-oblong; red, purple; 

 flesh firm, good, cling. Texas. 



Cheney.* Large to very large, round- 

 oblong ; dull purple red ; skin thick ; flesh 

 firm, sweet, good, cling. Ripens in August. 

 Wisconsin. 



Chippeway. Small, oblong ; dark red ; skin 

 thick ; flesh firm, sweet, free. 



Cottrell. Large, round-oblong; red, skin 

 thin ; flesh rich, good, cling. Minnesota. FIG. 738. Beach Plum. 



Deep Creek.* Medium, round-oblong, flat- 

 tened, sutured ; dull purple-red, glaucous ; skin thick ; flesh 

 firm, very sweet, good, free ; stalk short. Kansas. 



De Soto.* Medium to large, round-oblong, slight suture; red, 

 slight purplish bloom ; skin thick ; flesh orange color, firm, juicy, 

 good, cling. Mid-season. Wisconsin. 



Hawkeye.* Large, round-oblong ; purple-red ; skin thick ; flesh 

 firm, good, cling. Mid-season. Iowa. 



Illinois. Large, oblong, dark red ; skin thick ; flesh firm, cling. 

 Mid-season. Illinois. 



Itaska. Medium, oblong, purple-red; skin thick; flesh firm, cling. 

 Tree dwarf, strong grower, handsome. Minnesota. 



Lendloff. Small, flattened, oblong ; deep red-mottled ; skin thick ; 

 flesh firm, sweet, good, nearly free. Minnesota. 



Louisa. Large, round ; dark red ; thick skin ; flesh firm, good, 

 semi-cling. Varies in appearance in different localities. Mid- 

 season. Missouri. 



New Ulm. Very large, round-oblong ; dark red ; skin moderately 

 thick ; flesh firm, good, cling. Late. Minnesota. 



Peffer. Medium, round, red ; skin thick ; flesh firm, good, cling. 

 Mid-season. Wisconsin. 



