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them, when cooked, are far superior to cranberries, having the exact deli- 

 cious flavor so much liked in this fruit, and the same color. 



" From the crosses of Subcordata with the Americana, Nigra, Triflora 

 and other species, some of the most beautiful and highest flavored fruits 

 which I have even seen have been produced. These vary in color from 

 almost pure white to light yellow, transparent flesh color, pink, light crim- 

 son, scarlet, dark crimson and purple ; in form round, egg-shaped or elon- 

 gated-oval; trees both upright and weeping, enormously productive, and 

 in one or two cases the fruit, by hundreds of experts, has been pronounced 

 the best plum in flavor of any in existence. Most of these selections are 

 extremely productive." 



Wickson ' reports that the roots of Subcordata have been used more 

 or less as stocks for other plums but show no marked advantages over 

 the species commonly used for this purpose. Most of those who have 

 experimented with it condemn it as a stock because it dwarfs the cion and 

 suckers badly. 



Prunus oregana Greene ' is from its description an interesting plum 

 of which, however, it has been impossible to secure a glimpse even of her- 

 barium material and of which we can therefore, only publish Greene's 

 description as follows: 



" Evidently allied to P. subcordata, but leaves little more than an 

 inch long, subcoriaceous, pubescent on both faces, in outline oval or broadly 

 elliptic, never subcordate, commonly acxitish at both ends, serrulate; 

 flowers unknown; fruits in pairs or threes, on pedicels one-half inch long 

 or more, densely tomentose when very young, more thinly so, yet distinctly 

 tomentulose when half -grown. 



" Known only from specimens collected on the Yanex Indian reser- 

 vation in southeastern Oregon, by Mrs. Austin, in 1893; and a most re- 

 markable species, as connecting true Prunus with Amygdalus. But that it 

 is a plum and not an almond is evident." 



Without any first-hand knowledge of this species it is thought best 

 to consider it only under the allied species, Prunus subcordata. 



PRUNUS SUBCORDATA KELLOGGII Lemmon 



i. Lemmon Pittonia 2:67. 1890. 2. Wickson Calif. Fr. Ed. 2:31. 1891. 3. Greene Fl 

 Francis 1:50. 1891. 4. Bailey Cyc. Am. Hon. 1448. 1901. 



Prunus subcordata kelloggii, named in honor of Dr. Albert Kellogg, 

 an early explorer and settler in California, is distinguished from the species 



'Wickson, E. J. Calif. Fruits Ed. 4:35. 1909. 

 1 Pittonia 3:21. 1896. 



