THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 2OQ 



somewhat reflexed; petals broadly oval, entire, tapering below to short, broad claws; 

 anthers yellowish; filaments three-eighths inch long; pistil glabrous, shorter than the 

 stamens. 



Fruit mid-season, period of ripening short; one and seven-eighths inches by one 

 and five-eighths inches in size, oblong-oval, compressed, halves equal; cavity shallow, 

 narrow, abrupt; suture shallow, broad; apex roundish; color dark purplish-red, over- 

 spread with very thick bloom; dots numerous, small, russet, clustered about the apex; 

 stem three-quarters inch long, sparingly pubescent, adhering well to the fruit; skin thin, 

 slightly sour, separating readily; flesh greenish-yellow, medium juicy, sweetish, mild; of 

 fair quality; stone clinging, one inch by five-eighths inch in size, ovate with roughened 

 and deeply pitted surfaces, blunt at the apex and base; ventral suture broad, distinctly 

 furrowed; dorsal suture acute. 



FOREST GARDEN 



Prunus hortulana mineri 



i. Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 81. 1882. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 42. 1883. 3. Minn. Hort. Soc. 

 Rpt. 412. 1889. 4. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 55. 1890. 5. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:37, 86. 1892. 6. Mich. 

 Sta. Bui. 118:53. 1895. 7. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:24, 37. 1897. 8. Wis. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 136. 1899. 

 9. Waugh Plum Cult. 148. 1901. 10. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:30. 1903. n. Ohio Sta. Bui. 162: 

 254, 255. 1905. 12. S. Dak. Sta. Bui. 93:17, 49 & 54 PL '95- 



Forest Garden is placed by most horticulturists in Prunus americana, 

 but the trees growing on the Geneva Station grounds belong to the Miner 

 group of Prunus hortulana and the herbarium specimens of foliage and 

 flowers sent from other stations make it probable if not certain that the 

 trees here are true to name. This variety is little grown in the East, but 

 it is widely distributed in the central West where both in tree and fruit- 

 characters it seems adapted to the needs of the climate and soil. It is one 

 of the latest of its group, maturing at a good time for shipping, for which 

 it is further adapted by its tough skin and firm flesh. While Forest Garden 

 is not preeminently a dessert plum, it has a spicy flavor that makes it 

 pleasant eating and it is admirably adapted for culinary purposes, especially 

 for preserving. 



This variety is from a wild plum found in the woods bordering on the 

 Cedar River, near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by Thomas Hare, and introduced 

 by H. C. Raymond, of the Forest Garden Nurseries, Council Bluffs, Iowa, 

 about 1862. The American Pomological Society placed the variety on its 

 fruit catalog list in 1883, dropped it in 1891, and replaced it in 1897. 



Tree medium to large, often very vigorous, spreading, with sprawling habit, 

 inclined to be flat-topped, perfectly hardy, variable in productiveness, bearing young, 

 somewhat susceptible to shot-hole fungus; trunk small in proportion to the size of the 



