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novelty to any amateur's collection because of the size, shape, color, flavor 

 and red flesh of the fruits. 



This variety was grown by Burbank and introduced by him in 1899 

 under the name Sultan. H. E. Van Deman, in the Rural New Yorker 

 (References, i), says that Occident is a cross between Wickson and 

 Satsuma and that the name Garnet which he suggested, owing to the 

 color of its flesh and skin, had been accepted by Mr. Burbank. About 

 two months later the Division of Pomology of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture called attention to the fact that "Garnet" had 

 been previously given to another variety and the name was changed 

 to Sultan. Waugh in 1899 substituted "Occident" for Sultan as the 

 latter is the name of a European plum; Waugh 's name has been accepted 

 by all recent writers. Occident undoubtedly contains Satsuma blood but it 

 has but few characters that suggest Wickson, and if a cross, which is likely, 

 the other parent is undeterminable. The following description is compiled: 



Tree vigorous, slow of growth, straggling, somewhat variable in habit, late in coming 

 into bearing, productive; leaves numerous, large. 



Fruit ripens with Burbank, keeps and ships unusually well, resistant to rot; large, 

 roundish; cavity of medium depth; suture shallow, distinct; color dark red over a 

 greenish ground; dots many, yellowish; stem thick, short, adhering to the fruit; skin 

 somewhat thin, tough, slightly astringent; flesh dark red, firm, sweet, rather acid, 

 changing to subacid as maturity advances, sprightly; good to very good; stone free 

 or semi-clinging, of medium size, roundish, turgid, winged, rough. 



OCHEEDA 



Prunus americana 



i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:41. 1892. 2. Wis. Sta. An. Rpt. 11:344. 1894. 3. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 

 34:112. 1899. 4- Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 37. 1899. 5. Waugh Plum Cult. 159. 1901. 6. Can. 

 Exp. Farm Bui. 43:31. 1903. 7. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 420. 1905. 8. S. Dak. Sta. Bui. 93:28. 1905. 



Ocheda 7. 



This variety is generally regarded as one of the valuable native plums 

 but in New York it is surpassed by a number of other plums of its species 

 in size of fruit and color though the quality is very good. We must rank 

 it in this State as second rate among Americanas. Ocheeda was found 

 by P. L. Hardow in 1872 growing wild on the banks of Ocheeda Lake, 

 Minnesota, and in 1892 was introduced by H. J. Ludlow of Worthington, 

 Minnesota. 



Tree large, vigorous, spreading, open-topped, unproductive; branches shaggy, 

 thorny, with large lenticels; branchlets willowy, pubescent; leaves folded upward, 



