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red, thinly pubescent, with small lenticels of average number; leaf -buds of medium size 

 and length, pointed, free. 



Leaves flattened, oval, two and one-half inches wide, four and one-quarter inches 

 long, leathery, somewhat velvety; upper surface dark green, lightly pubescent, with a 

 shallow groove on the midrib; lower surface medium green, thickly pubescent; apex 

 abruptly pointed or acute, base abrupt; margin serrate, eglandular; petiole five-eighths 

 inch long, green, pubescent, glandless or with one or two smallish, globose, greenish- 

 yellow glands at the base of the leaf. 



Blooming season intermediate in time and length; flowers appearing after the 

 leaves, one and five-sixteenths inches across, white, with yellow near the apex; borne 

 on lateral buds and spurs; pedicels three-eighths inch long, thick, covered with fine 

 pubescence, greenish; calyx-tube green, campanulate, pubescent ; calyx-lobes broad, 

 obtuse, pubescent on both surfaces, glandular-serrate and with marginal hairs, erect; 

 petals broad-ovate or oval, crenate, tapering into short, broad claws; anthers yellow; 

 filaments three-eighths inch long; pistil glabrous, longer than the stamens. 



Fruit intermediate in time and length of ripening season; one and three-quarters 

 inches by one and five-eighths inches in size, roundish-oval, compressed, halves equal; 

 cavity shallow, narrow, flaring; suture shallow; apex roundish; color greenish-yellow 

 or light yellow, with green stripes and splashes, occasionally with a faint blush on the 

 sunny side, covered with thin bloom; dots numerous, white, inconspicuous, clustered 

 about the apex; stem one-half inch long, covered with thick pubescence, adhering 

 strongly to the fruit; skin thin, slightly sour, separating readily; flesh greenish-yellow, 

 juicy, firm but tender, sweet, mild, pleasant flavor; good to very good; stone free, 

 not filling the cavity, one inch by three-quarters inch in size, oval, turgid, roughened, 

 somewhat blunt at the base and apex; ventral suture wide, marked by deep furrows, 

 with a distinct but short wing; dorsal suture widely and deeply grooved. 



WAYLAND 



Prunus hortulana 



i. U.S.D. A. Rpt. 573, PI. 5 fig. 2. 1888. 2. Am. Card. 10:175 fig., 243. 1889. 3. Cornell 

 Sta. Bui. 38:51, 87. 1892. 4. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:24, 62. 1897. 5. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 10:99, I0 3- 

 1897. 6. Ibid. 11:281, 286 fig. 1898. 7. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 228. 1904. 8. Ga. Sta. Bid. 

 67:283. 1904. 9. Ohio Sta. Bui. 162:258. 1905. 



Wayland is of little interest to plum-growers who grow the Domestica 

 varieties without difficulty but in the South and Middle West it is an 

 important representative of a valuable species. The trees withstand the 

 hot, dry weather in the region south of central Iowa and Nebraska rather 

 better than do those of varieties of other species and its fruits are borne in 

 such quantities and so late that this and its kindred sorts become important 

 plums. The fruits are quite too firm of flesh, too sour and too small to be 

 of value for dessert purposes but they are most excellent for jellies, marma- 



