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Davenport. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:268. 1900. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. 

 Man. 295. 1903. 



A seedling grown by N. K. Fluke, Davenport, Iowa, from seed of De Soto. Fruit 

 medium in size, oval, sometimes conical; suture a line; skin smooth, clear yellow with 

 pink blush on the sunny side; flesh yellow, firm, sugary; very good; freestone. 

 Davies Seedling. Domestica. Mentioned in Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 146. 1831. 



Davies' Seedling. 

 Davis. Munsoniana. i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:35. 1897. 2. Terry Cat. 1900. 



A variety grown from seed of Wild Goose in 1885 by H. A. Terry, Crescent, 

 Iowa. Tree low, spreading, vigorous and productive; fruit large, bright red; quality 

 fair. 

 Dawson. Species? i. Card. Man. 17:144. 1875. 



At one time a profitable variety grown on the banks of the Ohio. 

 Dawson City. Nigra? i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 426. 1900. 



A seedling raised at Indian Head Experimental Farm, Northwest Territory, Canada. 

 Fruit of medium size. 

 Dean. Domestica. i. Mclntosh Bk. Card. 2:530. 1855. 



Dean's Jedburgh Seedling i. 



A seedling grown at Dean's nursery, Jedburgh, England. Fruit of medium 

 size, round, purple; freestone; adapted for dessert or kitchen; mid-season. 

 Deaton. Domestica. i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:268. 1900. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. 

 Man. 310. 1903. Tobe's Gage 2. 



Grown from a sprout of Reine Claude planted near Des Moines; introduced by 

 J. Wragg & Sons, Waukee, Iowa. Fruit medium in size, oval, truncate; suture broad 

 and shallow; skin greenish-yellow; dots small, numerous; bloom thin; flesh greenish, 

 firm, juicy; good; clingstone. 

 Deck. Insititia. i. Wild Bros. Cat. 1908-09. Decks Damson i. 



An improved strain of Damson introduced by Wild Brothers, Sarcoxie, Missouri. 

 Decker. Hortulana mineri. i. Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 401. 1896. 2. Waugh Plum 

 Cult. 172. 1 90 1 . 



Decker's Late Seedling i. Decker's Seedling 2. 



A seedling raised about 1885 by H. C. Decker of Dresbach, Minnesota, from pits 

 of a variety substituted for German Prune; introduced by W. S. Widmoyer of the 

 same place about 1897. Fruit medium to large, conical; suture distinct; red; dots 

 many, yellowish; flesh yellow; flavor rich; nearly free; mid-season. 

 Deep Creek. Americana, i. Mich. Board Agr. Rpt. m. 1887. 2. Cornell Sta. Bui. 

 38:37, 86. 1892. 3. Ohio Sta. Bui. 162:254, 255. 1905. Deepcreek 3. 



Found growing wild in Kansas; introduced by Abner Allen. Tree slow and irreg- 

 ular in growth; branches thorny; fruit of medium size, roundish-oval, compressed; 

 suture distinct; cavity small; stem short; dull red; skin thick; flesh yellow, firm, 

 sweet; good; stone rough, pointed, free; mid-season; of little value. 

 De Delice. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 360. 1857. 2. Can. Exp. Farm 

 Bui. 2d Ser. 3:55. 1900. Prune de Delices 2. 



