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Patten A. Munsoniana. I. la. Sta. Bui. 46:286. 1900. 



Received by the Iowa Experiment Station from C. G. Patten, Charles City, Iowa, 

 with whom the variety originated. Fruit medium in size, ellipsoidal, flattened at both 

 ends; cavity deep; suture a well-marked groove ; bright red to purplish-red ; dots small, 

 numerous; bloom thin; flesh firm, meaty; good; stone of medium size, winged, flat, 

 clinging; not introduced. 

 Patten B. Americana, i. la. Sta. Bui. 46:286. 1900. 



Of the Stoddard type, from C. G. Patten, Charles City, Iowa. Fruit medium to 

 large, conical, somewhat pointed; cavity shallow; stem long; suture clearly outlined; 

 apex pointed; dark purplish-red; dots numerous, small; bloom thick; skin thick, 

 brittle; flesh yellow-brown; good; stone large, flat, clinging. 



Peach Leaf. Hortulana. i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:52. 1897. 2. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 11:285. 

 1898. Peachleaf 2. 



A variety of unknown origin grown for many years by B. A. Mathews of Iowa. 

 Given as synonymous to Kanawha by the American Pomological Society. Waugh 

 says this is an error. Fruit medium in size, round; cavity slight; suture a faint line; 

 deep wine red; dots many, small; flesh yellow, firm; good; stone medium, rough. 

 Peach-plum. Domestica. i. Ray Hist. Plant. 2:1529. 1688. 2. Rea Flora 208. 1676. 



Peach Plum i. 



A yellow variety grown in the Seventeenth Century. 

 Peake. Domestica. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 578. 1629. 



Parkinson says of it, "long, whitish and very good." 



Pearl. Americana mollis. i. Kerr Cat. n. 1898. 2. Terry Cat. 5. 1900. 3. ///. 

 Hort. Soc. Rpt. 424. 1905. 



From H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; grown from seed of Van Buren planted about 

 1891. Tree very productive, vigorous, upright; fruit large, white becoming pale red; 

 of best quality; ripens last of August. 



Pear Plum. Domestica. i. Kraft Pom. Aust. 2:45, Tab. 199 fig. 2. 1796. 2. N. E. 

 Farmer Diet. 266. 1797. 



Die veilchenfarbige Birnpflaume i. Prune poire grosse violette i. 



Kraft in 1796 described a little- known Pear plum. Tree medium in size, unpro- 

 ductive; fruit very large, pear-shaped; suture distinct; stem long; reddish-purple; 

 flesh juicy, unpleasant; freestone. This may or may not be the same as the New Eng- 

 land variety of this name mentioned in the references. 

 Peasant. Species? i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2nd Ser. 3:55. 1900. 



Tested by the Experimental Farm at Agassiz, British Columbia. Tree vigorous; 

 fruit small, roundish, purple; flesh yellowish, juicy, sweet; mid-season. 

 Peerless. Americana, i. Meneray Cat. 



A seedling of Harrison grown by H. A. Terry and introduced by F. W. Meneray, 

 Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fruit large, oblong, dark red; skin thin; flesh yellow, firm; 

 good ; freestone. 

 Pekin. Species? Letter from Kerr. 



Originated by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebraska. 



