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Sand Cherry (Prunus Besseyi}. This is known as Sand Cherry, but 

 it is far more nearly allied to the plum. As yet we have no selected 

 seedlings or hybrids of much value as fruits, but its seedlings have proven 



Rock ford. Rollingstone. 



valuable as stocks for about all varieties, native and foreign. The 

 union seems perfect. The trees are dwarfed, come into bearing earlier, 

 and are more regular in bearing than those on ordinary commercial 

 stocks. The hardiness of tree of the Japan and other tender varieties 

 seems also to be increased when on this iron-clad stock that lessens 

 growth. Native from Kansas to Manitoba, west to Utah and Colorado. 



Snooks. Very large for the class, roundish oblong, somewhat 

 pointed; cavity wide and shallow; color yellowish red, with bluish 

 white bloom; dots very minute and numerous. Flesh yellow; quality 

 good; pit large, with sharp margin. Season, middle of August in 

 Iowa. Minnesota. 



Snyder. Large, roundish, oblique; color light red, with darker 

 shades of red, large dots, and thin lilac bloom; stem stout, inserted in 

 shallow cavity; suture a line. Flesh yellow, firm, quality good. A 

 seedling of De Soto. Iowa. 



Stoddard. Large, round, often oblique, with unequal sides: color 

 a yellow ground covered with shades of red, many white dots, and 

 bluish bloom; stalk short arid stout, inserted on the surface; suture 

 obscure. Flesh yellow, quality good. Americana. Iowa. 



