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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



Surprise. Large, roundish oval ; color dark red, with many small 

 yellowish dots ; stem medium in small cavity; 

 suture distinct. Flesh pale yellow, firm; 

 quality very good. Perhaps this will prove 

 the hardiest and best of the Miner-like native 

 plums. Hortulana. Minnesota. 



Texas Belle. Medium to large, nearly 



f ^ round; color red; quality fair to good. A 



variety originating in Texas, but now 

 grown quite extensively South. Hortulana. 

 Van Buren. Medium in size, round; 

 suture indistinct ; color waxy yellow, over- 

 spread in part with light red and deep 

 Surprise. red cheek. Flesh sweet and rich in flavor. 



Season, last of September. Valuable in the arid States. Tree has 

 dwarf habit of growing, with low spreading top. Americana, of Mollis 

 type. 



Waugh. Medium to large, roundish oval; color dark reddish 

 purple. Flesh firm, meaty, yellow, 

 and nearly free from the pit; quality 

 good to very good. Produced by 

 J. W. Kerr from pit of Chabot fer- 

 tilized by Wayland pollen. Not 

 yet tested north of Maryland. 

 Maryland. 



Wayland. Large, roundish ob- 

 long; color shining pink, and red 

 with white dots and thin white 

 bloom. Flesh yellow, firm, meaty, 

 good. A Southern variety, ripening 

 late in southern Iowa. Hortulana. 

 Weaver. Large, oblong, flat- 

 tened at ends; color dark mottled 

 red, with purplish bloom; suture 

 well defined. Flesh firm, meaty, 

 and very good; pit free. Tree is subject to plum pocket in some 

 localities, but very valuable in others. Americana. Iowa. 



Whitaker. Large, red, with numerous light dots. Flesh and 

 quality similar to Wildgoose, of which it is a seedling. About one 



Waugh. 



