180 THE EVOLUTION OF OUR NATIVE FRUITS 



about 1862 by H. C. Raymond. Council Bluffs, and 

 by him named Quaker, in compliment to Mr. Bundy, 



who is a Quaker. It is a very Large purple-red plum, 

 with very firm and sweet flesh. 



De Soto is one of the most popular plums in the 

 Northwest. It was found wild on the Mississippi 



big. 24. fori -i Uii 



N:i turn 



,n D,. Soto. Wisconsin, and generally introduced by 

 Elisha Hale, Lansing, Iowa, in L863 or L864. 



Forest Garden (Fig. 24), another excellent kind, 

 was taken from the woods al Cedar Rapids, Eowa, bj 

 Thomas Hare, and introduced bj II C. Elaymond, of the 

 Forest Garden Nurseries, Council Bluffs, about 1862 



Chenej was found in Mormon Ravine, a few miles 



