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as I recall it, is large, spreading and peach-like. The 

 leaves are long and peach-like, although rather broad 

 and short- pointed, l>ut the flower-buds, although they 

 form in profusion, never open, ><> thai the tree is bar- 

 ren. This is a hybrid between the Wild Goose and 

 Troth's Early peach. Twenty-five flowers of WiM 

 were emasculated in the bud and covered with 

 paper Backs. When in full bloom, peach pollen was 

 applied, but the flowers were not again covered. 

 Twenty-one of the flowers Bet fruit, and twenty-one 

 trees were obtained from th<- seeds. Twenty of the 

 were indistinguishable from peach, l>nt the re- 

 maining one, a> indicated above, gives every evidence 

 of 1 >«-i n^r an intermediate. 



Tin- varieties that I have Btudied which fall into 

 Prunus hortulana are as follows : 



Clara, Clark, Cumberland, Garfield, Golden Beauty, 

 Indian Chief, Kanawha, Missouri Apricot (Honey 

 Drop), Moreman, Mrs. Clifford, Pool's Pride, Reed, 

 Roulette, Saffold, Sophie, Sucker State, Texas Belle, 

 Wayland, Whitaker, Wild Goose, Wooten, World 

 Beater. 



To the Miner sub-group I Bhould refer the follow- 

 ing varieties: 



Clinton, Forest Rose, Idol. Indiana Red, [ris, Langs- 

 don, Leptune, Miner, Prairie Flower, Rachel. 



Since the above account of the hortulana plums 

 tvritten, Waugh has given the group independent 

 stud} . and ivrites of it as follow - 



When, in 1802, Pi iloy proposed the b] • • Prunus 



hortulana t<> include tti<- im and il 



i( U:i-> lit ' ,nl ;i ]m//ii- to llOrticul- 



v virw nf Um Hortnlui i 



