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with Miner plum. Fruit al)i>ut uuc inch in (hanictcr, iioarly round, 

 hrisht cherry red in coh.r, and c,'ood in quality lor culinary use. "Wlicn 

 loaded with its highly colored I'ruit the small trees are ornamental. 

 Hardy far north. 



Cottrell. — Large, roundish oblong; color mottled red and yellow, 

 with thin rosy Idoom; stem one mch long, inserted at one side of the 

 perpendicular. Flesh lirm for a native, rich; quality best. Season, 

 first half of Sejitember. Americana. Minnesota. 



Curry.— Large, oval, flattened laterally; cavity dee|); color pur- 

 ])lish red; dots gray and small; l)loom lilac-colored. Flesh yellow, 

 firm; quality very good. Season, first half of .-Vugust. A'aluable 

 south of forty-second parallel. Hortulana. Iowa. 



Cottrell. De Soto. 



Davenport. — Medium to large, oval, often conical, and flattened 

 laterally; color yellow, with jjink blush on sunny side. Flesh yellow, 

 firm; skin thin, not astringent; stone small; quality best, with a su- 

 gary flavor, reminding one of the Cierman Miraljelle; pit free. From 

 seed of the De Soto, planted by N. K. Fluke, of iJavenport, Iowa. 

 Americana. 



De Soto. — Large, oval, slightly compressed; color orange, over- 

 laid with crimson; dots numerous, with thin blue bloom; stalk short, 

 .slightly curved, in shallow cavity. Flesh quite firm, juicy, high- 

 flavored; one of the best natives in quality; cling. \A'idely cultivated, 

 but fails in sections subject to protracted drought. Americana. 

 Wisconsin. 



Downing (Charles DowniiKj). — Large, roundish oval; color bright 



