66 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



pubescence of the leaves which has given it the name of Woolly- 

 leaf plum. Wolf and Van Buren are the chief varieties. 



P. hortulana, Bailey. Wild Gtoose Plum. — Strong, wide- 

 spreading, small trees with smooth straight twigs and a peach- 

 like habit, wild in the Mississippi Valley ; flowers rather small, 

 often very short-stalked ; leaves narrow-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 thin and firm, flat, more or less peach-like, smooth and usually 

 shining, closely and obtusely glandular-serrate; fruit spherical, 

 bright colored and glossy (lemon-yeHow or brilliant red), the 

 bloom very thin, juicy, with a clinging, turgid, and roughish, 

 small, pointed stone. Many varieties in cultivation of which 

 Wild Goose best represents the species. 



The above species is a group of hybrids between P. Ameri- 

 cmia and P. angtistifolia oceuring in the wild from Maryland 

 to Texas. There are at least two distinct branches of the 

 species group as follows: 



P. hortulana var. Mineri is the northward extension of the 

 group and is chiefly characterized by its thick, dull leaves and 

 firm, late fruit. Miner, Clinton and Forest E,ose are the best 

 known varieties belonging here. 



The second branch is P. hortulana var. Waylandi character- 

 ized by strong growth, straight twigs, broad, coarse shining 

 leaves, and thin-skinned fruit of good flavor. Wayland, More- 

 land and Garfield are typical varieties. 



P. angustifolia. Marsh. Chickasaw Plum, Mpuntain 

 Cheeet. — Small tree, with slender, zigzag, red twigs and small 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate leaves which are very closely and 

 finely serrate, shining and eonduplicate or trough-like in habit ; 

 fruit small and very early, red or rarely yellow, the skin thin 

 and shining, and covered with many small light dots and a very 



