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by the originator in 1898 and has been since that time well tested at several 

 places in the eastern states and is very generally well spoken of for a pliun 

 of its kind for the East. 



Tree large, vigorous, spreading, somewhat open-topped, hardy, very productive; 

 branches roughish and with cracked bark, slightly zigzag, dark ash-gray, with numerous, 

 conspicuously raised lenticels ; branchlets willowy, long, with short intemodes, green 

 with a reddish tinge changing to dark chestnut-red, glossy, glabrous, with numerous, 

 small, raised lenticels; leaf -buds small, short, conical, free. 



Leaves folded upward, broadly lanceolate, peach-like, one and one-half inches 

 wide, -three and one-fourth inches long, thin; upper surface reddish late in season, 

 smooth and glossy, with deeply grooved midrib; lower surface light green, sparingly 

 pubescent along the midrib and larger veins which are more or less red; apex taper- 

 pointed, base abrupt, margin finely and doubly crenate and with numerous, small, dark 

 glands; petiole one-half inch long, tinged red, pubescent along one side, glandless or with 

 one or two small globose, reddish glands on the upper part of the stalk. 



Blooming season intermediate and long; flowers appearing after the leaves, one- 

 half inch across, white; borne in clusters on short lateral spurs and buds, in pairs or 

 in threes; pedicels five-sixteenths inch long, slender, pubescent, green; calyx- tube 

 greenish, obconic, glabrous; calyx-lobes obtuse, with a trace of red along the margin, 

 glandular-serrate, glabrous, with marginal hairs, erect; petals small, roundish, entire, 

 tapering abruptly to narrow claws; anthers yellowish; filaments three-sixteenths inch 

 long; pistil glabrous, longer than the stamens. 



Fruit early, season of medium length; one and three-eighths inches in diameter, 

 roundish-oval, halves equal; cavity shallow, flaring; suture shallow, a distinct line; 

 apex roundish; color clear, dark, currant-red over golden-yellow, mottled, with thin 

 bloom; dots numerous, small, whitish, inconspicuous; stem slender, one-half inch 

 long, glabrous, adhering to the fruit; skin thin, bitterish, separating readily from the 

 pulp; flesh yellow, juicy, fibrous, somewhat tender, sweet, not high in flavor; fair in 

 quality; stone clinging, seven-eighths inch by one-half inch in size, oval, pointed, with 

 pitted surfaces, broadly ridged along the ventral suture; dorsal suture grooved. 



AMERICAN 



Prunus domestica 



I. Oregon Sta. Bui. 61:17, 18. igoo. 

 American Seedling i. 



American originated with a Mr. Peterson of Elkton, Douglas County, 

 Oregon, as a sprout from an old tree. It has never been extensively dis- 

 seminated, but seems to be a variety of considerable promise. The fruit 

 as grown on the Station groimds resembles Hand rather closely; is large 

 for a plum of its type, is a handsome golden color, is high in quality and 

 will probably keep and ship well. Too little is known of its tree -characters 

 to recommend it tinqualifiedly. 



