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except along the midrib and larger veins; apex taper-pointed, base acute, margin finely 

 crenate, with small, amber glands; petiole slender, seven-eighths inch long, Ughtly 

 pubescent along one side, reddish, glandless or with from one to four very small, globose, 

 yellowish-red glands on the stalk. 



Blooming season late and long; flowers appearing after the leaves, three-quarters 

 inch across, in the buds tinged yellow, changing to white on expanding, odor disagree- 

 able; borne in clusters on lateral spurs and buds, in twos or in threes; pedicels eleven- 

 sixteenths inch long, slender, glabrous, greenish; cal3rx-tube green, campanulate, 

 glabrous; calyx-lobes small, narrow, slightly obtuse, pubescent on the inner surface, 

 glandular-serrate and with marginal hairs, erect; petals ovate or oval, crenate, tapering 

 at the base into long, narrow claws; anthers yellow, tinged with red; filaments 

 five-sixteenths inch long; pistil slender, glabrous, equal to the stamens in length. 



Fruit mid-season, ripening period very long; one inch by seven-eighths inch in 

 size, strongly oval, not compressed, halves equal; cavity shallow, narrow, flaring; suture 

 a distinct dark red line; apex depressed; color bright currant-red, with thin bloom; dots 

 grayish, rather conspicuous, clustered near the apex; stem very slender, seven-eighths 

 inch long, glabrous, adhering well to the fruit; skin thin, very tough, astringent, sepa- 

 rating readily; flesh deep yellow, juicy, tender and melting, sweetish next to the skin, 

 but tart at the center; fair in quality; stone clinging, five-eighths inch by three-eighths 

 inch in size, long-oval, turgid, necked at the base, blunt-pointed at the apex, with finely 

 pitted surfaces; ventral suture narrow, inconspicuous; dorsal suture with a narrow, 

 shallow groove. 



NEW ULM 



Prunus americana 



1. Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 126. 1890. 2. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:49 fig., 50. 1897. 3. la. Hort. Soc. 

 Rpt. III. 1899. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 37. 1899. 5. la. Sta. Bui. 46:282 fig. 1900. 6. Waugh 

 Plum CuU. 158. 1901. 7. Ont. Fr. Gr. Assoc. 143. 1901. 8. 5. Dak. Sta. Bui. 93:26. 1905. 

 9. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 422. 1905. 10. la. Sta. Bui. 114:141. 1910. 



Snooks 10. 



New Ulm is worthy of attention because of its large, handsome, well- 

 formed fruits. The plums are ftirther distinguished by a pecuHar flavor, 

 somewhat suggesting that of the mandrake, pleasant to some but dis- 

 agreeable to others. The flesh is a little too juicy for pleasant eating but 

 the fruits ship well, the tough, thick skin firmly holding its contents. The 

 fruits, however, do not keep well, for, despite the thick skin, the spores 

 of the brown-rot find entrance and thrive so that the variety rots badly. 

 The trees are hardy and productive but ill-shaped and hard to manage 

 in either the orchard or the nursery for which reason the culture of the 

 variety is discouraged by nurserymen and it is now almost impossible to 

 buy New Ulm trees. The illustration of this variety shows well the char- 

 acters of the western type of Prunus americana in leaf, fruit and stone. 



