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Capt. Bacon. Americana, i. Meneray Cat. 



A seedling of Weaver grown by H. A. Terry. Tree vigorous; fruit large, red over 

 yellow; flesh yellow, coarse, rich; freestone; a culinary variety. 

 Capt. Watrous. Americana, i. Terry Cat. 1900. 



A seedling of Harrison grown by H. A. Terry who plucked the first fruit in 1897. 

 Tree vigorous and productive; fruit large, roundish, yellow overspread with bright 

 red ; good. 

 Caro. Americana mollis, i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:29, 38. 1903. 



A seedling of Wolf which originated at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 

 Canada, in 1895. Fruit large, roundish; suture distinct; bright red, showing yellow 

 in patches; dots numerous, yellow, distinct; bloom light; skin thick; flesh deep yel- 

 low, juicy, sweet, rich; good; mid-season. 



Caroline. Americana? i. Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 412. 1899. 2. S. Dak. Sta. Bui. 

 93:11. 1905. 



A seedling grown by C. W. H. Heideman, New Ulm, Minnesota. Fruit of medium 

 size, yellowish-red; good; season of Forest Garden; subject to plum-pocket and un- 

 productive. 

 Carpenter. Species? i. S. Dak. Sta. Bui. 93:11. 1905. 



A seedling from Vermilion, South Dakota. 

 Carson, Domestica. 



According to a letter from G. B. Brackett of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, Carson is a strain of Lombard. 

 Carstesen. Nigra, i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:29. 1903. 



A seedling grown by H. P. Carstesen, Billings Bridge, Ontario. Tree vigorous, 

 productive; fruit of medium size, roundish; cavity narrow; suture obscure; apex 

 rounded; yellow, nearly covered with deep red; dots obscure; bloomless; skin thin, 

 tender; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; good; stone flat, roundish, nearly free; early. 

 Carver. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1896-1900. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 145. 1901. 



Introduced by Charles LuedlofE, Cologne, Minnesota. Fruit small, roundish-oval; 

 cavity shallow; stem slender; suture a line; red, sometimes mottled; dots many, 

 small ; skin tough ; flesh yellow ; quality fair ; clingstone ; late ; unpromising. 

 Catalano. Domestica. 1. Gallesio Pom Ital. 2: PL 1839. 



Susino Catalano i. Prunus Catalanica 1. Catalana-Susina i. Catelane 1. 



This Italian variety is much larger than the Early Yellow, known also as the Cata- 

 lonia. They may be related, however, for Gallesio says that there are many varieties 

 from Catalonia which are similar in shape and taste. Fruit large, oblong, slightly 

 necked; skin greenish and greasy; pulp green, soft, tender, juicy and pleasant. 

 Catalana Propria. Domestica. i. Gallesio Pom. Ital. 2: PI. 1839. 



Catalana Toscana 1. 



A good strain of Catalano grown in Italy. 

 Catelane Giallo. Domestica. i. Gallesio Pom. Ital. 2: PL 1839. 



Buon-Boccone i. Buon-Bocconi i. 



This variety is figured under the name Buon-Boccone and described under Catelano 



