568 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Wooten. Munsoniana. i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:65. 1892. 2. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 

 492. 1897. 3. Waugh Plum Cult. 191. 1901. Wootton 2. 



Wooten was found growing wild in Burnet County, Texas, in 1876, by F. T. 

 Ramsey; introduced by A. N. Ramsey & Son. Fruit oval; cavity shallow; suture a 

 line; skin thin; bright red; bloom thin; flesh yellow; quality good; stone large, 

 clinging ; mid-season . 

 Worth. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 7. 1902-3. 



Originated by Theodore Williams of Nebraska; named and introduced by J. W. 

 Kerr in 1902. Tree vigorous, healthy and productive; fruit large, round-oblong, 

 purplish-red on a greenish-yellow ground; semi-clinging; mid-season. 

 Wragg. Americana, i. Meneray Cat. 



A seedling of Hawkeye grown by H. A. Terry; introduced by F. W. Meneray, 

 Council Bluffs, Iowa. Tree vigorous, healthy, productive; fruit very large, yellow 

 blotched with dark red; flesh yellow, firm, rich; good; clingstone; mid-season. 

 Wragg Freestone. Species? i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 87:18. 1901. 



Received by the Wisconsin Experiment Station from Edson Gaylord, Nora Springs, 

 Iowa. Fruit medium to small, roundish, dark purplish-red with numerous elongated 

 yellowish markings; bloom heavy; stem long, slender; skin tender, not harsh; flesh 

 greenish-yellow, crisp, very rich but harsh near the center; stone round, grooved, semi- 

 clinging. 

 Wunder von New York. Species? Mentioned in Mathieu Norn. Pom. 454. 1889. 



Merville de New York. 

 Wyandotte. Species? i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 290. 1889. 



Professor Budd of Iowa mentioned this plum as hardy and as bearing continuously. 

 Wyant and Japan. Triflora X Americana. 1. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 420. 1905. 



Mentioned in a list of varieties under test by H. T. Thompson, Marengo, Illinois. 

 Said to be a hybrid seedling; fruit light red; fair quality; freestone; mid-season. 

 Wyckoff. Munsoniana. i. Linn County Nur. Cat. 



WyckofI was found growing wild along the Cedar River, Iowa, by a Mr. Wyckoff; 

 introduced by Snyder Brothers, Center Point, Iowa. 



Wyedale. Domestica. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 732. 1884. 2. Garden 58:395. 1900. 

 3. Thompson Card. Ass't 4:159. 1901. 



From Yorkshire, England; much grown in the northern parts of England. Tree 

 very productive, strong and upright in growth; fruit small, oval; cavity small; dark 

 purple, almost black; flesh greenish-yellow, brisk, juicy, agreeably flavored; cling- 

 stone ; late. 



Wyzerka. Domestica. i. Kan. Sta. Bui. 73:191. 1897. 2. Ibid. 101:121, PI. 6 fig. 

 I. 1901. 3. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 328. 1903. 



Wiezerka i, 2. 



Wyzerka is one of the numerous Russian varieties imported by J. L. Budd of the 

 Iowa Experiment Station. There seems to have been some confusion in the distribu- 

 tion of this plum, for Budd and Hansen, in reference three, describe Wyzerka as a large, 

 oval, yellow plum with a fine peach-like flavor; the variety sent to this Station under 



