140 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 171 



289842 to 289867— Continued 



289845. Miss. Apple 20. L. D. Bennett, R. 1, Kokomo. Tree 20 years 

 old, 18 feet high, 30 feet wide, disease resistant; trunk 40 inches cir- 

 cumference 24 inches above soil; new shoots to 8 inches long; fruit 

 green and dull red when ripe, 7 inches circumference, ripens late 

 August. 



289846. Miss. Apple 21. J. H. Bracey, R. 1, Kokomo. Tree 12 feet 

 high, 12 feet wide, disease resistance fair; trunk 20 inches circumfer- 

 ence 12 inches above soil; fruit yellow, ripens mid- August; flesh tex- 

 ture very fine. 



289847. Miss. Apple 22. S. L. McKenzie, R. 1, Kokomo. Tree 25 

 years old, 20 feet high, 25 feet wide, excellent disease resistance; 

 trunk 30 inches circumference 24 inches above soil; new shoots to 18 

 inches long; fruits green colored when ripe, 8.5 inches circumference, 

 ripens late August. 



289848. Miss. Apple 23. B. L. Clearman, R. 3, Sumrall. Tree 18 feet 

 high, 18 feet wide; trunk 21 inches circumference 24 inches above 

 soil; fruit yellow, to 50 percent red striped, 8.5 inches circumference; 

 ripens mid- July; flesh white; texture fine; flavor excellent. 



289849. Miss. Apple 24. B. L. Clearman, R. 3, Sumrall. Tree 10 feet 

 high, 10 feet wide; trunk 13 inches circumference 12 inches above 

 soil; fruit green-yellow, ripens mid to late August. An unknown 

 commercial variety. 



289850. Miss. Apple 26. M. Smith, R. 3, Sumrall. Tree 20 feet high, 

 20 feet wide, disease resistance excellent; trunk 26 inches circumfer- 

 ence 48 inches above soil; new shoots to 10 inches long; fruit yellow, 

 9.5 inches circumference, ripens early August. 



289851. Miss. Apple 28. E. Varnado, R. 1, Box 5, Magnolia. Tree 18 

 years old, 24 feet high, 22 feet wide, moderately disease resistant; 

 new shoots to 6 inches long; fruit color green, ripens late June; 

 bears regularly. 



289852. Miss. Apple 30. H. C. Phillip, New Augusta. Tree 8 years 

 old, 22 feet high. 19 feet wide, disease resistance excellent; trunk 28 

 inches circumference 6 inches above soil; fruit sour; bears heavily 

 regularly. 



289853. Miss. Apple 33. A. W. Miley, R. 1, Hattiesburg. Tree 24 

 feet high, 21 feet wide; trunk 36 inches circumference 12 inches above 

 soil. Disease resistance fair. 



289854. Miss. Apple 35. A. R. Buck, R. 1, Lucedale. Tree 20 years 

 old, 18 feet high, 24 feet wide, excellent disease resistance; fruit 

 yellow. 



289855. Prunus sp. Amygdalaceae. 



Miss. Plum 1. R. Walker, R. 1, Box 145, Gulfport. Tree 20 years old, 

 43 feet wide, excellent disease resistance; trunk 63 inches circumference 

 24 inches above soil; new shoots 15 inches long, over entire tree; fruit red- 

 dish blue, ripens before mid-June. 



289856. Prunus sp. 



Miss. Plum 2. M. Oliver, R. 2, Box 455, Bay St. Louis. Hedgerow of 

 trees planted before 1947, now to 15 feet high; fruit drops prematurely. 

 Easily propagated by root shoots. 



289857. Prunus sp. 



Miss. Plum 8. J. J. Clark, R. 1, Box 255, Pascagoula. Tree 16 years 

 old, 32 feet wide, healthy; trunk 44 inches circumference 12 inches above 

 soil; fruit deep red, 1.5 inches diameter, sold locally. 



289858. Prunus sp. 



Miss. Plum 10. N. H. Johnson, R. 4, Lucedale. Tree 20 feet high, 25 

 feet wide; trunk 34 inches circumference 12 inches above soil; leaf buds 

 dormant 2-27-63 ; fruit clingstone ; flesh red ; skin red. 



