VARIETIES OF PLUMS FROM NATIVE AMERICAN SPECIES. 37 
Red Skin, 14, mu. Originated with Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebr. 1 
Reed, 14, 30, h. Originated with 0. H. Reed, Hightstown, N. J., from pits obtained 
in Illinois. 
Reel, 14, 30, am. A seedling of Van Buren, grown by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa. 
*Regina. A seedling grown at the Indian Head Experimental Farm, Saskatchewan. 
Reinette, 37, am 1. 
Rice Seed. See Gaviota. 
Richey (No. 1), 30, am. A seedling grown in Iowa. 
Richey (No. 2), 30, am. A seedling grown in Iowa. 
*Robert, am. Listed as an americana by E. S. Goff. 
Robert's Freestone. See Robert. 
Robinson, 34, mu. Reported as a seedling grown by a Mr. Putnam in Indiana 
from seed carried with him from North Carolina and brought to notice in 1879 by 
Dr. J. H. Robinson. 
Robinson. See Miner. 
Rockford, 14, am. A wild variety, introduced by C. G. Patten, Charles City, Iowa. 
The original tree came from a grove near Rockford, Iowa. 
Rocky Mountain, 14, am. From C. W. H. Heideman, of Minnesota, and listed as 
an americana by F. A. Waugh. 
Rocky Mountain Cherry, 14, b. Introduced by Charles Pennock, Bellvue, Colo. 
Rocky Mountain Dwarf. See Rocky Mountain. 
*Rocky Mountain Seedling. 2 Mentioned as a native variety in 1882 by Louis 
Koeper, Marshalltown, Iowa. 
Rollingstone, 14, 29, 32, 36, 37, am. Found about 1852 on Rollingstone Creek, 
Winona County, Minn., by O. M. Lord, Minnesota City, Minn. Introduced about 
1882. 
Rolling Stone. See Rollingstone. 
Rollingstone Late, 14, am. Grown by O. M. Lord, Minnesota City, Minn., from 
seed of Rollingstone. 3 
*Rosselle, am. A chance seedling, originated in 1892 with Ernest Hoffman, Roselle, 
Carroll Co., Iowa, and listed an an americana by Craig and Vernon. 
Roulette, 14, mu. Supposed to have originated in Texas. 
*Round. A native plum* received previous to 1888 by J. Webster, Centralia, 111., 
from a Mr. Spears, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
Rowlett. See Roulette. 
Ruby, 6, tr X mu. Originated with J. S. Breece, Fayetteville, N. C, and supposed 
to be a cross of Abundance with Wild Goose. 
Ruby, 34, mu. A seedling of Wild Goose, introduced in 1891 by L. T. Sanders of the 
Orchard Home Nursery, Plain Dealing, La. 
Rue, 32, 36, am. Scions of this variety were received by Prof. Budd, of the Iowa 
Agricultural College, from J. B. Rue, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. 
*Rupert, p X am. A variety listed by W. T. Macoun, Ottawa, Canada, as a cross 
between Prunus pumila and P. americana. 41 
Sada, 14, am. Grown by H. A. Terry from seed of Van Buren. 
« Hedrick, U. P. Op. cit, p. 529. 
2 Transactions of the Iowa Horticultural Society, 1882, p. 237. 
3 Kerr, J. W., catalogue, 1899-1900, p. 10. 
* Macoun, W. T. Central Experimental Farm Bulletin 43, 1903, p. 40. 
