12 BULLETIN 172, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Barnsback, am. Originated at Vermilion, S. Dak., and said by E. S. Goff to be an 
americana. 
Barnsbeck. See Barnsback. 
Bartlett. See Oren. 
Bassett, 14, 36, ma. Found wild near Hammonton, N. J., and introduced about 
1872 by William F. Bassett, of that place. 
*Bastle. An unclassified variety tested at the Texas station, but probably a native. 
*Bean, am. Found wild by H. Knudson, Springfield, Minn., and sent to J. S. 
Harris, La Crescent, Minn., in 1889. 
Beatty. See Atkins. 
Beaty, 14, an v X mu. Originated under cultivation at Luling, Caldwell Co., Tex., 
by Lee Beaty and introduced by him in 1877. 
Beaty Choice. See Beaty. 
Beaty 1 s Choice. See Beaty. 
Beauty. See Beaty. 
*Bedford. A seedling raised at the Indian Head Experimental Farm, Saskatchewan. 
*Bell. A variety grown in the Smyth orchard at Plainview, Tex. 
Belle. See Texas Belle. 
Bell's October. See Bell. 
Bender, 14, am. Reported x to have been grown near Chaska, Minn., by Paul Wolf. 
Benson, 14, h. Originated by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebr. 
Benson Market, 14, am. An unclassified variety grown by J. W. Kerr, Denton, Md. 
*Berry Hill, am. Originated 2 with H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa, and introduced 
by F. W. Meneray, Council Bluffs, Iowa. 
Bertha, 12, an v X tr. A variety grown in Mr. Hunt's yard at Nursery, Tex., and 
said to be a Chickasaw crossed with Kelsey. 
Best of All. See Bestovall. 
Bestovall, 14, h mi. Originated by T. V. Munson, Denison, Tex., and said to be 
a seedling of Miner pollinated with Abundance. The foliage and flowers, however, 
show no triflora characters. 
Beta, 14, ma. A selection from the wild made by E. W. Winsor in New Jersey. 
*Beta (No. 4), am. Originated by N. K. Fluke, Davenport, Iowa, apparently from 
seed of De Soto. Originally Betta, 3 but evidently an error for Beta. 
*Biconical, tr X an v (?). Originated with A. L. Bruce in Texas and said to be 
Abundance crossed with a Chickasaw. 
Bilona, 20, tr X me. Originated with H. A. Biles, Roanoke, Tex., and believed to 
be a seedling of Chabot crossed with the native "big tree plum." 
Bingaman. See Oren. 
*Birchland, am. A variety of Minnesota origin and said by Hedrick 4 to be an 
americana. 
Bixby, 14, 30, 32, am. Found wild on the homestead of N. W. Bixby, Edgewood, 
Clayton Co., Iowa, in 1847, and introduced in 1880 by 0. H. True, of the same 
place. 
i Hedrick, U. P. The Plums of New York, 1911, p. 401. 
2 Hedrick, U. P. Op. cit., p. 402. 
a Transactions of the Iowa Horticultural Society, 1900, p. 86. 
* Hedrick, U. P. Op. cit., p. 403. 
