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Title: American gardening
Identifier: americangardeni131892newy (find matches)
Year: 1892 (1890s)
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Subjects: Gardening; Horticulture
Publisher: New York : Rural Pub. Co
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598 A STUDY OF THE NATIVE PLUM. Drop, Moreman, Poole, Reed, Roulette, Sucker State, Texas Bell or Belle, Wayland, Whitaker, Wild Goose, "World Beater. The Wild Goose is either very variable, or there are two varieties passing under that name. I have not been able to observe any constant differences between the two types in foliage or fruit, and am disposed to regard these peculiarities as variations of one variety due to climate or some other local cause, for I find the same differences in other varieties grown here and in the south, as in Newman, Robinson and Mariana. The range of adap- tability of the Wild Goose is great. It is hardy in cen- tral New York and southern Michigan,and it succeeds well in Georgia and Texas. The tree resembles a peach tree. and by a more or less smooth and Americana-like stone. Fig. 4 (page 599) is an excellent illustration of the under surface of a leaf of this group, and fig. 5 (page 599) shows the general habit. It includes a few anomalous varieties, which appear to be intermediate between Prtinus hor- tulana and P. Americana : Clinton, Forest Rose, Idol, Indiana Red, Iris, Langsdon, Leptune, Miner, Parsons, Prairie Flower, Rachel. The Miner group appears to be a strong and hardy race, which is particularly adapted to the northern limits of the cultivation of the hortulana family. The varie- ties are much alike. The Miner is the most popular member of the group, and it succeeds even in northern Illinois. In New York the varieties ripen from late Sep- tember even to late October. D. The Chickasaw Group (Prunus angustifolia,
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-Wild Goose FluM. (Americana Group.; Sprays half This group of plums, as a whole, appears to be best suited to the middle latitudes, being grown with satisfac- tion from Illinois and Indiana and the southern part of Michigan and New York to Maryland, Virginia and Tennessee, and in the southwest to Texas. The varieties which are most highly prized are Golden Beauty, Indian Chief, Missouri Apricot, Moreman, Wayland and Wild Goose. C. The MrNER Group (Prunus hortulana, var. Mincri). This group differs from the species by their dull and comparatively thick leaves, which are conspicu- ously veiny below and irregularly, coarsely toothed and more or less obovate in outline, by a late, very firm fruit, Marshall; Prunus Chtckasa. Michx.). This group of plums differs from the Wild Goose group by a more slen- der, spreading and zigzag growth, usually a smaller size of tree, by red twigs, by smaller, lanceolate or oblong- lanceolate, very closely serrate, shining leaves, which are conduplicate or trough-like in habit, by early small flowers which, upon old wood, are densely clustered on the spurs, and by an early red (rarely yellow) more or less spotted translucent fruit, the flesh of which is soft, juicy, more or less stringy, and very tightly adher- ent to the small, broad, roughish stone. It is difficult to separate some of the cultivated forms of this species from small-leaved and weak-growing varieties of Prunus

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