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140 PLANT INVENTORY NO. <strong>171</strong><br />
289842 to 289867—Continued<br />
289845. Miss. Apple 20. L. D. Bennett, R. 1, Kokomo. Tree 20 years<br />
old, 18 feet high, 30 feet wide, disease resistant; trunk 40 inches circumference<br />
24 inches above soil; new shoots to 8 inches long; fruit<br />
green and dull red when ripe, 7 inches circumference, ripens late<br />
August.<br />
289846. Miss. Apple 21. J. H. Bracey, R. 1, Kokomo. Tree 12 feet<br />
high, 12 feet wide, disease resistance fair; trunk 20 inches circumference<br />
12 inches above soil; fruit yellow, ripens mid-August; flesh texture<br />
very fine.<br />
289847. Miss. Apple 22. S. L. McKenzie, R. 1, Kokomo. Tree 25<br />
years old, 20 feet high, 25 feet wide, excellent disease resistance;<br />
trunk 30 inches circumference 24 inches above soil; new shoots to 18<br />
inches long; fruits green colored when ripe, 8.5 inches circumference,<br />
ripens late August.<br />
289848. Miss. Apple 23. B. L. Clearman, R. 3, Sumrall. Tree 18 feet<br />
high, 18 feet wide; trunk 21 inches circumference 24 inches above<br />
soil; fruit yellow, to 50 percent red striped, 8.5 inches circumference;<br />
ripens mid-July; flesh white; texture fine; flavor excellent.<br />
289849. Miss. Apple 24. B. L. Clearman, R. 3, Sumrall. Tree 10 feet<br />
high, 10 feet wide; trunk 13 inches circumference 12 inches above<br />
soil; fruit green-yellow, ripens mid to late August. An unknown<br />
commercial variety.<br />
289850. Miss. Apple 26. M. Smith, R. 3, Sumrall. Tree 20 feet high,<br />
20 feet wide, disease resistance excellent; trunk 26 inches circumference<br />
48 inches above soil; new shoots to 10 inches long; fruit yellow,<br />
9.5 inches circumference, ripens early August.<br />
289851. Miss. Apple 28. E. Varnado, R. 1, Box 5, Magnolia. Tree 18<br />
years old, 24 feet high, 22 feet wide, moderately disease resistant;<br />
new shoots to 6 inches long; fruit color green, ripens late June;<br />
bears regularly.<br />
289852. Miss. Apple 30. H. C. Phillip, New Augusta. Tree 8 years<br />
old, 22 feet high, 19 feet wide, disease resistance excellent; trunk 28<br />
inches circumference 6 inches above soil; fruit sour; bears heavily<br />
regularly.<br />
289853. Miss. Apple 33. A. W. Miley, R. 1, Hattiesburg. Tree 24<br />
feet high, 21 feet wide; trunk 36 inches circumference 12 inches above<br />
soil. Disease resistance fair.<br />
289854. Miss. Apple 35. A. R. Buck, R. 1, Lucedale. Tree 20 years<br />
old, 18 feet high, 24 feet wide, excellent disease resistance; fruit<br />
yellow.<br />
289855. PRUNUS sp. Amygdalaceae.<br />
Miss. Plum 1. R. Walker, R. 1, Box 145, Gulfport. Tree 20 years old,<br />
43 feet wide, excellent disease resistance; trunk 63 inches circumference<br />
24 inches above soil; new shoots 15 inches long, over entire tree; fruit reddish<br />
blue, ripens before mid-June.<br />
289856. PRUNUS sp.<br />
Miss. Plum 2. M. Oliver, R. 2, Box 455, Bay St. Louis. Hedgerow of<br />
trees planted before 1947, now to 15 feet high; fruit drops prematurely.<br />
Easily propagated by root shoots.<br />
289857. PRUNUS sp.<br />
Miss. Plum 8. J. J. Clark, R. 1, Box 255, Pascagoula. Tree 16 years<br />
old, 32 feet wide, healthy; trunk 44 inches circumference 12 inches above<br />
soil; fruit deep red, 1.5 inches diameter, sold locally.<br />
289858. PRUNUS sp.<br />
Miss. Plum 10. N. H. Johnson, R. 4, Lucedale. Tree 20 feet high, 25<br />
feet wide; trunk 34 inches circumference 12 inches above soil; leaf buds<br />
dormant 2-27-63; fruit clingstone; flesh red; skin red.
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