Fruit mid-season, period of ripening short; one and seven-eighths inches by one and five-eighths inches in size, oblong-oval, compressed, halves equal; cavity shallow, narrow, abrupt; suture shallow, broad; apex roundish; color dark purplish-red, overspread with very thick bloom; dots numerous, small, russet, clustered about the apex; stem three-quarters inch long, sparingly pubescent, adhering well to the fruit; skin thin, slightly sour, separating readily; flesh greenish-yellow, medium juicy, sweetish, mild; of fair quality; stone clinging, one inch by five-eighths inch in size, ovate with roughened and deeply pitted surfaces, blunt at the apex and base; ventral suture broad, distinctly furrowed; dorsal suture acute. FOREST GARDEN [Illustration: FOREST GARDEN] _Prunus hortulana mineri_ =1.= _Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 81. 1882. =2.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 42. 1883. =3.= _Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 412. 1889. =4.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 55. 1890. =5.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =38=:37, 86. 1892. =6.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._ =118=:53. 1895. =7.= _Wis. Sta. Bul._ =63=:24, 37. 1897. =8.= _Wis. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 136. 1899. =9.= Waugh _Plum Cult._ 148. 1901. =10.= _Can. Exp. Farm Bul._ =43=:30. 1903. =11.= _Ohio Sta. Bul._ =162=:254, 255. 1905. =12.= _S. Dak. Sta. Bul._ =93=:17, 49 & 54 Pl. 1905. Forest Garden is placed by most horticulturists in _Prunus americana_, but the trees growing on the Geneva Station grounds belong to the Miner group of _Prunus hortulana_ and the herbarium specimens of foliage and flowers sent from other stations make it probable if not certain that the trees here are true to name. This variety is little grown in the East, but it is widely distributed in the central West where both in tree and fruit-characters it seems adapted to the needs of the climate and soil. It is one of the latest of its group, maturing at a good time for shipping, for which it is further adapted by its tough skin and firm flesh. While Forest Garden is not preeminently a dessert plum, it has a spicy flavor that makes it pleasant eating and it is admirably adapted for culinary purposes, especially for preserving. This variety is from a wild plum found in the woods bordering on the Cedar River, near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by Thomas Hare, and introduced by H. C. Raymond, of the Forest Garden Nurseries, Council Bluffs, Iowa, about 1862. The American Pomological Society placed the variety on its fruit catalog list in 1883, dropped it in 1891, and replaced it in 1897.