Narrative
Type = Plum. Per Hedrick (see citation): "Wayland was found in a plum thicket on the premises of Professor H.B. Wayland, Cadiz, Kentucky. IT was sent by him about 1875 to J.S. Downer and Sons, Fairview, Todd County, Kentucky, who named and introduced it. Tree very large and vigorous, spreading, somewhat drooping...leaf-buds very small, short, obtuse, plump, appressed. Leaves folded upward, ovate or long-oval...petiole one inch long, slender, pubescent along one side, with a tinge of red, with from one to five very small, globose, brownish glands usually on the stalk. Blooming season late and long; petals ovate or oval. Fruit very late, season long; one and one-eighth inches by one inch in size; color dark currant-red, with inconspicuous, thin bloom; skin thick, touch, clinging but slightly; flesh attractive light yellow; moderately juicy, coarse, fibrous, rather tender, mildly sweet next to the skin but astringent towards the pit; fair to good; stone clinging, five-eighths inch by three-eighths inch in size, long-oval."