FRUIT CATALOGUE. 

 SECTION XIV.— PLUMS. 



327 



ABBKEVIATINOS FOE THIS SECTION. 



Color. 



b. blue. br. brownish. p. purple. 



c. copper. y. yellow. 



r. red. 

 g. green. 



Remarks. 



Nearly or quite as fine as Green Grage. Tree a better grower. 

 Hardy. A good regular bearer. Shoots downy. 

 Grows and bears well. A superior market variety. 



Probably an unrecognized old variety. Very hardy and productive in Mason 



county. 

 Beautiful. Excellent. Perhaps may not ripen with certainty at the extreme 



north. 

 Subject to rot. Tree vigorous and productive. 



Valued for market and cooking. 



A slow grower. Productive. Valued for preserves. 



Too soft and uneven in size for market. 



Does not succeed well in Mason county. 



Valued for drying and preserving. 



The standard of quality among plums. Tree a slow grower. 



Tree very vigorous, upright, moderate bearer. 



Originated in Lenawee county by the late Israel Pennington, who prized it 



highly. 

 Productive, excellent; shoots dark, downy, vigorous. 



Tree vigorous, spreading, branches smooth. 



A slow grower, good bearer, very profitable at the north. 



Branches smooth. The stone is broad and flat. i 



A seedling from Green Gage. Very productive. 



Tree vigorous, hardy, and productive. The leading market variety. Tree not 



satisfactory at St. Joseph. 

 Nearly or quite equal to Green Gage. Hardy, vigorous, productive. 



Comparatively unproductive if standing alone. Very hardy. Of the Americana 



species. 

 Tree very vigorous and productive. Slightly tender. 



Vigorous. Branches gray and very downy. 



Tree upright, vigorous. A moderate beeirer. 



Productive, vigorous. Branches smooth, grayish. Dorr's Favorite of Oceana 



county is identical with this. 

 Tree a great bearer. Valuable for market. 



An old favorite. Hardy, productive. 



A rapid, upright grower; productive. 



The genuine has slender, smooth shoots. 



One of the most vigorous ; shoots glossy, reddish purple; very productive. 



One of the largest and most beautiful, but inclined to rot on the tree. Free 



from rot at the north. 

 An uncertain bearer at the north; probably from imperfect pollenization. A 



variety of the chicasa species. 

 A finp market variety, but rots in some seasons at the south, and as far north 



as MaK(in county. 



