24 SEEDS AND PLA:N'TS IMPORTED. 



43124 to 43187— Continued. 



43174. " WiUie SJiarpr 



"A beautiful medium-sized dessert apple ; skin yellow, nearly 

 transparent in ripening, flesh crisp, of vinous flavor." (P. L. C. 

 Shepherd d- Son's vataloyue.) 



43175 to 43181.' Frxtnls salicina Lindl. Amygdalacefe. 



Japanese plum. 



43175. "Akarana. A chance seedling which resembles Botan. Tree 

 a vigorous grower and heavy cropper ; fruit of magnificent color 

 and firm flesh. A good succession to M'riyhVs Early." 



43176. '-Alpha. Of large size and distinct flavor, very firm, ripe 

 with Akarana, and a reliable f-ropper." 



43177. " Exiiort. A new hybrid, a cross between Wriyhfs Late and 

 Early Golden; fruit medium to large and very firm; exceedingly 

 sweet. This, like the preceding one, also lacks the foxy taste. 

 This should prove to be one of the most valuable blood plums In 

 existence, owing to being a wonderful keeper; fruit has been kept 

 for six weeks after picking, and on the tree it has been kept for 

 three months. Season, middle of January to April." 



43178. "Sharp's Early. Raised by Mr. John Sharp, Cambridge. 

 Supposed to be a seedling from Botan; fruit heart shaped, medium 

 size, purple in color when thoroughly ripe ; tree a great cropper. 

 In season about the 15th of December." 



43179. " Wriyht's Early on peach." 



" A seedling from Burbank, raised by myself ; the earliest and most 

 profitable of all plums. The fruit is identical with the well-known 

 Burbank, the only difference being its season of ripening and the 

 habit of growth, being more erect, which is a great point in its 

 favor." 



43180. " Wright's Early on plum." See description under previous 

 number (S. P. I. No. 43179). 



43181. " Wright's Purple." 



43182. Pbunus SAUCiNA X (?). Hybrid plum. 



" Best's Hybrid.'' A splendid all-purpose plum, i. e., dessert and culinary. 

 This is a cross between Cherry plum and Ogon; fruit large, yellow, shaped 

 like Cherry plum ; tree enormous cropper ; the absence of the foxy 

 taste peculiar to Japanese plums is a great point in its favor, and it will 

 become a great favorite." 

 43183 to 83186.' Pybus coixiiUNis L. Malacese. Pear. 



43183. "Belmont. A New South Wales seedling, raised from the 

 well-known Bon Chretien, ripening about the 10th of April ; shape 

 roundish, tapering slightly to the stalk ; skin golden ; flavor identi- 

 cal with Bon Chretien; an early and heavy cropper, coming into 

 bearing the second year; first-class dessert." 



43184. " Packham's Late. Another of Mr. Packham's seedlings, 

 which promises to outrival his Triumph [S. P. I. No. 43185] ; fruit 

 fairly large and heavy cropper. From what I have seen of the 

 Triumph I am more than satisfied, as it is unquestionably the 

 finest of its season." 



' See footnote, p. 9. 



