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basin shallow, plaited ; eye open ; flesh melting, juicy, white ; flavour good ; 

 fair crop ; a good dessert pear, but clashes with Bartlett, to wiiich it is 

 inferior. Ripe 8th February, 1908. 



Plums. 



"Hale." — Vigorous, fairly obliquely spreading ; fruit roundish, inefliuin to 

 large ; greenish yellow ; stem slender ; suture part way round ; flesh greenish 

 golden, juicy ; flavour good ; stone cling, medium. Ripe 1 1th Januai-y, 1 908 ; 

 light crop. 



" Kelsey." — Tree vigorous, fairly oblicjuely spreading ; fruit conic, ovate 

 with obtuse point, medium to large ; greenish, with light blue bloom ; cavity 

 rather deep ; suture raised on one side, distinct half way ; flesh greenish gold ; 

 very little flavour ; stone cling, small. Ripe 21st February, 1908. 



" Giant Prune." — Tree upright, vigorous ; fruit oval and slightly necked ; 

 very large ; purple with grey dots, turning a very deep purple when fully ripe ; 

 •cavity slight; stem fairly long, suture distinct half way; flesh melting, juicy; 

 g-reenish gold ; flavour good ; stone free, fairly large ; bore few specimens <jnly . 

 Ripe 7th February, 1908. This variety has not proved good for drying. 



" Fellemberg." — Rather stunted, spreading ; fruit oval, oblate, slightly 

 necked, large ; dark purple with blue bloom and many l)rown spots and 

 markings ; hardly any cavity ; stem medium ; suture distinct half way ; colour 

 golden; flesh golden ; flavour good ; stone large, free; light crop : ripe 23rd 

 February, 1908. 



" Coe's Golden Drop." — Spreading, rather stunted ; fruit oval, one side pro- 

 trudes beyond other at apex, necked ; large to very large ; colour golden when 

 ripe ; light crop. 



"Pond's Seedling."— Tree rather stunted, upright; fruit oval, slightly 

 necked, large, red with a light bloom, cavity slight ; stem fairly long ; suture 

 fairly deep half way ; flesh rather dry ; colour reddish gold ; fair flavour, 

 •stone free, medium size; heavy crop; a handsome plum. Ripe 17th 

 February, 1908. 



"Kirke's." — Fairly spreading, vigorous ; fruit roundish, oval, above medium ; 

 dark purple with a blue bloom ; barely any cavity ; stem medium, suture 

 scarcely distinct ; flesh greenish gold, very sweet ; stone free, above medium 

 size ; very light crop. Ripe 12th Februar}", 1908. 



" Burbank," — Fairly spreading, vigorous ; fruit roundish, conical, with 

 a distinct point ; small to medium ; green, co\-ered with purple to a grey 

 bloom ; cavity fairly deep, stem slender ; slightly raised on the side ; flesh 

 juicy, greenish ; fair flavour; stone free, medium to small; heavy crop. Ripe 

 14th January, 1908. 



" Bavay's Green Gage " — Fairly spreading, vigorous; fruit roundish oval, 

 medium size, greenish yellow, with a light bloom and many light specks ; 

 cavity very slight ; stem rather short ; suture raised on one side, distinct half 

 way ; flesh greenish gold, very sweet ; stone clings, rather small ; fair crop. 

 Ripe 25th February, 1908. 



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