The Japanese Plums. 



27 



pears, were killed in the bud." — C. M. Stark, Louisiana, Mo. 

 Berckmans says that it is sometimes pointed. 



21. Munson (Hattankio, of Munson, at least in part. Hytan- 

 Kayo of Whitaker, probably). — i\ large broad-conical fruit, 

 purple or purple-red, with a yellow flesh of excellent quality ; 

 freestone or nearly so ; medium early and prolific. 



J. T. Whitaker, of Tyler, Texas, introduced his Hytan-Kayo 

 in 1886. There seems to be a mixture in this purple Hattankio, 

 for our fruit this year (trees from Munson) was yellow. This 

 is not strange, however, when one considers the utter confusion 

 in which the Japanese plums, and especially the Hattans, have 

 lain. I know of only one purple variety, however, which is com- 

 monly called a Hattan or Hattankio, and this is the one which I 

 have here named for Mr. Munson. The Rochester Lithograph- 

 ing Co. has a plate of this plum. 



22. iVi?r»2a?zfi^ (Normand Yellow. Normand's Japan). — Medium 



to large, obtusely 

 conical with a heart- 

 like base and short 

 stem ; color clear 

 golden yellow; flesh 

 firm and meaty, 

 yellow, of high 

 quality, free from 

 the small pit- Very 

 prolific, and ripens 



~^'^--- just after Berck- 

 Normand. One-third size. mans and Abund- 



ance. Allied to Georgeson and Kerr, but later, and less conical 

 than the latter. 



Imported by J. L- Normand, Marksville, La., and by him dis- 

 seminated under the name of Normand's Japan in 1891. The 

 cut is from specimens grown by Mr. Normand. 



23. Ogon (Ogan).— Fruits medium in .size, flattened at the 

 ends or tomato-shaped, not at all conical, the suture prominent ; 

 color clear lemon yellow with a light cream>- bloom giving the 

 fruit a whitish appearance ; flesh thick and very meaty, not juicy, 

 firm and keeping long, of .second or third quality, entirely free 

 from the stone. Tree only moderately productive, or in some 



