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mens occurring without the point. Mr. Berckmans writes me 

 that in 1890 the round form seemed to predominate, while in 1892 

 the pointed or normal form alone was produced. Imported from 

 Japan by Frost & Burgess, Riverside, California. Now named 

 for J. W. Kerr, of Denton, Maryland, one of the most intelligent 

 plum growers of the central states. 



Kerr. Half size. 



18. Late Blood. — Small, round, dark purple, with red flesh, 

 clingstone, fair in quality, late. 



Imported by Luther Burbank in 1888. 



19. Long Fruit. — Very small, roundish in shape, red, early 

 and said to be a shy bearer. Imported hy Luther Burbank in 

 1885, but very little known. 



20. Maru (Masu. Massu). — Medium size, round or somewhat 

 flattened ; orange-red or vermillion ; flesh yellow, of fair quality, 

 free or nearly so; ripens with Berckmans. 



Imported by Luther Burbank in 1885. Commonly called 

 Masu, but erroneously. Maru means r^z/waf. "Coarse and acid 

 with hard lumps, but good canned — about equal to Lombard. 

 Hardier in bud than any other Japanese plum tested here. Bore 

 in 1 89 1 when Abundance and all other Japs., as well as Kieffer 



