134 Bulletin 175. 



First list. Second list. 

 Engre Berger 

 Liitts Ken- 

 Red Jane Ogoii 

 Abundance Georgeson 

 Burbank Hnnn 

 Chabot Hale 

 Satsiima Wickson 



In the following account of varieties, we record the notes which 

 have been taken on the Cornell grounds during the present season. 

 The varieties are arranged in the order of tlieir i-ipening at Ithaca 

 in 1S99. (An index to the names will be found at the end of the 

 bulletin.) As already indicated, this order of ripening is not uni- 

 form year by year. By season of ripening we mean the date at 

 which the first considerable number of fruits are fit to be eaten from 

 the hand. Ordinarily, the varieties should be picked for market 

 three or four days, or even a week, earlier than the dates here given 

 It is characteristic of most Japanese plums that even though they 

 are uncolored when picked, they ripen up well if kept in a cool 

 and dry place. All the pictures in this bulletin, except that on the 

 title page, are natural size. They are made from fruits of medium 

 and average size. It should be remembered, however, that pictures 

 of fruits, even though they are full size, look smaller than the fruits 

 themselves. The histories of the varieties are recorded in previous 

 bulletins. 



1. Earliest of All. — Fig. 24, left. 



Yosebe of Bulletin 106. Wasse-Samomo. 



Small, round-oblong, with an indication of a pointed apex in some 

 specimens ; suture not prominent ; color when fully ripe almost 

 uniformly pink-red, with light bloom ; flesh light yellow and soft 

 clinging to the pit, sour, with a decided almond or bitterish flavor, 

 skin tough; tirst specimens picked July 10, but the larger part of 

 the fruits ripe on July 14. The fruit drops from the stem as soon 

 as ripe. Straw or hay should be spread under the tree to catch it. 

 The tree is a decidedly upright grower, with small and yellowish 

 green deeply serrate leaves, prominent stipules and reddish twigs. 



