Fourth Repoijt on Japanese Plums. 



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After having tested four or five crops of this plum, we are con- 

 vinced that its chief merit. is earliness and that it is too poor in 

 quahty to be recommended, particularly since the Engre is of better 

 quality and practically of the same season. 



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25. — Lutts. The largest oj the very eaily Japanese pi tuns. 



2. Engke. — Fig. 24, right. 



About one-third larger than Earliest of All, not round but some- 

 what flattened endwise, the suture usually rather prominent ; color 

 a very little darker than Earliest of All ; flesh soft and yellow, 

 cling, sour but with almost no almond flavor, and the skin tough. 

 Engre is practically of the same season as Earliest of All, although 

 this year it was al^out one day later. It is a distinctly better plum. 

 We recommend it for being very early. With us it has been a pro- 

 litic bearer, and the fruits are attractive. Its quality is not as good 

 as that of Burbank and Abundance, but its great earliness com- 

 mends it. 



