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of the same season, although the Kerr begins to fall from the 

 tree a few days before the Red June is ripe. The Ked June is a 

 bushy-topped, upright grower, with yellowish green foliage and 

 reddish brown twigs. It is a well marked type. We are fruiting it 

 on both peach and i^ombard stocks. 



8. Ogon.— Fig. 30. 



Fruits medium in size or becoming ^arge when heavily thinned, 

 globular or flattened endwise, not at all conical or pointed, the suture 

 prominent; color a clear lemon yellow, with a heavy whitish bloom, 

 rarelv with the faintest indication of a blush cheek ; flesh thick and 

 ver}'- meaty, comparatively hard, free from pit, with a very peculiar 

 musky almond flavor. Ready to eat this year August 1, although 

 they were ready to ship, and a very few were edible, some three or 

 four days before this time. It is practically the season of the Red 

 June, althougli tending to be a trifle later. The tree is a strong, 

 upright grower with heavy thick foliage. It does not seem to be so 

 uniformly productive as some other varieties, although it tends to 

 bear very heavily at times. It is readily distinguished from other 

 early varieties by its globular or flatened shape, by the cavity around 

 the 23it and by its peculiar flavor. Its quality is indifferent — not so 

 good as that of the Red June nor so bad as that of the Willard. It 

 is said to be one of the best for canning. 



9. Berckmans. — Fig. 31. 



Fruit of medium size, round-oblong with a tendency to have a 

 bhint point, more or less angular in cross-section, the suture not 

 prominent ; color deep bright red, especially when exposed to the 

 sun, more or less yellow-splashed on the shaded side ; flesh Arm and 

 sweet, cling or semi-cling, becoming dry and insipid when fully 

 ripe. Ripe this year on the 4tli to 6th of August with the earliest 

 trees of Abundance. In 1896, it also ripened with Abundance or 

 just ahead of it. In 1897, the same trees ripened two weeks later 

 than Abundance. It is an uj^right grower, with yellowish green, 

 rather small, foliage. It is readily distinguished from all other 

 Japanese plums whicli I know by the dry and mealy character of 

 the ripe fruit. 



