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Bulletin 175. 



We doubt if the Berckmans is of sufficiently liigli quality to 

 recommend it for general planting, since the Abundance occupies 

 the same season Some of the trees which have passed for Berck- 

 mans are Abundance. The true Berckmans is disthiguished by its 

 dry flesh. 



81. — Berckmans. Dislinc/uished, irhen fully 1 ipe, by its dry flesJi. 



10. Abundance. — Figs. 32 and 33. 



Y elloio-Fleshecl Botan. 



Fruit medium size or varying to nearly large when vigorously 

 thinned, round-oblong with a distinct point, the suture usually more 

 or less prominent ; color pink-coppery -red, marked with many 

 minute dots and a thin bloom; flesh firm but juicy, sweet, with no 

 trace of mawkish or almond flavor when well tliinned or well 

 ripened, clinging to the pit. The Abundance is a variable plum. 



