Fourth Report ox Japanese Plums. 



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11. ]\1aru. — See illustration on title-page. 



AYritten also Masu and Massu. 



Fruit medium in size, globular or slightly flattened endwise, 

 nsually tending to have an obtuse point, the suture slight ; color 

 dark dull red or maroon red, uniform or nearly so over the whole 

 surface, marked with numberless minute golden yellow dots ; flesh 

 rather soft and deep yellow, with a decidedly musky almond flavor, 



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34. — Bill hank. A standard mid-season variety, 



cling or semi-cling, the skin sour ; ripens with the later trees of 

 Abundance. It is a vigorous, upright grower and productive, but 

 the quality is poor, and the variety cannot compete with Abundance, 



12. BURBANK. — Fig. 31. 



Fruit medium in size, becoming large upon vigorous and well- 

 thinned trees, round-oblong to oblong, the point not well marked, 

 and the suture usually somewhat prominent ; color orange-yellow 



