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Bulletin 175. 



appearance of a yelluw-red fruit, bearing a thin bloom and having 

 many yellow specks ; flesh soft and juicy, yellow, cling, of good 

 quality, l>ut the skin sour ; ripened with us this year on the 24th of 

 August. The fruit has a very slender stem and drops easily from 

 the tree. The tree is a moderately spreading grower, being intei*- 

 mediate in ]iabit between tlie Georgeson and Abundance. The fruit 

 is of good quality, but for the last two seasons it has failed to color 

 well and has dropped prematurely. The trees have not been very 



38. — Wickson. The largest of the hardy varieties. 



productive, althougli they have borne for three consecutive years. 

 From its behavior thus far, we are of the opinion that the Hale 

 should not be put in the iirst or leading list of Japanese plums for 

 western ISTew York. It follows the Georgeson, being in condition 

 for eating when the last specimens of the Georgeson are passing. 



16. Wickson.— Fig. 38. 



Fruit very large, taj^ering from toward the base, and long lieart- 

 shaped with a deep strong suture ; color usually a deep maroon red. 



