Japanese Plums. 



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These same trees were compared this year (1897), and the Burbank 

 was fully three weeks later than Abundance. In 1895, the Red June 

 ripened from July 28 to August i ; this year the fruit upon the same tree 

 was not ripe for eating until August 23. These differences may be 

 due to the differences in the two seasons, for in 1895 the late summer 

 was hot and dry and this year it was cold and wet ; but one would not 

 expect that season would make so great comparative difference between 

 any two varieties as we found between Abundance and Burbank. 



113. — Berckf/ums . 



This report has had the benefit of notes made upon the early 

 varieties by S. D. Willard during the writer's absence. 



Abundance. 



The best known of the Japanese plums, although it is not yet 

 clearly distinguished from some of its allies. We have two types of 

 Abundance — one a very narrow grower with a small pointed early 

 fruit and small leaves, which may be Babcock ; the other a moder- 

 ately spreading tree, with the type of fruit shown in figure i, Bul- 

 letin 106, ripening a week or ten days later than the other, and having 



