Cornell University, ) 



Ithaca, N. Y., January 1, 1896. ) 



Honorable ComTnissioner of Agriculture^ Albany : 



Sir. — The following account of the Japanese plums is submitted 



for pubhcation under the Experiment Station Extension bill (chapter 



230, Laws of 1895). There is a universal interest in the Japanese 



plums amongst the fruit growers of western New York and it, 



therefore, seems to be wise to publish this bulletin, as a sort of 



report of progress, even though the subject is very much confused. 



It is hoped that the bulletin may tend to check further confusion, 



by bringing into one report an account of all the varieties which are 



now before the public. In making these studies of Japanese plums, 



I have depended quite as much upon the information which I have 



gathered in many plantations about the State as I have upon our 



own tests. 



L. H, BAILEY. 



Note. — The illustrations in this bulletin show the fruits full size, but the 

 reader must bear iu mind the fact that pictures always look smaller, to the un- 

 trained eye, than the objects which they represent. 



