58 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Mikado. 



" It is a large, golden yellow plum when ripe, and samples 

 measured seven and one-qnarter inclies in circumference. It is con- 

 sidered now as tbp most profitable variety tliat is propagated in the 

 valley, ripening early, the trees good bearers and the fruit bringing 

 very high prices. Last season they brought as high as $11 per box 

 in the eastern markets, or over fifty cents a pound, and this season 

 bringing from $5 to $7 per box." — Vaca/ville {Gal.) Rejporter^ 

 quoted in Calif m^nia Fruit Grower^ xiii. 198 (Sept. 2, 1893). 



"A very large plum, of greenish yellow color, nearly round, very 

 little suture, a very rapid grower, more so than any other. This is 

 the most remarkable of all plums for its enormous size, beauty and 

 good quality. It is probably the largest plum in existence ; ripens 

 fifteen days after Yeddo. I have had specimens of it larger than 

 any Kelsey, or as large as any common»size Elberta peach." — J. L. 

 Normandy Marhsville, La., Special Gircular, 1895-6. 



Munson: See Douglas. 

 Nagate no Botankyo. 



" Early." — J. L. Normand., Special Gircular, 1895-6. 



NoEMAND {J. L. Normand.^ Gatalogue, 1891). 



Normand Yellow. 

 Normand's Japan. 



Medium to large, obtusely conical with a heart-like base and 

 short stem ; color clear golden yellow ; flesh firm and meaty, yellosv, 

 of high quality ; the small pit free. Yery prolific, and ripens just 

 after Berkmans and Abundance. Allied to Georgeson and Kerr ; 

 less conical than the latter. 



Imported by J. L. Normand, Marksvillc, La., and by him 

 disseminated under the name of Normand's Japan in 1891. 

 Figured in Bull. 62. 



October Purple {B^irhank), 



A very large black-purple heart-like plum, with no splashes of 

 lighter color ; flesh amber-yellow, red beneath the skin, very juicy, 

 but yet firm, somewhat stringy, very sweet and good ; skin sour ; 

 cling. Yery late. 



