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Bulletin 131. 



name of German Prune. In western New York it ripens in mid-September. 

 Much prized by commercial plum growers. — I,. H. ]J.] 



Jefferson. — One of the choice table plums ; large ; skin yellow ; excellent 

 in quality but lacking the essentials demanded as a market sort ; hence, is 

 not in demand and will soon be unknown. Ripens a little later than 

 Washington (which see. ) 



* Late Transparent. — Fruit large ; round ; greeni.sh yellow changing to pur- 

 ple according to sun exposure ; flesh firm and juicy, nearly equal to Green 

 Gage in flavor; pit very _^^^^^ small. Tree dwarfish 



and an abundant bearer, ^^ g^3|^^^|i^ but failing to make a 



tree in the niursery that ^^W^^^^^^j^aM^ would commend itself to 



anyone, and the time of 

 ripening being with 

 Lombard, when the mar- 

 iisually over- 

 stocked with 

 a great vari- 

 ety of plums, 



44. — Italian Prune., or Fellenberg. 



it has been voted as being of too little value for general culture and is 

 dropped from our list. 



Lombard. — Originated in the eastern part of this state. Tree one of the 

 most vigorous of the plum family and perhaps more generally known than 

 any other. Skin dark red, often green in the shade. It is inclined to over- 

 production ; hence, rarely makes a crop except in alternate years. To get 

 best results, fruit should be thinned out one-half. Its period of ripening 

 — middle to last of August — is such as to bring it in competition with other 

 fruits, when it sells at low prices. Quality good when well ripened, but 

 chiefly in demand by the canning factories as a low-priced plum. 



