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After having tested four or five crops of this pkira, we are con- 

 vinced that its chief merit is earliness and that it is too poor in 

 quaUty to he recommended, particularly since the Engre is of better 

 quality and practically of the same season. 



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Zo. — Lutts. The largest of tlie very early Japanese plums. 



2. Engke. — Fig. 24, right. 



About one-third larger than Earliest of All, not round but some- 

 what flattened endwise, the suture usually rather prominent ; color 

 a very little darker than Earliest of All ; flesh soft and yellow, 

 cling, sour but with almost no almond flavor, and the skin tough. 

 Engre is practically of the same season as Earliest of All, although 

 this year it was about one day later. It is a distinctly better j)lum. 

 We recommend it for being very early. With us it has been a pro- 

 liflc bearer, and the fruits are attractive. Its quality is not as good 

 as that of Burbank and Abundance, but its great earliness com- 

 mends it. 



