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of the same season, although the Kerr begins to fall from the 

 tree a few days before the Red June is ripe. The Red June is a 

 bushy-topped, upright grower, with yellowish green foliage and 

 reddish brown twigs. It is a well marked type. We are fruiting it 

 on both peach and Lombard stocks. 



8. Ogon.— Fig. 30. 



Fruits medium in size or becoming ^arge when heavily thinned, 

 globular or flattened endwise, not at all conical or pointed, tlie suture 

 prominent ; color a clear lemon yellow, with a heavy whitish bloom, 

 rarely with the faintest indication of a blush cheek ; flesh thick and 

 very meaty, comparatively hard, free from pit, with a very peculiar 

 musky almond flavor. Ready to eat this year August 1, although 

 they ^vere ready to ship, and a very few were edible, some three or 

 four days before this time. It is practically the season of the Red 

 June, althougli tending to be a trifle later. The tree is a sti'ong, 

 upright grower with heavy thick foliage. It does not seem to be so 

 uniformly productive as some other varieties, although it tends to 

 bear very heavily at times. It is readily distinguished from other 

 early varieties by its globular or flatened shape, by the cavity around 

 the pit and by its peculiar flavor. Its quality is indifferent — not so 

 good as tliat of the Red June nor so bad as that of the Willard. It 

 is said to be one of the best for canning. 



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9. Berckmans. — Fig. 31. 



Fruit of medium size, round-oblong with a tendency to have a 

 blnnt point, more or less angular in cross-section, the suture not 

 prominent ; color deep bright red, especially when exposed to the 

 sun, more or less yellow-splashed on the sliaded side ; flesh Arm and 

 sweet, cling or semi-cling, becoming dry and insipid when fully 

 ripe. Ripe this year on the 4th to 6th of August with the earliest 

 trees of Al)undance. In 1896, it also ripened with Abundance or 

 just ahead of it. In 1897, the same trees ripened two weeks later 

 than Abundance. It is an upright grower, with yellowish green, 

 rather small, foliage. It is readily distinguished from all other 

 Japanese plums which I know by the dry and mealy character of 

 the ripe fruit. 



