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pinkish, with a very tliin nearly white hloom ; flesh soft, watery, 

 sweet, cling, with a peculiar breaking skin ; ripe Aug. 24, some days 

 in advance of the Louisiana. The tree has the habit and fruit of the 

 Louisiana, but that plum is more distinctly heart-shaped. In com- 

 mon with others of these hybrids, Georgia drops when it is stiV. 

 green in color, although it is edible at that time, and a pinkish color 



41. — Georgia {Xormand ^c. 20). An evident hybrid. 



appears if it is allowed to lie on the ground. The tree is a spread- 

 ing, twiggy grower, with slender, glossy, half-zigzag branchlets and 

 foliage suggestive of some of the native plums. 



Alabama (Normand No. 5). — Fruit of medium size, round-coni- 

 cal or heart-shaped ; color light bright yellow when ripe, with per- 

 haps a faint pinkish cheek, covered with a very thin bloom ; flesh 

 soft, sweet and juicy, cling ; ripe the 1-ith of September. The 



