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averaging one and five-eighths inches across, usually borne singly. Fruit ripening 

 in mid-season; one and three-fourths inches by one and one-half inches in size, round- 

 ish-oval, compressed, golden-yellow obscurely striped and splashed with dull red, 

 overspread with thin bloom; dots numerous, whitish, inconspicuous; flesh deep yellow, 

 juicy, firm but tender, very sweet, with a pleasant, mild flavor, aromatic; very good 

 to best; stone clinging. 



Tennant has been grown and esteemed in the Pacific Northwest 

 for twenty years but seems not to have found a place in New York. 

 Indeed, so far as can be learned, it has hardly been tried in New 

 York. In the plum collection on the Station grounds this variety 

 is prominent in size, beauty of form and in color. Unfortunately, 

 it is not of sufficiently high quality to be called a first rate dessert 

 fruit and yet it may be rated as far above the average in quality 

 and as well toward the top among purple plums. It ripens a few 

 days before the well known Italian or Fellenburg prune and in the 

 Pacific Northwest is said to ship and keep well — two qualities 

 which it would maintain in New York if we may judge from its 

 skin and the firmness of its flesh. In some seasons the plums have 

 the serious defect of shrivelling a little after ripening. The Ten- 

 nant plum tree is ideal — large, vigorous, healthy, hardy and pro- 

 ductive, unexcelled in tree characters by any other variety. Ten- 

 nant should be very generally tried in commercial plantations in 

 New York and there should be a few trees in every home orchard. 



This plum originated with Rev. John Tennant of Ferndale, 

 Washington, and was introduced in 1893 by McGill & McDonald 

 of Salem, Oregon. It is listed by a few eastern nurserymen and 

 can be had from any western grower of plum trees. 



Tree large, vigorous, round-topped, open, hardy, productive; leaves oval or obovate, 

 thick, dark green; blooming season early, short; flowers appearing after the leaves, 

 borne on lateral spurs. Fruit ripening in mid-season; one and three-fourths inches 

 by one and five-eighths inches in size, roundish-truncate or roundish-oblong with 

 irregular surface which is somewhat ridged; color dark reddish-purple, overspread 

 with thick bloom; dots numerous, conspicuous; flesh dark golden yellow, somewhat 

 dry, coarse, firm, sweet, mild but pleasant; of good quality; stone clinging. 



CHERRY. 



Schmidt, shortened in accordance with the rules of the American 

 Pomological Society from Schmidt's Bigarreau, is not new nor can 

 it be said to be little known, since it has been rather widely planted 

 in America for a score of years. Yet in New York, at least, it is 

 not receiving the attention that it deserves from commercial cherry- 

 growers being relegated to the rear of ten or a dozen kinds when 

 it should be in the front rank. Indeed, about Geneva, where many 

 sweet cherries are grown, while not the leading, it is one of the best 

 market varieties. The characters which entitle it to first place as 

 a money-maker are: largeness, being unsurpassed in size by any 

 other black cherry in this region; its round, plump, form and glossy 

 black color which tempt the eye; crisp, firm, juicy flesh and sweet, 



