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much the same as that of Elberta, but the advantages — slight 

 though they may be — in flavor, texture, juiciness and general 

 palatability, are all in favor of Frances. It extends the Elberta 

 season a few days or a week, which gives it its chief right to a place 

 in New York pomology. On our grounds it appears to be quite as 

 good for market purposes as Elberta, but it has not yet proven so 

 adaptable to all peach environments, possibly because not yet tested 

 as widely as Elberta. The trees are vigorous, productive and hardy, 

 as the buds withstood the winter of 1911-12 better than did those 

 of Elberta. 



On our grounds, Miss Lola is the best peach of 

 Miss Lola. its season and one of the best of all. It follows 

 Mamie Ross and Greensboro, while it precedes 

 Champion and is better in appearance and quality than any of these 

 varieties. Miss Lola is almost a freestone, the flesh clinging even 

 less than that of Champion, as the two grow at the Station. It is 

 of better quality and a little larger than the well-known Carman, 

 with which its season makes it a competitor in the market, but it 

 is hardly as well colored as that variety. Its trees are hardier in 

 bud than the Carman, and, on our grounds, more productive. 



PLUMS. 



The plum known as Clairac, or Clarice, Mam- 

 Imperial Epineuse. moth is properly the Imperial Epineuse and is 



one of the most promising plums grown on the 

 Station grounds. It is unsurpassed by any other purple plum, is 

 one of the largest in the prune group and one of the most attractive, 

 by reason of its well-molded form and its handsome, varying reddish- 

 purple color. The trees are of exceptionally good character, being 

 vigorous, hardy and strong, upright growers. The plums are borne 

 on the main limbs and are thus protected from the sun. We believe 

 this a desirable market plum for New York. 



It is quite remarkable that so good a plum as 

 Middleburg. Middleburg should be so little known as is this 



variety. Though it has been in existence three- 

 quarters of a century, the name is not mentioned in any pomological 

 text book, yet few plums of its color and season are better in quality 

 either for dessert or for cooking. Its appearance does not specially 

 commend it, but none of several other good late-ripening sorts sur- 

 pass it in some respects, as in hanging to the tree, in long keeping, 

 or in quality. The trees are only of medium size, but are robust, 

 healthy, hardy, productive and very free from black knot, while the 

 fruit is less affected by brown rot than that of any other Domestica 

 plum. It is certain that Middleburg should be in every collection 

 for the home orchard, and it is probable that it can be grown profit- 

 ably for the market. 



