FRUIT CATALOGUE. 

 SECTION XII.— PLUM^. 



ABBBEVIATIONS FOB THIS SECTION. 



Color. 



197 



b. bine. br. brownish. p. purple. 



c. copper. y. yellow. 



r. red. 

 g. green. 



Remarks. 



Very prodnctive. The hardiest of its claes. 



Nearly or quite as fine as Green Gage. Tree a better grower. 



Hardy. A good regular bearer. Shoots downy. 



Similar to Abundance except in color. 



Grows and bears well. A superior market variety. 



A promising Japanese variety. 



Probably ao unrecognized old variety. Very hardy and productive in Mason 



county. 

 Beautiful. Excellent. Perhaps may not ripen with certainty at the extreme 



north. 

 Valued for market and cooking. 



A slow grower. Productive. Valued for preserves. Nearly free from rot. 

 Too soft and uneven in size for market. 

 Tree vigorous, spreading, branches smooth. 



Promising, as it ripens ten days earlier than Bradshaw. 



Does not succeed well in Mason county. 



Valued for drying and preserving. 



One of the most valuable of the new plums. 



New. Worthy of trial. 



The standard of quality among plums. Tree a slow grower. 



Tree very vigorous, upright, moderate bearer. 



Prodnctive, excellent; shoots dark, downy, vigorous. 



A slow grower, good bearer. Profitable at the north. 



A seedling from Green Gage. Productive. 



Tree vigorous, hardy and productive. The leading market variety. Tree not 



satisfactory at St. Joseph. Too much grown to be profitable. 

 Nearly or quite equal to Green Gage. Hardy, vigorous, productive. 

 Comparatively unproductive if standing alone. Very hardy. One of the best 



of the Americana species. 

 Vigorous. Branches gray and very downy. 

 Tree upright, vigorous. A moderate bearer. 

 Productive, vigorous. Branches smooth, grayish. Dorr's Favorite of Oceana 



county is identical with this. 

 Tree a great bearer. Valuable for market. 

 An old favorite. Hardy, productive. 

 A rapid, upright grower ; productive. 

 The genuine has slender, smooth shoots. 



Better than Damson for market. 



One of the most vigorous ; shoots glossy, reddish purple; very productive. 



Worthy of trial as a late sort. 



One of the largest and most beautiful, but inclined to rot on the tree. Free 



from rot at the north. 

 An uncertain bearer at the north ; probably from imperfect poUenization. A 



variety of the chicasa species. 

 A fine market variety, but rots in some seasons at the south, and as far north 



as Mason county. 



