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REMARKS. 



Probably an unrecognized old variety. 



Beautiful. Excellent. Perhaps may not ripen well at the extreme 



north. 

 Subject to rot. Tree vigorous and productive. 



Valued for market and cooking. 



A slow grower. Productive. Valued for preserves. 



Too soft and uneven in size for market. 



Promises well for market. Does not succeed well id Mason Co. 



Valued for drying and preserving. 



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



Tree very vigorous, upright, moderate bearer. 



Originated in Lenawee Co. by Israel Pennington, who prizes It highly. 



Productive, excellent, shoots dark, downy, vigorous. 



Tree vigorous, spreading, branches smooth. 



A slow grower, good bearer, very profitable at the north. 



Branches smooth. The stone is broad and flat. 



Tree vigorous, hardy, and productive. The leading market variety. 



Tree not satisfactory at St. Joseph. 

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



Tree very vigorous and productive. 



Vigorous. Branches gray and very downy. 



Tree upright, vigorous. A moderate bearer. 



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



Oceana Co. is identical with this. 

 Tree vigorous; a great bearer; valuable for market. 



An old favorite. Hardy, productive. 



A rapid, upright grower; productive. 



The genuine has slender, smooth shoots. 



One of the most vigorous, shoots glossy, reddish purple, very product- 

 ive. 



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

 Free from rot at the north. 



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

 north as Mason Co. 



