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Bailey's Japan— buds white, not open. 



Berckmans — just opening. 



Blood Plum — full bloom. 



Burbank — nearly full bloom. 



Chabot — just opening. 



Excelsior — nearly full bloom. 



Golden Beauty — almost dormant. 



Kelsey — full bloom. 



Kerr — buds not open. 



Mariana — just opening. 



Ogon — dormant. 



Prunus Pissardi — nearly full bloom. 



Red June — buds hardly separated. 



Satsuma — full bloom. 



Wild Goose — just opening. 



Crawford Peach — just opening. 



In 1897 the blooming season was nearly two weeks earlier. 

 No notes were taken, but the sequence was nearly as in 1896. 



1898. February 14 — Blood plum No. 8 (of Berckmans)^ 

 full bloom. 



February 26 — Wild Chickasaw plums beginning to bloom. 



March 11 — Wild Chickasaw plums past full bloom. 



