VARIETIES OF PLUMS 365 



CCC. Color of fruits reddish-purple or reddish; 

 sometimes mottled. 

 D. Stone free. 



E. Shape of fruit markedly obovate. 

 F. Fruit large to very large; flesh 



golden-yellow 576. Pond. 



FF. Fruit small to medimn; flesh 



greenish-yellow 577. Agen. 



EE. Shape of fruit oval or round-oval. 

 F. Fruit mottled light purple-red; 

 round-oval; stem slender, % inch 



long 578. Lombard. 



FF. Fruit dark purple-red; oval; stem 



stout, 1 inch long 579. Bradshaw. 



DD. Stone clinging; fruit obovate. 



E. Fruit large, midseason; flesh golden- 

 yellow 580. Giant. 



EE. Fruit medium to large, late; flesh 



greenish-yellow 581. Imperial Epineuse. 



BB. Size of fruits small, less than I'Vo inches in 

 diameter. (Insititias) 

 C. Fruits purple; tart. 



D. Shape ovate; dull black; stem % inch 

 long; stone semi-free; flesh greenish- 

 yellow 582. French. 



DD. Shape oval; purple-black; stem ^ 

 inch long; stone clinging; flesh golden- 

 yellow 583. Shropshire. 



CC. Fruits yellow; sweet; round-oval; stone 



free 584. Mirabelle. 



AA. Plums cherry-red or yellow, never purple. 

 B. Fruits more or less cordate; more than l^/^ 

 inches in diameter, (Japanese plums) 



C. Color yellow; stone free 585. Ogon. 



CC. Color red; stone clinging. 



D. Flesh dark red; round-cordate; suture 



prominent 586. Satsuma. 



DD. Flesh yellow. 



E. Size of fruit very large; obliquely 

 cordate; apex prolonged; suture promi- 

 nent 587. Wickson. 



F. Season very early; cavity very deep; 



apex pointed 588. Red June. 



FF. Season very late; cavity wide; 



apex rounded 589. October. 



FFF. Season early. 



G. Shape of fruit round-ovate; cavity 



shallow; apex pointed; flesh yellow 590. Abundance. 

 GG. Shape of fruit round-conic; 

 cavity deep ; apex rounded, flesh 

 deep yellow 591. Burbank. 



