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BB. Fruits globular; not cordate; less than 

 IVj inches in diameter. (Native piinns) 

 C. Season late or very late. (Ilortulana plums) 



D. Stem short ; flesh golden-yellow r)92. Forest Garden. 



DD. Stem long; flesh amber-yellow r)93. Miner. 



CC. Season early or midseason. 



D. Shape of fruit round-oval; currant-red; 

 bloom thin; stem jointed (Munsoniana 



plums) rj04. Wild Goose. 



DD. Shape of fruit round, truncate at the 

 base; dark crimson; dots very numerous. 

 (Americana plums) 595. De Soto. 



DIVISION A. FRUITS GREEN, YELLOW, OR PURPLE, 

 BUT NOT CHERRY RED 



Section I. Fruits Large, I14 Inches in Diameter or ]\Iore 



(DOMESTICAS) 



Group 1. Fruits Green or Yellow 



562. Yellow Egg (Fig. 194).— Producing the largest and 

 handsomest plums, Yellow Egg is worth con- 

 sideration by either the amateur or the com- 

 mercial fruit-grower. At best, however, the 

 fruit is fit only for cooking, and is none too 

 good for culinary purposes. The trees are 

 very satisfactory on all but very light soils. 

 It is an old European variety. 



Tree large, vigorous, round-topped, open, hardy, 

 very productive. Fruit late, season short; 2 by 1% 

 inches in size, long-oval, compressed, halves nearly 

 equal; cavity narrow, abrupt; suture shallow, often a 

 line; apex roundish; color golden-yelloAv, with thick 

 bloom; dots numerous, white, inconspicuous; stem 

 slender, I14 inches long, pubescent, adhering well to 

 the fruit, surrounded at the cavity by a fleshy collar; 

 skin thin, astringent, separating readily; flesh golden- 

 yellow, juicy, coarse, firm, mild; good; stone semi-free or free, oval, flat, 

 acute at the base and apex, with roughened and pitted surfaces. 



563. Golden Drop. Coe's Golden Diop. Silver Prune. — Well 

 grown, this variety produces large, handsome, and the best of 

 the yellow plums ; but in eastern America, trees of Golden Drop 



Fig. 



194. Yellow 

 Egg. 



