VARIETIES OF PLUMS 



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ket plum : they are of large size ; round-oval, better for the 

 markets than the prune shapes; very pre- 

 possessing in color, — a handsome, dark purple 

 with heavy bloom ; and the flesh is tender, 

 juicy and sweet. The tree is large, vigorous, 

 hardy, with a round and spreading top, but is 

 unfruitful and fails as a commercial sort for 

 this reason. The variety has two peculiari- 

 ties; the petals are comparatively distinct 

 from each other, giving the flower, or a tree 

 in flower, an odd appearance ; and the leaves 

 are remarkably variable in size. Quackenboss 

 originated at Schenectady, New York, about 

 1828. 



Fig. 200. Quacken- 

 boss. 



Tree very large and vigorous, hardy, productive. Fruit late, season 

 short; 1% by 1% inches in size, round-oval, slightly compressed, halves 

 equal; cavity narrow, abrupt; suture shallow, often lacking; apex de- 

 pressed; color bluish-black, with thick bloom; dots numerous, yellowish- 

 brown, inconspicuous; stem % inch long, pubescent, adhering well to the 

 fruit; skin tender, astringent; flesh deep yellow, juicy, tender, sweet, mild; 

 good; stone free, flattened, irregular-oval, tapering to a long narrow neck 

 at the base, bluntly acute at the apex, with rough and pitted surfaces. 



571. Pacific (Fig. 201). Willamette. — The purple plums of 

 Pacific are beautiful in color and shape, very 

 large, and few varieties of this color excel 

 them in quality. The trees are unusually 

 robust, hardy, and productive. It is Avell 

 worth general trial for home and market 

 plantations. This plum is badly confused 

 with the Willamette, the two sorts having 

 originated in Oregon about 1875. 



Tree large, upright-spreading, open-topped, hardy, 

 productive. Fruit midseason; 2 inches by 1% inches 

 in size, ovate, halves equal; cavity shallow, narrow, 

 flaring; suture shallow, indistinct; apex bluntly 

 pointed; color bluish, overspread with thick bloom; 

 dots small, brown, conspicuous; stem thick, V2 inch 

 long, pubescent, adhering well to the fruit; skin thin, tough, separating 

 readily; flesh pale golden-yellow, juicy, firm, sweet, spicy; good; stone 

 free, flattened, irregularly broad-oval, obliquely contracted at the base, 

 blunt at the apex, with rough and pitted surfaces. 



Fig. 201. Pacific. 



