VARIETIES OF PLUMS 381 



Tree medium to large, vigorous, with narrow upright head, dense-topped, 

 tender to cold, an uncertain bearer. Fruit early midseason; 2% inches in 

 diameter, obliquely cordate, halves unequal; cavity deep, abrupt, with con- 

 centric rings; suture prominent and deep, with a prolonged tip at the 

 apex; color dark red over a yellow ground, indistinctly splashed with darker 

 red, mottled with thin bloom; dots numerous, small, yellow, densely clus- 

 tered about the apex; stem thick, 11/16 inch long, glabrous; skin thin, 

 tender, separating easily; flesh amber -yellow, juicy, coarse, fibrous, firm, 

 sweet, pleasant but not high in flavor; good; stone clinging, oval or ovate, 

 pointed, with pitted surfaces. 



588. Red June is distinguished from all other plums by its 

 fruit characters; the fruits are distinctly cordate in shape with 

 a deep cavity and a pointed apex ; the color is a mottled garnet- 

 red overlaid with delicate bloom; the flesh is a light yellow, 

 peculiarly aromatic, SAveet, and not wholly agreeable in flavor; 

 the stone adheres tightly to the flesh. The trees are large, vig- 

 orous, spreading, hardy, healthy, and productive. Other good 

 qualities of the variety are that it blooms late ; the fruits are 

 very early, comparatively immune to curculio and brown-rot 

 and hang to the trees exceptionally well. The variety was im- 

 ported from Japan by H. H. Berger and Company, San Fran- 

 cisco, California, about 1887. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, hardy, productive, healthy. Fruit 

 early, l^^ by 1% inches in size, round-cordate, sides unequal; cavity large, 

 deep, narrow, regular, abrupt; suture deep, distinct; apex very pointed; 

 color garnet-red, mottled; bloom thin; dots numerous, small, russet; stem 

 Yn inch long, adhering to the fruit; skin tender^ astringent, separating 

 easily; flesh light yellow, fibrous, meaty, sweet except near the center; 

 good; stone clinging, irregular-oval; flattened, pointed at both ends, with 

 pitted surfaces. 



589. October is the nearest approach to a good late plum in 

 its species, but because of several faults falls considerabty short 

 of filling the need. The fruits are large, attractive, suitable for 

 dessert, good for culinary purposes, hang well to the tree, and 

 keep and ship much better than those of the average Japanese 

 variety. The trees are well shaped, usually robust and healthy, 

 and the fruit is well borne on lateral spurs distributed over the 

 old wood; but they are tardy in coming in bearing, and cannot 

 be depended on to bear satisfactory crops regularly. October 

 was first fruited by Luther Burbank in 1892. 



