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Tree variahlo in size niKl vi^or, uprijrht siireadin;,^ open topped. Fruit 

 midse.iaon, rii>eninf; period lon^^ ; 1% inches in diameter, round-cordate, 

 halves unequal; cavity deep, wide, tlaring, with streaks radiating from 

 the cavity; suture a line; apex round to pointed; color dark red over a 

 yellow-green ground, wilh bloom of medium thickness; dots numerous, 

 large, russet, consi)icuous, clustered al)out the a])ex; stem slender, % inch 

 long, glabrous; skin thin, tough, sour, separating readily; flesh light yellow 

 tinged with red, very juicy, fibrous, sweet, mild; good; stone clinging, 

 round-oval, blunt but with a small tip, somewhat rough. 



590. Abundance (Fi^. 214) is tho best known of the Japanese 

 plnms. The two assets which have given the 

 variety great popularity are adaptability to 

 a wide diversity of soils and climates, and, 

 as its name implies, abundance of fruit. 

 As a market plum, Abundance has several 

 faults; the fruits ship and keep poorly, are 

 subject to brown-rot, mature unevenly, and 

 drop rather too readily as they ripen. The 

 crop should be harvested before quite ripe, 

 as the plums develop in flavor best when 

 picked early, and the dropping and rot are 



thus avoided. The variety is exceedingly 

 variable, and undoubtedly several well marked strains could be 

 selected. Abundance w^as imported from Japan by Luther Bur- 

 bank in 1884. 



Tree large, vigorous, vasiform, hardy, very productive. Fruit early; 

 11/2 inches in diameter, round-ovate, slightly com- 

 pressed; cavity medium in depth and width, abrupt, 

 regular; suture shallow, distinct; apex pointed; 

 color dark red, mottled; bloom light; dots numerous, 

 russet, conspicuous; stem V2 inch long, glabrous, 

 parting easily from the fruit ; flesh yellow, very 

 juicy, melting, sweet, pleasantly aromatic; good; 

 stone clinging, oval, compressed, pointed, rough. 



591. Burbank (Fig. 215). — Abundance 

 holds first i^laec among Japanese plums, but 

 Burbank is a close second, and in many lo- 

 calities has preference. Abundance is in the ^^i^. 21.5. Burbank. 

 lead because its trees are larger, better 



formed, and bear more fruit than those of Burbank. To offset 



Fig. 214. Abun- 

 dance. 



