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length, with internodes of average length, greenish-red changing to brownish-drab, 

 dull, sparingly pubescent, with inconspicuous small lenticels; leaf -buds large, long, 

 conical, free; leaf -scars plump, often much enlarged at the apex of the twigs. 



Leaves somewhat folded backward, oval, two and one-quarter inches wide, four 

 inches long, thick, leathery; upper surface dark green, finely pubescent, rugose, with 

 a grooved midrib; lower surface silvery -green, pubescent; apex abruptly pointed or 

 acute, base abrupt, margin crenate or serrate, with small dark glands; petiole five- 

 eighths inch long, thick, pubescent, tinged red, with one or two globose, yellowish glands 

 variable in size, usually on the stalk. 



Season of bloom intermediate in time and length; flowers appearing after the 

 leaves, one and five-sixteenths inches across, white; borne in thin clusters on lateral 

 spurs and buds, singly or in pairs; pedicels thirteen-sixteenths inch long, pubescent, 

 greenish; calxy-tube green, campanulate, pubescent; calyx-lobes broad, obtuse, lightly 

 pubescent on both surfaces, margins with few glands and hairs, reflexed; petals roimd- 

 ish, crenate, tapering to short, broad claws; filaments seven-sixteenths inch long; 

 pistil glabrous, equal to or shorter than the stamens. 



Fruit late, season short; two inches by one and three-quarters inches in size, 

 obovate or oval, frequently with a slight neck, halves equal; cavity shallow, narrow, 

 abrupt; suture very shallow, often a line; apex roundish; color varies from reddish- 

 purple to purplish-red, overspread with thick bloom; dots numerous, small, reddish- 

 brown, obscure, larger in size but fewer in number towards the base; stem thick, seven- 

 eighths inch long, heavily pubescent, adhering well to the fruit; skin tough, separating 

 readily; flesh attractive golden-yellow, not very juicy, fibrous, firm, of average sweet- 

 ness, mild, not highly flavored; fair in quality; stone semi-free to free, one and one- 

 sixteenths inches by nine-sixteenths inch in size, long-oval, flattened, the surfaces 

 roughened and deeply pitted, tapering towards the base and apex; ventral suture 

 heavily furrowed, with a distinct but not prominent wing; dorsal suture usually widely 

 and deeply grooved. 



POOLE PRIDE 

 Prunus munsoniana 



I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpi. 108. 1885. 2. Cornell Sta. Bui. 38:50. 1892. 3. la. Hort. Sac. Rpt. 

 334. 1894. 4. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:24, 53. 1897. 5. Ibid. 87:15. 1901. 6. Waugh Plum Cult. 

 186. 1901. 7. Budd-Hansen Atn. Hort. Man. 299. 1903. 8. Ohio Sta. Bui. 162:245 fig., 256, 

 257- 1905- 



Kroh I, 6. Kroh 3, 7. Poole 2, 7. Poole 6. Poole's Pride 3, 4, 5. Poole's Pride 2, 6, 7. 



As compared with other native plums growing on the grounds at 

 this Station, Poole Pride has considerable merit. It is very attractive 

 in appearance, it seems to have all the characters of a long-keeping and 

 a good-shipping sort of its species and the trees are large, \4gorous, hardy, 

 healthy and productive. It is, however, lacking in the very important 

 character of flavor though the texture of the flesh is all that could be 

 desired. Its very pecuUar flavor, incomparable with any other plum or fruit, 



