98 Plums and Plum Culture 



dots several, large, yellowish; bloom blue; skin strong; flesh 

 greenish-yellow ; stone rather small, long oval, with a neck, 

 slightly flattened, nearly free; flavor rich and sweet; quality 

 good ; season medium ; tree a good grower. 



Origin undetermined. Niagara is generally thought to be 

 the same thing, though this is disputed by some. 



Bryanston (Bryanston's Gage). — Fruit oval or round- 

 ish; size medium; cavity shallow; stem rather stout; suture 

 shallow ; apex a trifle de- 

 pressed; color dull greenish- 

 yellow, with a darker shad- 

 ing in the sun; bloom light; 

 flesh yellow; stone cling; 

 quality good to very good; 

 season late. 



Belongs to the Green 

 Gage group and presents no 

 points of superiority over 

 Bavay. 



Clyman. — Fruit round- 

 ish ; size medium : suture 

 distinct ; apex slightly flat- 

 tened ; color dark purple ; 

 bloom heavy, bluish; flesh 

 firm, yellow ; stone free ; 

 quality good ; season early. 



A seedling grown by Mrs. 

 Clyman in the Napa Valley. 

 California, in 1866. 



Columbia. — Fruit round ; 

 size medium ; cavity me- 

 dium deep, rounded ; stem 

 medium long; suture shal- 

 low; color blue; dots sev- 

 eral, dull yellow ; # bloom BRADSIIAW 

 bluish ; flesh greenish-yel- 

 low ; stone round-oval, but little flattened, nearly free; quality 

 good ; season moderately late. 



Originated many years ago with L. U. Lawrence, Hudson. 

 New York. 



Communia. — The same as Lombard, or very nearly like it. 



Copper. — Fruit oval : size medium ; cavity shallow ; 

 suture none; color metallic-bluish; quality good. 



Of European origin and somewhat recently boomed in this 

 country, though long ago known here. Thought by some to 

 be a good market plum. The name, Copper, has been applied 



