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Plums and Plum Culture 



& Barry, Rochester, New 

 York, which is marked "True 

 German Prune," and which 

 is probably the most reliable 

 type in America. The variety 

 has been very popular for 

 commercial planting, for what 

 reason is more than I can 

 say. There are certainly 

 many better market plums to 

 choose from at the present 

 day. 



Glass (Glass Seedling). — 

 Fruit irregular, round-oval ; 

 size medium to medium 



GOLDEN DROP 



FIELD 



large; cavity shallow, wide, 

 flaring; stem rather long; 

 suture a line ; apex slightly 

 .depressed ; color blue ; dots 

 white; skin thick, firm; 

 bloom blue; flesh greenish ; 

 stone oval, pointed, flatten- 

 ed, cling; quality fair; sea- 

 son medium. 



Originated with Alexan- 

 der Glass, Guelph, Ontario. 

 Very similar to Quacken- 

 boss. 



Golden Drop (Coe's Gold- 

 en Drop, Silver Prune). — 

 Fruit oval, with a short 

 neck, the two halves un- 

 equal ; size large to very 

 large ; cavity very shallow 

 and abrupt ; stem medium 

 long, stout ; suture deep ; 

 apex somewhat depressed ; 

 color golden yellow ; dots 

 very many, yellow; bloom 





