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Plums and Plum Culture 



whom it was largely grown. In recent years it has become a 

 popular market plum in New York state. 



Hand (General Hand).— Fruit round; size medium to 

 large: cavity shallow; stem slender, medium long; suture 

 shallow ; apex slightly depressed ; color dull greenish, finally 

 becoming a golden orange ; dots minute and indistinct ; bloom 

 white; skin thin; flesh yellow, rather soft; stone medium 

 large, oval, blunt, point- 

 ed, cling ; flavor rich and 

 sweet ; quality good to 

 best ; season September 

 in this latitude ; tree very 

 large and rank and in- 

 clined to be a shy bearer. 

 Supposed to have orig- 

 inated on the farm of 

 General Hand, near Lan- 

 caster, Pennsylvania. A 

 magnificent dessert plum, 

 though unprofitable to 

 grow. Green Gage type. 



Harlow. — Fruit oval ; 

 size large; color red to 

 dark purple ; dots numer- 

 ous, small ; bloom light 

 blue : flesh greenish, 

 melting; flavor mild sub- 

 acid ; season early. 



Originated with S. C. 

 Ha-low, Bangor, Me(?), 

 A seedling of Bradshaw, 

 and much like that va- 

 riety, but earlier. (See United States Department of Agri- 

 culture Pomologist's Report, 1892.) 



Harney. — Fruit roundish: size large: cavity large, deep, 

 abrupt: stem about one-half inch long; suture shallow; color 

 purplish-red ; dots large and small ; bloom thin, lilac ; skin 

 thin, tough; flesh pale yellow: stone medium size, roundish, 

 nearly free; quality good. (See United States Department 

 of Agriculture Pomologist's Report, 1895:45.) 



Heron. — Fruit roundish : size above medium ; color cop- 

 pery, dull: dots minute: bloom bluish: skin harsh, acid; flesh 

 greenish-yellow, firm: stone wide oval, large, nearly free; 

 quality good; season late summer. 



Described by United States division of pomology from 

 specimens from S. D. Willard, New York. 



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