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Plums and Plum Culture 



Probably a seedling of Green Gage, to which type it is readily 

 referred. A fine amateur variety and profitable in some mar- 

 kets, where it does not have to be shipped too far. 



Middleburg. — "Tree quite vigorous, upright, with rather 

 spreading branches ; fruit roundish-oval ; stalk one to one and 

 one-half inches long, stout ; cavity broad, slight ; apex indis- 

 tinct; suture unmarked; color greenish-yellow, nearly cov- 

 ered with reddish-brown and with a purplish color on the 

 exposed side; bloom thin, light blue; flesh moderately juicy, 

 light amber, rather firm, vinous, sprightly, rich ; pit small, 

 nearly round, free ; quality very good ; season September 18 ; 

 size medium ; fairly produc- 

 tive." — Description taken 

 from Michigan Experiment 

 Station Bulletin 169 1244 

 (1899). 



Mills. — Fruit oval ; size 

 medium ; cavity shallow, ab- 

 rupt ; stem short, suture 

 faint ; color purplish-red ; 

 dots conspicuous, whitish ; 

 bloom blue ; skin thin ; flesh 

 greenish ; stone oval, slightly 

 flattened, free; quality fair; 

 season medium to late. 



Known to me only as I 

 have seen it fruiting on the 

 grounds of Ellwanger & 

 Barry, Rochester, New York. 



Moldavka. — Fruit long, 

 ovate ; cavity deep, abrupt ; 

 stem stout, an inch long; su- 

 ture shallow ; color pale yel- 

 low ; bloom thin; flesh yellowish; stone long, ovate, pointed, 

 flattened, free : flavor mild ; quality good ; season medium ; tree 

 moderately vigorous, spreading upright, not productive. 

 Of Russian origin. 



Monarch. — Fruit roundish, oval; size large; cavity 

 deep, broad, rounded ; stem short and stout ; suture hardly 

 visible; color dark purplish; bloom heavy, bluish; flesh yel- 

 lowish ; stone free ; quality good ; season late. 



An English variety lately introduced to this country and 

 thought to be a valuable late shipping plum. 



Monroe (Monroe Egg, Monroe Gage). — Fruit round 

 oval : size small to medium ; cavity shallow ; stem short (some 

 descriptions say long) ; suture faint ; color creamy yellow ; 

 dots white; bloom white; skin tough, thin; flesh yellow; 



Mclaughlin 



