The Damson Plums Described 



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small, obliquely rounded, hardly flattened, short-pointed, nearly 

 free ; quality fair to good ; foliage of a Damson. 



A German variety introduced to America about sixty 

 years ago. 



Freestone (Freestone Damson). — Fruit oval; size small: 

 cavity very shallow; stem short, stout; suture none; color 

 dark blue ; dots none ; bloom blue ; skin tough, astringent ; 



EUGEN FURST 



flesh greenish; stone small, oval, pointed, turgid, free; qual- 

 ity fair for a Damson. 

 Of no particular value. 



French. — Fruit roundish-oval ; cavity shallow ; stem one- 

 half inch long; suture almost obsolete; color very dark blue; 

 dots numerous, gray: bloom blue: flesh dull green; stone 

 small, round, flattened, cling; quality good; season late; tree 



