The Japanese Plums Described 137 



Hattankio. — Variously written Hattan, Hattankio, Hy- 

 tankio, Hattonkin, Hytan-Kayo, etc. This is another Japanese 

 class name, seeming to refer to the pointed varieties, but much 

 confused, especially in this country. It should not be applied 

 to any one variety. 



Heikes. — "Much like Hale, but rather more flattened at 

 the ends, or oblate, mostly darker in color, the flesh acid. 



"Named for W. F. Heikes, Huntsville, Alabama." — Bailey, 

 Cornell Experiment Station Bulletin 62. 



Hunn. — "Fruit small to medium, globular, sometimes 

 with a distinct short point, the suture more or less prominent ; 

 color something like that of Abundance, but less pink, and 

 usually a deep claret red, with many minute, golden dots; 

 flesh soft, deep yellow, cling, of fair to good quality, aromatic. 

 Ripened this year as the Georgeson was passing out, that is, 

 from the 20th to the 24th of August. In 1897 it ripened also 

 at this season, fyut since the Red June ripened with us very 

 late that year, we compared it in season with that variety, and 

 therefore called it an early plum. We should now call it a 

 midseason to late plum. It has a slight musky flavor, but 

 usually not sufficiently pronounced to make it disagreeable. 

 We are more favorably impressed with it this year than we 

 have been in the last two years. It is possible that it may 

 deserve a place in the Japanese plums of second importance." — 

 Bailey, Cornell Bulletin 175:147, 1899. 



Named for C. E. Hunn of the horticultural department, 

 Cornell university. 



Kelsey. — Fruit heart-shaped, the halves unequal ; size 

 large to very large ; cavity deep, narrow ; stem rather slender ; 

 suture shallow; apex pointed; color rich creamy yellow, 

 sometimes with a faint blush ; bloom white ; flesh light yellow, 

 firm, meaty ; stone in a large open cavity, small, oval, flattened, 

 semi-cling ; quality good ; season irregular, but rather late ; 

 tree not hardy north of Washington, succeeding only in the 

 southern states, where it has some value. 



The first Japanese plum introduced to this country. It 

 was imported with several others by Mr. Hough of Vacaville, 

 California, through Mr. Bridges, a United States consul in 

 Japan. The trees were turned over later to the late John 

 Kelsey of Berkeley, California, and the Kelsey plum began to 

 be propagated extensively about 1883. It is an attractive plum 

 and sells well on the fruit stands. 



Kerr. — Fruit heart-shaped ; size medium ; cavity deep, 

 rounded ; stem short ; suture shallow ; apex pointed ; color 

 clear yellow; dots many, but hardly visible; bloom white; 

 skin thick ; flesh yellow, moderately firm ; stone medium size, 

 oval, scarcely flattened, cling; quality fair to good; season 



