140 Plums and Plum Culture 



round, turgid, almost free; flavor flat; quality below medium; 

 season medium early; generally reputed to be a shy bearer. 



Imported by H. H. Berger & Co. of California. Not 

 generally popular, though some like it, especially for canning. 



Palmer. — Grown by J. S. Breece, Fayetteville, North Car- 

 olina, but never introduced. See report of the pomologist, 

 United States department agriculture, 1895, p. 46. 



Red June (Red Nagate, Shiro-Smomo). — Fruit round- 

 conical; size medium; cavity large, deep, flaring; stem short; 

 suture shallow ; apex pointed ; color dark, coppery red ; 

 bloom bluish; skin thin; flesh yellow, juicy; stone small, oval, 

 semi-cling; quality fair to good; season early; tree a free, 

 spreading grower, fairly prolific. 



Imported by H. H. Berger & Co., San Francisco. A 

 favorite early market variety in the northeastern states. 



Satsuma (Blood). — Fruit broad conical; size large; 

 cavity deep and abrupt ; stem short, stout ; suture nearly 

 obsolete; apex blunt pointed; color dark, brilliant red; dots 

 many; bloom whitish or bluish; skin thick; flesh dark red, 

 firm; stone medium size, oval, cling; flavor rather acid; 

 quality good ; season medium to medium late ; tree a spread- 

 ing grower, not so hardy as leading Japanese varieties, blos- 

 soms quite self-sterile, fickle in productiveness, sometimes 

 overbearing, sometimes entirely refusing to bear. 



Imported by Luther Burbank, 1886. A favorite with 

 some, especially for home use, canning, etc. Should be 

 planted cautiously at first. 



Sea Egg. — Mentioned by Bailey (Cornell Bulletin 106) as 

 coming from Luther Burbank. Apparently never introduced. 



Wassu. — Bailey says that "the Wassu, from Normand, i.? 

 indistinguishable from Burbank." The Wassu, which I have 

 had from J. W. Kerr (and which I think came also from Nor- 

 mand) looked much like Kelsey ! It remains to be seen whether 

 or not there is such a variety as Wassu, and then we may 

 discuss what it is. 



Weeping Blood. — One of J. L. Normand's varieties. Not 

 known in the north. I have no reliable description at hand. 



Willard (Botan 26). — Fruit round; size medium; cavity 

 narrow, deep : stem short, stout ; suture very faint : apex 

 blunt; color dull red; dots many, minute, yellow; bloom 

 whitish ; flesh greenish-yellow, soft ; stone medium size, free : 

 flavor flat; quality poor; season early; tree vigorous and 

 hardy and fairly prolific. 



This variety is early and a freestone, but is so poor in 

 quality as to be in general disrepute. 



