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The Nigra Plums Named and Described 



Am ITKEN. — Fruit oblique oval; size 

 ^ medium to large; cavity shallow; 



S stem medium long; suture a dim 



) line ; color even dark red ; dots very 

 minute, hardly visible ; skin thin, re- 

 markably so for a plum of this 

 group ; flesh yellow ; stone large, 

 oval, very much flattened, cling ; 

 flavor moderately rich and sweet ; 

 quality good ; season medium to 

 early; tree vigorous and productive. 

 Found wild in Aitken county, 

 Minnesota, by D. C. Hazelton : in- 

 troduced in 1896 by Jewell Nursery company, Lake City, Min- 

 nesota. A promising new variety, highly regarded in the 

 northwest. 



August. — Fruit oblong; size large; color purplish-red; 

 stone cling. 



"Trees quite distinct in appearance, owing to the apricot- 

 like foliage. Rapid, upright, nice growers, but not productive 

 and will be dropped." — J. W. Kerr. 



Cheney. — Fruit irregularly oval ; size large : cavity^ very 

 shallow; stem stout; suture a faint line; apex slightly 

 oblique, truncate; color dark, rather dull red; dots minute; 

 bloom blue; skin thick; flesh firm and yellow; stone large, 



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