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triftora characters. A promising plum. Received from the 

 originator, J. S. Breece, Fayetteyille, North Carolina, who 

 writes : "Ruby is quite successful in every way, except its lack 

 of quality." Quality seems to me to be above the average. 

 Not yet introduced. 



Satin. — P. Iwrtulana x P. triftora. Fruit round oval; 

 size medium ; cavity medium ; suture a line ; color red ; dots 

 many, large, yellow ; bloom white ; skin thick and very tough ; 

 flesh very firm, yellow ; stone medium size, oval, slightly flat- 

 tened, cling; flavor Americana-liKe ; quality good. Leaf oval, 

 long-pointed, thin, green, wholly glabrous, margin finely and 

 evenly serrate, petiole glandular. 



Thought to be a hybrid of Moreman and Japanese. Prom- 

 ising. Specimens received from the originator, J. S. Breece of 

 Fayetteville, North Carolina. 



Scribner. — P. hortulana x P. triftora. Fruit oval, large; 

 cavity large, rounded; stem short, strong; suture faint line; 

 color dark fine red; dots many, small, indistinct; bloom 

 heavy, light bluish ; skin firm ; flesh medium firm, meaty, 

 yellow ; stone large, flattened, cling ; flavor none ; quality 

 extra poor. 



Specimens received from the originator, J. S. Breece, 

 North Carolina, who says : "Not productive, not good quality, 

 rejected." 



Shiro. — P. angustifolia x P. cerasifera x P. triftora x P. 

 simoni, according to Burbank. That is Robinson x Myrob- 

 alan x Wickson. Specimens not seen. Described as bearing 

 "in the utmost profusion, fruit medium to large, very uniform 

 in size, clear light yellow, with an almost imperceptible thin, 

 white bloom, and so transparent that the pit can be seen 

 through the flesh, which is firm, yet juicy, rich, pleasant sub- 

 acid, clingstone ; ripens two weeks before Burbank." 



Originated by Luther Burbank and first offered in New 

 Creations, 1899, 11. 



Sirocco. — Said to be a probable cross of Abundance and 

 Marianna. The fruit is described by Heiges as follows: 

 "Roundish oval, medium size ; coppery red under streaks of 

 yellow ; dots minute, light russet ; bloom light blue ; cavity 

 small, very shallow, abrupt; stem short, slender; suture a 

 trace ; skin thin ; stone medium size, oval ; flesh reddish- 

 yellow near the skin and yellow near the stone, fine grained, 

 very juicy, sweet subacid, quality good. Season middle July 

 (in North Carolina)." 



Utah Hybrid (Cherry). — Bailey decided in 1894 that "all 

 botanical evidence goes to show that this plant is a hybrid of 

 Primus besseyi (the Rock mountain dwarf cherry) and the 

 sand plum, P. watsoni," and he gave the following botanical 



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