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QUACKENBOSS 



Although not a leading variety, Quackenboss is prominent 

 when making a list of the commercial plums of New York. To 

 a high degree its fruits possess characters that make a good 

 market plum; they are of large size, of handsome plum-purple 

 color; the flesh is tender and juicy with a sweet, pleasant flavor, 

 making it one of the good purple plums. The tree is large, 

 vigorous, and hurdy, with a round, spreading top. The variety 

 dues not have the reputation of beinii fruitful and fails chiefly 

 as a commercial sort for this reason. It is a late-maturing plum 

 and comes on the market at a time when this fruit is wanted for 

 home canning, the demand for this purpose helping greatly in its 

 sale. 



REIJNE- CLAUDE 



For the qualities that gratify the sense of taste richness of 

 flavor, consistency in texture of flesh, abundance of juice, and 

 pleasant aroma Reine Claude is unsurpassed. The fruits are 

 not remarkably handsome, but when they are grown on thrifty 

 trees, the crop thinned, foliage and fruit kept free from pests, 

 the plums are often beautiful in size, form, and color. The trees 

 are of only moderate size in the orchard, but although small they 

 are productive and bear regularly, their chief defect being sus- 

 ceptibility to sun scald, whereby the bark on the tree is killed. 

 Heine Claude is still one of the most profitable plums grown in 

 Xew York probably the most profitable green variety and' 

 both in commercial and home plantations deserves a place in the 

 plum orchard. 



YELLOW E(;<; 



Yellow Egg is the largest and the handsomest of the yellow 

 plums and is well worth consideration by either the amateur or 

 ihe commercial fruit grower in New York. At best, however, it 

 is tit only for cooking and is none too good for culinary purposes. 

 The trees are very satisfactory on all but light soils. If the 

 quality were only a little better we should heartily recommend it 

 as a yellow plum for home and for commercial markets in this 

 state.* 



*See " Plums of New York," by Professor Hedrick. Published by State Agr. 

 Kxp. Sta., Geneva, N. Y. 



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