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is yellow, detached from the stone, melting, sugary with 

 a fine flavour, afid is particularly good for preserves. 



Other s >rts of plums have been intioduo.d lately, 

 and are cultivated here and there in single specimens, 

 viz: Monsieur a fruits jaunes, Bolmer's, Washington, 

 Imperiale di Milano, U'Agen, Goliath, Gloire d'Epinay, 

 the Langley, etc. 



A few sorts of Japanese plums are also cultivated in 

 our orchards, the following are the best known. 



1. BOTAN or ABUNDANCE. The tree is very 

 vigorous and very productive. The fruit is very large, 

 round of a golden yellow colour, washed red. The flesh 

 is yellow, tender and of good flavour when well ripe. 

 Matures in August. 



2. KELSEY or BOTANKIS. The tree is vigorous and 

 highly productive. The fruit is very large, round or 

 heart-shaped, of a golden colour, bluish carmine red 

 towards the sun. The flesh is yellow, of good quality. 

 Matures in August. 



3. HATANKIO MARU. The tree is very vigorous 

 and always very productive. The fruit is large, round, 

 with a deep groove, greenish orange yellow, with orange 

 yellow flesh of good flavour when well ripe. Matures 

 in July. 



4. SATSUMA. The tree is fairly vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. The fruit is large or very large, round, deeply 

 grooved, of a purple red colour, with a bluish bloom. 

 The flesh is blood red, firm, but juicy and tender. 

 Matures in August. 



The Japanese plums are very beautiful fruits ; they 

 travel well and keep very well for a long time, but must 

 be well ripe to be appreciated. They produce excellent 

 preserves, The tree is invariably much more vigorous 

 and resisting than the European plum. 



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