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flesh yellow, very firm, usually clinging to the stone. 

 Well-known plums, such as Kingston, Quackenboss, 

 Gueii, Arctic, etc. 



6. BRADSHAW TYPE. Fruit large, obovoid, pinkish 

 or purplish, with thin skin and moderately soft, yellow, 

 juicy flesh; quality excellent in all cases. Here be- 

 long Bradshaw, Pond, Sharp ( Victoria], Field, Duane 

 Purple, and a few others. 



7. LOMBARD TYPE. Closely resembling the fore- 

 going, but differing in certain respects, more or less, 

 as follows: Fruit usually smaller, more nearly oval, 

 bluish, purplish, or pinkish-purple, more opaque in 

 appearance than in the Bradshaw group; quality in- 

 ferior to Bradshaw. In this group I would place 

 Lombard, Communia Merunka, etc. 



II. DAMSONS (Prunus domestica damascend). Differ 

 from Prunus domestica in being dwarf er, wood shorter 

 jointed, leaves smaller, more sharply serrate; fruit 

 small, oval, usually blue, very sour. Cluster Damson, 

 French Damson, and several other named varieties 

 are propagated in America. 



Ill MYROBALANS (Prunus cerasifera). Differs from 

 Prunus domestica in having a more slender habit, 

 smoother, shinier leaves, smaller flowers, softer, juicier 

 fruit. The variety (possibly there are several differ- 

 ent varieties) known as Cherry, or Early Cherry, is 

 the best type of this group. De Caradeuc and Mari- 

 anna are best known, but do not show pure Myro- 

 balan characters. 



IV. JAPANESE PLUMS (Prunus triflora). Flowers 

 usually densely fasicated; leaves smooth, glabrous, 

 mostly flat, obovate or oblongovate, prominently 



