io8 Plums and Plum Culture 



whom it was largely grown. In recent years it has become a 

 popular market plum in New York state. 



HAND (General Hand). Fruit round; size medium to 

 large: cavity shallow; stem slender, medium long; suture 

 shallow; apex slightly depressed; color dull greenish, finally 

 becoming a golden orange ; dots minute and indistinct ; bloom 

 white; skin thin; flesh yellow, rather soft; stone medium 

 large, oval, blunt, point- 

 ed, cling; flavor rich and 

 sweet; quality good to 

 best ; season September 

 in this latitude ; tree very 

 large and rank and in- 

 clined to be a shy bearer. 

 Supposed to have orig- 

 inated on the farm of 

 General Hand, near Lan- 

 caster, Pennsylvania. A 

 magnificent dessert plum, 

 though unprofitable to 

 grow. Green Gage type. 



HARLOW. Fruit oval ; 

 size large ; color red to 

 dark purple ; dots numer- 

 ous, small ; bloom light 

 blue ; flesh greenish, 

 melting; flavor mild sub- 

 acid ; season early. 



Originated with S. C. 

 HaHow, Bangor, Me(?), HA vn 



A seedling of Bradshaw, 

 and much like that va- 

 riety, but earlier. (See United States Department of Agri- 

 culture Pomologist's Report, 1892.) 



HARNEY. Fruit roundish ; size large ; cavity large, deep, 

 abrupt: stem about one-half inch long; suture shallow; color' 

 purplish-red; dots large and small; bloom thin, lilac; skin 

 thin, tough ; flesh pale yellow : stone medium size, roundish, 

 nearly free; quality good. (See United States Department 

 of Agriculture Pomologist's Report, 1895:45.) 



HERON. Fruit roundish : size above medium : color cop- 

 pery, dull : dots minute ; bloom bluish ; skin harsh, acid : flesh 

 greenish-yellow, firm ; stone wide oval, large, nearly free ; 

 quality good ; season late summer. 



Described by United States division of pomology from 

 specimens from S. D. Willard, New York. 



