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Plums and Plum Culture 



shallow; color dark blue; dots not many, dull yellow; bloom 

 blue; skin thin; flesh greenish-yellow; stone medium size, 

 oval, pointed, rough, ridged at the edge, quite free; quality 

 good to extra; season late; tree rather spreading. 



An old European variety. One of the most widely grown 

 plums in America. A prime favorite market plum in New 

 York and Michigan and on the Pacific slope. Desirable on 

 account of its lateness and good shipping quality. 



JAUNE HATIVE. Fruit oval or obovate ; size small ; cavity 

 shallow ; stem one-half inch long, slender ; suture shallow : 

 color yellowish ; bloom thin, white ; flesh yellow ; stone free ; 

 flavor pleasant ; quality good ; 

 season very early. 

 A very old European sort. 



JEFFERSON. Fruit round or 

 round-oval ; size medium to 

 large ; cavity very shallow ; 

 stem medium short ; suture 

 hardly any ; apex very slight- 

 ly depressed; color greenish- 

 yellow ; dots many, greenish ; 

 bloom white ; skin thin and 

 tender; flesh yellow; stone 

 medium size, blunt, with a 

 short neck, slightly flattened, 

 rough, free; flavor rich and 

 sugary ; quality good to best ; 

 season medium late; a good 

 tree. 



-Originated with Judge 

 "Bdtl, : N.ew York. Said by 

 ^ PpwriiHg to be "the most de- 

 sirable Snd beautiful of all 

 dessert plums." Certainly a 



fine variety for the amateur, and not planted so often as it 

 deserves. .Not a good market variety. 



KINGSTON. Fruit oval ; size medium large : cavity me- 

 dium deep, abruptly rounded ; stem medium long ; suture 

 shallow ', apex slightly pointed ; color blue ; dots minute and 

 inconspicuous; bloom blue; skin thin; flesh greenish-yellow; 

 stone medium size, oval, with a short neck, hardly flattened, 

 rough, cling ; quality fair to good ; season medium to late. 



Origin, Ontario (?). 



LAFAYETTE. A large, purple, late variety of which I have 

 not been able to secure notes. 



LAWRENCE (Lawrence's Favorite). Fruit round or some- 

 what oval ; size medium to large ; cavity shallow, very abrupt ; 



JEFFERSON 



