1 14 Plums and Plum Culture 



bluish; skin medium thick; flesh pale yellow; stone large, 

 oval, free; quality good to very good; season late. 



Received by United States Department of Agriculture 

 from H. C. Cook, White Salmon, Washington. 



LINCOLN. Fruit oval ; size large ; cavity very shallow ; 

 stem medium long ; suture very shallow ; color dull, mottled 

 red, on a yellow ground; bloom delicate, lilac; flesh greenish - 

 yellow. 



LOMBARD 



This plum, though not a novelty, has recently been boomed 

 by certain nurserymen. Its history and merits are unknown 

 to the writer. 



LOMBARD. Fruit oval, slightly flattened at the ends ; size 

 medium, or sometimes large with good cultivation ; cavity 

 medium deep, abruptly rounded; stem very short, slender; 

 suture shallow ; color delicate purplish or reddish violet ; dots 

 several, whitish; bloom blue; skin thin; flesh yellow, firm; 



