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Plums and Plum Culture 



Probably a seedling of Green Gage, to which type it is readily 

 referred. A fine amateur variety and profitable in some mar- 

 kets, where it does not have to be shipped too far. 



MIDDLEBURG. "Tree quite vigorous, upright, with rather 

 spreading branches ; fruit roundish-oval ; stalk one to one and 

 one-half inches long, stout; cavity broad, slight; apex indis- 

 tinct; suture unmarked; color greenish-yellow, nearly cov- 

 ered with reddish-brown and with a purplish color on the 

 exposed side; bloom thin, light blue; flesh moderately juicy, 

 light amber, rather firm, vinous, sprightly, rich ; pit small, 

 nearly round, free; quality very good; season September 18; 

 size medium; fairly produc- 

 tive." Description taken 

 from Michigan Experiment 

 Station Bulletin 169 -.244 

 (1899). 



MILLS. Fruit oval ; size 

 medium ; cavity shallow, ab- 

 rupt ; stem short, suture 

 faint ; color purplish-red ; 

 dots conspicuous, whitish ; 

 bloom blue ; skin thin ; flesh 

 greenish ; stone oval, slightly 

 flattened, free ; quality fair ; 

 season medium to late. 



Known to me only as I 

 have seen it fruiting on the 

 grounds of Ellwanger & 

 Barry, Rochester, New York. 



MOLDAVKA. Fruit long, 

 ovate ; cavity deep, abrupt ; 

 stem stout, an inch long; su- 

 ture shallow ; color pale yel- 

 low ; bloom thin ; flesh yellowish ; stone long, ovate, pointed, 

 flattened, free ; flavor mild ; quality good ; season medium ; tree 

 moderately vigorous, spreading upright, not productive. 

 Of Russian origin. 



MONARCH. Fruit roundish, oval; size large; cavity 

 deep, broad, rounded ; stem short and stout ; suture hardly 

 visible; color dark purplish; bloom heavy, bluish; flesh yel- 

 lowish; stone free; quality gcod; season late. 



An English variety lately introduced to this country and 

 thought to be a valuable late shipping plum. 



MONROE (Monroe Egg, Monroe Gage). Fruit round 

 oval ; size small to medium : cavity shallow ; stem short (some 

 descriptions say long) : suture faint ; color creamy yellow ; 

 dots white ; bloom white ; skin tough, thin ; flesh yellow ; 



MCLAUGHLIN 



