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vigorous, with dense, roundish head ; said by some to be lack- 

 ing in productiveness. 



Mr. S. D. Willard says of this variety : "It has much to 

 commend it. Tree a much better grower than the Shropshire ; 

 hardy, and an annual bearer; very productive." 



FROGMORE. Fruit oval ; size small ; cavity shallow ; stem 

 long, slender; suture a line; color blue; dots very small, 

 hardly visible; bloom blue; skin tough; flesh greenish; stone 



SHROPSHIRE 



small, oval, somewhat flattened, cling; quality good for a 

 Damson. 



One of the best of the Damsons. 



SHROPSHIRE (Shropshire Damson). Fruit oval; size 

 small; cavity hardly any; stem about one-half inch long; 

 suture none; color dark blue ; dots none visible ; bloom blue; 

 skin firm ; flesh greenish ; stone small, oval, turgid, cling ; 

 flavor sour; quality fair; tree a good grower and enormously 

 productive. 



An English variety, and one of the favorite Damsons. 



STONELESS. Fruit oval, compressed; size small, much 

 like a Damson; cavity hardly visible; stem large and strong; 



