140 Plums and Plum Culture 



round, turgid, almost free ; flavor flat ; quality below medium ; 

 season medium early; generally reputed to be a shy bearer. 



Imported by H. H. Berger & Co. of California. Not 

 generally popular, though some like it, especially for canning. 



PALMER. Grown by J. S. Breece, Fayetteville, North Car- 

 olina, but never introduced. See report of the pomologist, 

 United States department agriculture, 1895, p. 46. 



RED JUNE (Red Nagate, Shiro-Smomo). Fruit round- 

 conical ; size medium ; cavity large, deep, flaring ; stem short ; 

 suture shallow ; apex pointed ; color dark, coppery red ; 

 bloom bluish; skin thin; flesh yellow, juicy; stone small, oval, 

 semi-cling; quality fair to good; season early; tree a free, 

 spreading grower, fairly prolific. 



Imported by H. H. Berger & Co., San Francisco. A 

 favorite early market variety in the northeastern states. 



SATSUMA (Blood). Fruit broad conical; size large; 

 cavity deep and abrupt ; stem short, stout ; suture nearly 

 obsolete; apex blunt pointed; color dark, brilliant red; dots 

 many ; bloom whitish or bluish ; skin thick ; flesh dark red, 

 firm; stone medium size, oval, cling; flavor rather acid; 

 quality good ; season medium to medium late ; tree a spread- 

 ing grower, not so hardy as leading Japanese varieties, blos- 

 soms quite self-sterile, fickle in productiveness, sometimes 

 overbearing, sometimes entirely refusing to bear. 



Imported by Luther Burbank, 1886. A favorite with 

 some, especially for home use, canning, etc. Should be 

 planted cautiously at first. 



SEA EGG. Mentioned by Bailey (Cornell Bulletin 106) as 

 coming from Luther Burbank. Apparently never introduced. 



WASSU. Bailey says that "the Wassu, from Nprmand, i.= 

 indistinguishable from Burbank." The Wassu, which I have 

 had from J. W. Kerr (and which I think came also from Nor- 

 mand) looked much like Kelsey! It remains to be seen whether 

 or not there is such a variety as Wassu, and then we may 

 discuss what it is. 



WEEPING BLOOD. One of J. L. Normand's varieties. Not 

 known in the north. I have no reliable description at hand. 



WILI.ARD (Botan 26). Fruit round; size medium; cavity 

 narrow, deep: stem short, stout; suture very faint; apex 

 blunt; color dull red; dots many, minute, yellow; bloom 

 whitish : flesh greenish-yellow, soft ; stone medium size, free ; 

 flavor flat; quality poor; season early; tree vigorous and 

 hardy and fairly prolific. 



This variety is early and a freestone, but is so poor in 

 quality as to be in general disrepute. 



