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The Nigra Plums Named and Described 



ITKEN. Fruit oblique oval ; size 

 medium to large ; cavity shallow ; 

 stem medium long; suture a dim 

 line; color even dark red; dots very 

 minute, hardly visible ; skin thin, re- 

 markably so for a plum of this 

 group ; flesh yellow ; stone large, 

 oval, very much flattened, cling; 

 flavor moderately rich and sweet ; 

 quality good ; season medium to 

 early; tree vigorous and productive. 

 Found wild in Aitken county, 

 Minnesota, by D. C. Hazelton ; in- 

 troduced in 1896 by Jewell Nursery company, Lake City, Min- 

 nesota. A promising new variety, highly regarded in the 

 northwest. 



AUGUST. Fruit oblong ; size large ; color purplish-red ; 

 stone cling. 



"Trees quite distinct in appearance, owing to the apricot- 

 like foliage. Rapid, upright, nice growers, but not productive 

 and will be dropped." J. W. Kerr. 



CHENEY. Fruit irregularly oval : size large ; cavity very 



shallow ; stem stout ; suture a faint line ; apex slightly 



oblique, truncate; color dark, rather dull red; dots minute; 



bloom blue; skin thick; flesh firm and yellow; stone large, 



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