The Hybrid Plums Described 211 



Specimens received from the originator, A. L. Bruce, 

 Texas, who calls it "Abundance x Unknown." The fruit 

 looks very much like Golden and 

 has probably the same pedigree. 



GARNET. Kelsey x Pissard? Kel- 

 sey seed. This would be P. trifiora 

 x P. ccrasifera. The account of its 

 origin given by Heiges is as fol- 

 sey seed. This would be P. triflora 



under a Kelsey tree Its 



characteristics indicate that it is a 

 chance cross between Pissard that 

 grew near, and the Kelsey under 

 which it grew." This evidence does 

 not seem to have much value of 

 itself.* I have specimens of the 

 FRANKLIN foliage, but not having seen the 



tree and fruit, I must, for the pres- 

 ent, consider this variety subject to removal from the list of 

 hybrids. 



Heiges gives the following description of the fruit : 

 "Roundish oval, large, smooth, dark garnet red; dots minute, 

 russet ; bluish bloom ; cavity small, regular, of medium depth, 

 flaring, marked with blue bloom : stem short, of medium 

 caliber ; suture very shallow and almost obscure ; skin thin, 

 moderately tenacious, bitter ; stone medium size, oval, cling ; 

 flesh yellowish, translucent, stained with red on one side, 

 mild, almost sweet, good. Season June 25 to 30" (in North 

 Carolina). Leaves round oval, quite broad, abruptly taper- 

 ing above, tapering or rounded below, roughly double-serrate, 

 slightly glandular margins, glabrous above, slightly tomentous 

 on the mid-nerve underneath, petiole short and stout, with 

 inconspicuous glands or glandless, large, feathery, deciduous 

 stipules. 



The history and parentage of this plum are exactly the 

 same as of Coleus. The foliage is much the same and appears 

 to be the most valuable feature of the variety. The fruit 

 resembles Satsuma in color and flesh, but appears to be of 

 small promise. Season early. Has not been introduced to 

 the trade. Mr. Breece says, "The fruit is quite satisfactory, 

 but too sparingly produced." 



'Several cases have come to light in which hybridity has been sus- 

 pected on the evidence of reddish-colored foliage. But red-leaved seed- 

 lings occur rather frequently without any possible antecedent cross. 

 They are especially common from Kelsey, though not rare from other 

 Japanese varieties. Pissard itself is probably only another such sport, 

 and J. \V. Kerr has produced a red-leaved seedling from DeCaradeuc. 



