The Hybrid Plums Described 217 



"Fruit oval, medium size; color coppery red, a little 

 darker than Wildgoose; dots minute, light russet; bloom 

 light blue; cavity medium size, round, deep, abrupt; stem 

 short ; suture very shallow ; skin thin, tenacious, bitter ; 

 stone large, oval, cling; flesh yellowish-translucent, slightly 

 fibrous; flavor mild subacid, rich; quality good. Season (in 

 North Carolina) June 20-25." Leaf rather large, oval, 

 pointed, rounded at the base, rather leathery in appearance, 

 smooth on both sides, margin finely crenulate-serrate, gland- 

 less, petiole short and stout, usually glandless. 



LATE CONICAL. Prunus triflora x P. simoni. Fruit 

 strongly conical, rather large; cavity shallow, abrupt; stem 

 short ; suture shallow ; color red and purplish over yellow ; 

 dots many, large, yellow; bloom heavy, purplish; skin 

 medium thick ; flesh yellow, solid, firm ; stone medium size, 

 flattened, pointed, free; flavor sweet and agreeable; quality 

 superfine. The finest quality of any plum yet examined, 

 though Mr. Burbank thinks this is not a fair comparison. 

 Tree a rapid grower, form of Burbank. Leaves medium to 

 large, broadly oval, abruptly pointed, tapering at the base, 

 rather stiff, margins rather coarsely double-crenulate, petiole 

 large, set with glands. 



Originated by Luther Burbank and named by him in Ver- 

 mont Experiment station Bulletin 67:16, 1898. 



LOUISIANA. Prunus triflora x P. hortulana or P. angus- 

 tifolia. Fruit, irregularly ovoid, medium to large ; cavity 

 shallow, rounded ; stem medium ; visible suture ; color greenish 

 overlaid with dull red : dots many, large, whitish ; bloom 

 thick, white ; skin medium thick ; flesh yellow, stringy ; stone 

 large, oval, flattened, cling; flavor sprightly subacid, good; 

 quality fair. Season September i. Tree a slender and 

 spreading grower, strongly suggesting Wildgoose, leaves 

 medium size, tapering at both ends, very finely glandular- 

 crenulate. glabrous, petioles glandular. This variety has the 

 bad habit of ripening unevenly and dropping from the tree 

 before maturing. It has proved hardy thus far at Ithaca, 

 New York. 



Sent out by J. L. Normand, named by Professor Bailey 

 in Cornell Experiment station Bulletin 139:377, 1897. 



MARBLE. Fruit heart-shaped, small ; cavity medium 

 deep ; suture shallow ; apex pointed ; color dark wine red ; 

 dots invisible ; bloom blue ; skin tough and medium thick ; 

 flesh yellow; stone small, oval, slightly flattened, cling; 

 flavor rich and sweet; quality excellent. An odd and very 

 interesting plum of high quality. 



Said by the originator, A. L. Bruce of Texas, to be a cross 

 of Weaver with Crimson Beauty; but Mr. Bruce's Weaver 



