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Coville Ripens very late, fruit large, firm, good scar, highly aromatic flavor, 

 tart when not fully ripe, good blue, attractive; bush upright, spread- 

 ing, vigorous and very productive. 



- — John S. Bailey 



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PLUM VARIETY OBSERVATIONS 



Burmosa A large attractive plum ripening in late July. The fruit is a cherry 

 red, of high quality and a freestone. The tree is small in size and 

 of moderate vigor. Production was light in 1963. Japanese type plum. 



Brilliant This red plum is of good size and quality. Brilliant ripens with 



Formosa in early August and is inferior to that variety in size, flavor 

 and appearance. Brilliant is more productive than Formosa in our 

 planting. Japanese type plum. 



Great Yellow - A Japanese type plum ripening in early August. The fruit is of good 

 size, good quality and a freestone. The tree is productive and the 

 fruit hangs well on the tree. Great Yellow ripens with Shiro and is 

 superior to Shiro in size and quality. Shiro May have a slight 

 advantage in color. 



Howard Miracle - A large, attractive, high quality Japanese plum. The fruit is a 

 golden yellow with a light red blush. Howard Miracle was picked on 

 August 30th in 1963. The crop was very light in 1963 but it is too 

 early to make an evaluation as to its productiveness. 



Red Heart Another Japanese type plum ripening in mid-August. Red Heart has 



proven to be a very good producer of medium size plums. This variety 

 has failed to develop satisfactory fruit quality under our conditions. 

 Red Heart is said to be a very good pollinizer for other Japanese 

 varieties. 



Golden Transparent Gage - A high quality plum ripening in the third week of 



September. The fruit tends to be small and is golden yellow with 

 numerous small red flecks. The tree is fair in production and dwarf- 

 ish in habit. European type plum. 



Pacific An attractive prune type plum of very high quality. The fruit is quite 

 firm and keeping quality appears to be excellent. The fruit ripens in 

 mid-September; ripening has been uneven in the past two seasons. 

 Pacific has been a good producer in Amherst. European type plum. 



New York 981 - A large reddish purple plum of very high quality. This attractive 

 plum ripens in early September and appears to be promising. The 

 selection should be productive. European type plum. 



New York 826 - A late ripening plum of good size and quality. This selection 

 ripened in early October and was quite productive. It is a prune 

 type of reddish black color. European type plum, 



—-James F. Anderson 

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