a;j;c'. Sai'ta Rosa, another Japanese type plum ripens about a week later 



than I'ui'iiusa. The 1 ruits are large, attractive, reddish purple and of 



good qiinlity. Santa Rosa handles and keeps well. The trees are moder- 

 ately productive. 



Yakima - A European type plum that ripens in the third week of August. 

 The fruits are large, prune shaped, reddish purple, freestone and of 

 good quality. The tree is moderately productive. 



Stanley - An attractive prune type plum which is suitable for both can- 

 ning and fresh use. The fruits are blue in color, medium to large in 

 size. The flesh is greenish yellow, juicy, firm and of good quality. 

 StanJey is a freestone variety that ripens in early September. Stanley 

 is both productive and annual. 



Among the newer plum varieties tested at Amherst, the following 

 show merit and might be worthy of trial. 



Burmosa - A Japanese type plum Introduced by the California Experiment 

 Station. The tree is small in size and of medium vigor. Production was 

 heavy in 1964. Indications are that Burmosa may tend to be biennial. 

 Tlie fruit is yellow with a reddish blush, good in quality and a freestone. 

 Burmosa ripens in late July. 



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 an advan- 

 tage in color and firmness. 



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

 fruit is a golden yellow with a light red blush. The firm fleshed fruit 

 was picked during the third week of August. Production was light, due 

 to poor fruit set this past season. 



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

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

 in mid-September. Ripening has been uneven. Pacific has been a good 

 producer in Amherst. 



PEARS 



Chap in - A seedling of Seckel that is harvested in early August. The fruit 

 is small to medium in size, green with a red blush. Chapin resembles 

 Seckel except for a more prominent neck. The flesh is fine textured, juicy, 

 free of grit cells and of good quality. 



Devoe - The fruit is a clear yellow often with a blush-red cheek, oblong 

 pyriform in shape and of good quality. Devoe has been a heavy producer 

 with a tendency to ripen unevenly. The fruit was harvested in the second 

 week of September and held in storage until December. Devoe is worthy 

 of trial. 



