Methley A Japanese type plum that ripens with Burmosa. The fruit 



is small, dark red, red-fleshed and fair to good in quality. 

 Methley does not appear promising under our conditions. 



Brilliant An introduction of the Missouri Experiment Station. This 

 Japanese plum ripens with Formosa. It is red in color and 

 of good size and quality. Brilliant is more productive than 

 Formosa, but is inferior to Formosa in size, quality and ap- 

 pearance. 



Formosa A Japanese type plum that ripens in early August, The fruit 

 was tree ripe on August 10, this year. The tree is large, 

 vigorous and moderately productive. The fruit is large, at- 

 tractive and the yellow color tends to be completely over- 

 laid with red as the fruit ripens. The quality is very good. 

 Formosa holds up very well in storage. 



Great Yellow A Japanese type plum that ripened in the second week of 

 August. Production this year was moderate. The fruit of 

 Great Yellow is medium to large in size, good quality and 

 a freestone. The fruit hangs well on the tree, but there 

 is a tendency for the skin to pull away at the stem when 

 the fruit is picked late. This variety was rated high in 

 flavor by all v\7ho tried it, but there may be some buyer re- 

 sistance because of its color. 



Shiro A Japanese type plum that ripens with Great Yellow. Shiro 

 is a very attractive bright yellow plum. The trees tend to 

 be biennial in bearing and thinning may be necessary to at- 

 tain good size. Production was good this year. Great Yel- 

 low has been superior to Shiro in size and flavor. 



Santa Rosa A large, reddish -purple Japanese plum of good quality. The 

 tree is large, vigorous and moderately productive. Santa 

 Rosa ripens about a week later than Formosa. The fruit 

 keeps and ships well. 



Washington A large, high quality Gage plum ripening in late August. 



The trees in our Amherst orchards have been very productive. 

 The color of this European plum is not especially attrac- 

 tive and there could be some resistance by those unaware of 

 its excellent flavor. 



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

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

 fleshed, freestone was picked in late August. Production 

 was very good this year. The flavor of this variety is not 

 typical of a plum and might be objectionable to some. 



Pacific An attractive, blue prune type plum of good quality. The 

 fruit is quite firm and the keeping quality is excellent. 

 Pacific has been a good cropper in Amherst, but ripening 

 is quite uneven. The fruit begins ripening in the second 

 week of September. Pacific is a European type plum. 



