BRADSHAW 



CHABOT 



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in prodigious quantities. The variety, how- 

 ever, is surpassed by many other Insititias, 

 and has little value other than to show the 

 steps between wild and cultivated fruits. Black 

 Bullace is one of the oldest cultivated plums, 

 and all data in regard to its origin have been 

 lost. 



Tree of medium size and vigor, upright, dense-topped, 

 hardy, very productive. Leaves oval, 1% inches wide, 

 3 % inches long ; apex abruptly acute ; base acute ; 

 margin serrate or crenate, with a few, small, dark 

 glands ; petiole % inch long, green, thickly pubescent, 

 glandless or with 1 or 2 small, globose, greenish-brown 

 glands. Flowers % inch across. Fruit late ; 1 % by 1 

 inch, oval, necked, halves 'equal ; cavity small, shallow, 

 narrow, flaring ; suture lacking ; apex roundish, with 

 stigma adhering ; color purplish-black ; bloom heavy ; 

 dots numerous, small, brown, inconspicuous ; stem % 

 inch long, pubescent, adhering to the fruit ; flesh 

 greenish-yellow, juicy, fibrous, firm, sour ; stone cling- 

 ing, necked at the base, acute at the apex, with 

 pitted surfaces. 



BRADSHAW. Fig. 185. P. domestica. 

 Black Imperial. Blue Imperial. Niagara. A 

 study of this variety doesjnot justify its great 

 popularity. The 

 trees grow slowly 

 and are tardy in 

 coming into bear- 

 ing; the fruit is not 

 especially high in 

 quality, and in many 

 regions is attacked 

 by brown-rot too 

 freely for profitable 

 orchard culture. To 

 offset these faults, 

 the trees are large, 

 well formed, bear 

 regularly and heav- 

 ily, are robust and 

 healthy ; and the 

 plums are large, at- 

 tractive in appear- 

 ance, and keep and 

 ship well, especially 

 if picked a little 

 green. The variety is not nearly so badly 

 attacked by San Jose scale as other plums. 

 Probably one of the reasons why Bradshaw 

 is so largely grown is that it is easily handled 

 in the nursery and quickly makes a very good 

 nursery tree. The value of the crop is greatly 

 lessened because it ripens in the midst of the 

 peach season. The origin of this plum is not 

 known; it was named by C. M. Hovey in 1846. 



Tree large, vigorous, broad-vasiform, dense-topped, 

 hardy, very productive. Leaves -drooping, obovate, 2 

 inches wide, 4 % inches long, thick ; apex acute ; base 

 abrupt ; margin not regular, coarsely crenate or serrate, 

 eglandular or with a few, small, dark glands; petiole 

 % inch long, pubescent, red, glandless or with 1-3 

 large, globose, greenish- brown glands. Flowers 1 3/16 

 inches across. Fruit midseason ; 2 by 1% inches, oval, 

 compressed, halves equal ; cavity shallow, narrow, 

 abrupt, with a fleshy ring around the stem ; suture 

 very shallow ; apex flattened ; .color dark reddish-purple ; 

 bloom heavy ; dots numerous, small, russet, inconspicu- 

 ous clustered about the apex ; stem thick, 1 inch long, 

 pubescent, adhering strongly to the fruit ; flesh dull 

 yellow, often with a trace of red, juicy, fibrous, tender, 

 sweet, pleasant ; good ; stone semi-free, flattened, ir- 

 regularly oval, necked at the base, blunt at the apex, 

 strongly roughened and pitted. 



BURBANK. Fig. 186. P. salicina. Wassu. 

 Abundance holds first place among Japanese 

 plums, but Burbank is a close second, and in 

 many localities has preference. Abundance is 

 in the lead because its trees are larger, better 

 formed, and bear more fruit than those of 

 Burbank. To offset the advantages of Abund- 



185. Bradshaw. 



186. Burbank. (XI) 



ance, the fruit of Burbank is of better quality, 

 more handsomely colored, keeps and ships 

 better, is less susceptible to brown-rot; and 

 ripens a week or more later, which in most 

 seasons is a slight advantage. The trees of 

 this plum are distinguished from those of all 

 other plums by their low, spreading habit, 

 flat top, and drooping branches, characters 

 which make them more or less difficult to 

 handle in the orchard and nursery. The wood 

 of Burbank is brittle, a serious defect. The 

 fruit begins to color some days before ripe, 

 and should be picked before mature if it is 

 to be kept or shipped. Thinning is necessary 

 in all commercial orchards. The variety does 

 not thrive in the South, the fruit being poor 

 in quality and rotting badly. Burbank was 

 produced from a plum pit sent to Luther Bur- 

 bank by a Japanese agent in 1883. 



Tree large, vigorous, distinguished by its low, sprawl- 

 ing habit and flat, open top, unusually hardy, very 

 productive, healthy. Leaves broadly oblanceolate, 

 peach-like, 1 inch wide, 3 % inches long, thin ; apex 

 taper-pointed ; base cuneate ; margin finely and doubly 

 serrate, with small amber o reddish glands ; petiole 

 fo inch long, sparingly hairy on one side, tinged 

 red, with 1-4 small, reniform or globose glands. Flow- 

 ers appearing with the leaves. Fruit early ; variable in 

 size, large, 1% inches in diameter, round-conic, halves 

 equal ; cavity deep, abrupt, regular ; suture shallow ; 

 apex roundish ; color dark red over a yellow ground, 

 mottled ; bloom heavy ; dots numerous, large, russet, 

 conspicuous ; stem % inch long, glabrous, parting readily 

 from the fruit ; flesh deep yellow, juicy, tender, firm, 

 sweet, aromatic ; good ; stone clinging, |round-oval, 

 turgid, blunt but sharp-tipped, rough. 



CHABOT. Fig. 187. P. salicina. Babcock. 

 Bailey. Chase. Douglas. Orient. Paragon. 

 Yellow Japan. The fruits of Chabot are large, 

 beautifully molded, handsomely mottled in 

 shades of red over yellow with occasional 



