OGON 



PEACH 



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glands. Flowers !%<? inch across, white. Fruit mid- 

 season, ripening period long ; 1 % 'inches in diameter, 

 round-cordate, halves unequal ; cavity deep, wide, flar- 

 ing, with streaks radiating from the cavity ; suture a 

 line ; apex round to pointed ; color dark red over a 

 yellow-green ground, with bloom of medium thickness ; 

 dots numerous, large, russet, conspicuous, clustered 

 about the apex ; stem slender, % inch long, glabrous ; 

 skin thin, tough, sour, separating readily ; flesh light 

 yellow tinged with red, very juicy, fibrous, sweet, mild ; 

 good ; stone clinging, round-oval, blunt but with a small 

 tip, somewhat rough. 



OGON. P. salicina. Shiro Smomo. Yellow 

 Nagate. Ogon is one of the few varieties of 

 P. salicina bearing yellow fruits. It is further 

 distinguished by being the only freestone sort 

 of its species under cultivation in America, 

 and by fruits having a flavor quite distinct, 

 resembling that of the apricot. The plums 

 are not of high quality, crack badly on the 

 tree, and are unusually susceptible to the at- 

 tacks of curculio. The trees are small and 

 unproductive. These faults preclude the plant- 

 ing of Ogon in commercial plantations. The 

 variety is distinct and interesting not only in 

 its fruits, but in its flowers, which bear few 

 stamens, many of which are abortive and show 

 all degrees between perfect stamens and perfect 

 petals. Ogon was imported from Japan about 

 1885. 



Tree medium, vigorous, vasiform, dense-topped, unpro- 

 ductive. Leaves few, oblanceolate, peach-like, 1^ 

 inches wide, 4 inch long, thin ; margin finely crenate, 

 with small, dark amber glands ; petiole % inch long, 

 glandless or with 1-4 globose, greenish glands. Flowers 

 if inch across. Fruit early; 1% inches by 1% 

 inches in size, round-oblate, oblique, halves equal ; 

 cavity narrow, regular, flaring ; suture variable in depth, 

 prominent ; apex roundish or slightly flattened ; color 

 lemon-yellow, with thin bloom ; dots numerous, small, 

 white, inconspicuous ; stem slender, % inch long, 

 glabrous, separating readily ; skin thin, rough, astrin- 

 gent, inclined to crack, adhering ; flesh pale or amber- 

 yellow, firm, sweet, mild ; of fair quality ; stone free, 

 round-oval, turgid, blunt but with a small, short tip, 

 oblique, slightly pitted. 



OMAHA. P. salicina X P- americana. This 

 variety is a cross between Abundance, a Japa- 

 nese plum, and Brittlewood, an Americana 

 plum. It is grown only in the Middle West and 

 not largely there. It originated with Theodore 

 Williams, Benson, Nebraska, and was first de- 

 scribed in 1901. The following is a description 

 of the variety as it grows on the grounds of the 

 New York Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Geneva, New York, where, it must be said, it 

 fails in both tree- and fruit-characters: 



Tree intermediate between those of the two parents. 

 Fruit early, variable in size, nearly spherical ; cavity 

 deep, rounded, stem long ; suture faint ; apex rounded ; 

 color light red, a shade darker than the well-known 

 Wild Goose ; dots many, small but conspicuous ; bloom 

 markedly heavy and characteristic ; flesh moderately 

 firm, yellow, juicy, rich and sweet but a little insipid ; 

 quality fair to good ; stone rather large, oval, flattened, 

 clinging somewhat tenaciously. 



PACIFIC. Fig. 203. P. domestica. Pacific 

 Prune. Willamette. The purple plums of Pa- 

 cific are beautiful in color and shape, very 

 large, and few plums of this color excel them 

 in quality. The trees are unusually robust, 

 hardy, and productive. In Oregon, Pacific has 

 not proved a good prune-making plum, but the 

 fruits stand eastern shipment well. The va- 



riety has not been well tested in the East, but 

 is well worth general trial for. home and market 

 plantations. This plum is badly confused with 

 the Willamette, the two sorts having originated 

 in Oregon about 1875. 



203. Pacific. (XD 



Tree large, upright-spreading, open-topped, hardy, 

 productive. Leaves obovate, 2 inches wide, 4 inches 

 long, thick and leathery ; apex obtuse ; base acute ; 

 margin crenate, with small, dark glands ; petiole % 

 inch long, thick, pubescent, tinged red, with 2-4 large, 

 globose, yellowish-green glands. Flowers 1-fV inches 

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

 inches in size, ovate, halves equal ; cavity shallow, nar- 

 row, flaring ; suture shallow, indistinct ; apex bluntly 

 pointed ; color bluish, overspread with thick bloom ; 

 dots small, brown, conspicuous ; stem thick, % inch 

 long, pubescent, adhering well to the fruit ; skin thin, 

 tough, separating readily ; flesh pale golden-yellow, 

 juicy, firm, sweet, spicy ; good ; stone free, flattened, 

 irregularly broad-oval, obliquely contracted at the base, 

 blunt at the apex, with rough and pitted surfaces. 



PEACH. P. domestica. The fruits of 

 Peach, although not high in quality, are justly 

 esteemed, where the variety can be grown, for 

 earliness, large size, and handsome appearance. 

 Unfortunately, this variety is capricious be- 

 yond most other plums as to climate and soils, 

 and refuses to thrive unless its needs are well 

 supplied in the matter of environment. In 

 America, it seems to find congenial soil and 

 climate only on the Pacific coast, and even 

 there refuses to bear well except on strong, rich 

 soils and in sunny exposures. The origin of 

 Peach is unknown, but it has been grown in 

 Europe for more than a century. 



Tree large, very vigorous, spreading, round or flat- 

 topped, hardy, medium in productiveness. Leaves large, 

 oval ; apex obtuse ; margin doubly crenate, with small 

 glands ; petiole % inch long, thick, pubescent, with a 

 trace of red, usually with two small, globose, greenish 

 glands. Fruit early ; thick-set, without a neck, 1 % 

 inches in diameter, round, angular, halves equal ; cavity 

 deep, wide, compressed ; suture shallow, distinct ; apex 

 flattened or depressed ; color dark purplish-red, over- 

 spread with thin bloom ; dots numerous, large, con- 

 spicuous ; stem iJ" inch long, glabrous, adhering well 

 to the fruit ; skin tough, adhering ; flesh golden-yellow, 

 juicy, firm, subacid, mild ; good ; stone free, round-oval, 

 flattened, with rough and pitted surfaces, blunt at the 

 base and apex. 



