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type. It is of value only where the grower 

 insists upon planting European sorts and can 

 grow no other variety of that class. 



Monarch 



The Monarch is an English plum of compar- 

 atively recent introduction that promises to 

 gain some favor in this country. The fruit is 

 of good size, dark purple, nearly black, in color. 

 It is of good quality and seems to be productive 

 enough to justify being planted as a market 

 sort. It is not likely that it will meet success 

 outside of the well-known range of European 

 varieties. 



Ogon 



Another Japanese plum that has suffered 

 through having its name tampered with is the 

 Ogon. (I am using the nomenclature of the 

 American Pomological Society in spite of the 

 fact that I do not always agree with it.) Ogon 

 is the Japanese for "yellow," and several 

 plums are commonly grown in that country 

 under that name. This variety has also been 

 called the "Shiro" and is now being sold by 

 some nurseries under the name of Early Gold. 



The true Ogon is an excellent early Jap 

 variety that should be more widely planted. I 

 have seen Ogon trees that looked like a solid 

 mass of fruit — and the fruit was all perfect too. 

 In quality the plum is good for an early sort 



