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flesh yellow, very firm, usually clinging to the stone. 

 Well-known plums, such as Kingston, Quackenboss, 

 Gueii, Arctic, etc. 



6. BRADSHAW TYPE. Fruit large, obovoid, pinkish 

 o purplish, with thin skin and moderately soft, yellow, 

 juicy flesh; quality excellent in all cases. Here be- 

 long Bradshaw, Pond, Sharp (Victoria), Field, Duane 

 Purple, and a few others. 



7. LOMBARD TYPE. Closely resembling the fore- 

 going, but differing in certain respects, more or less, 

 as follows: Fruit usually smaller, more nearly oval, 

 bluish, purplish, or pinkish-purple, more opaque in 

 appearance than in the Bradshaw group; quality in- 

 ferior to Bradshaw. In this group I would place 

 Lombard, Communia Merunka, etc. 



II. DAMSONS (Prunus domestica damascend). Differ 

 from Prunus domestica in being dwarfer, wood shorter 

 jointed, leaves smaller, more sharply serrate; fruit 

 small, oval, usually blue, very sour. Cluster Damson, 

 French Damson, and several other named varieties 

 are propagated in America. 



Ill MYROB ALANS (Prunus cerasifcrd). Differs from 

 Prunus "domestica in having a more slender habit, 

 smoother, shinier leaves, smaller flowers, softer, juicier 

 fruit. The variety (possibly there are several differ- 

 ent varieties) known as Cherry, or Early Cherry, is 

 the best type of this group. De Caradeuc and Mari- 

 anna are best known, but do not show pure Myro- 

 balan characters. 



IV. JAPANESE PLUMS (Prunus triflora}. Flowers 

 usually densely fasicated; leaves smooth, glabrous, 

 mostly flat, obovate or oblongovate, prominently 



