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(&) Flesh adhering to the stone Belle 



de Septembre, Goliath, Blue Per- 



drigon. 

 (). Skin pale. 



(a) Flesh separating from the stone 



Washington, Prince Imperial. 

 (/>) Flesh adhering to the stone Den- 



niston Superb, White Damson. 



Most of the Japanese plums may be readily 

 classified according to the following arbitrary 

 plan, here published for the first time: 



I. Skin Red. 



1. Self-colored; solid, dull red. 



(A). Flesh yellow. 



(a) Form round or oblate Maru. 



(fr) Form oblong or compressed Red 



June, Willard. 

 (} Flesh red Satsuma. 

 Striped, dotted, or splashed with red. 



(A] More or less conic and pointed Abun- 

 dance, Burbank, Berckmans, Chabot. 

 (J3) Round or oblate Hale, October Purple. 

 II. Skin yellow. 



i Form round or oblate Ogon. 



2. Form oval or compressed Kelsey, Kerr. 



3. Form conic, somewhat pointed Georgeson. 



The Americana plums number more vari- 

 eties than the Japanese plums, and almost as 

 many as the Domesticas. It would be a great 

 help to have an analytical key for them that 



