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PLUMS. 



Kingston. Large, long, irregular oval, pointed apex; stem stout, 

 three-fourths inch, sutured ; nearly black, dense bloom ; flesh pale 

 yellow, firm flesh, semi-cling. A fine canner. Midseason. 



FIG. 747. Lombard. 



FlG. 748. Marianna. 



Kirke, Size medium, round, suture small; skin dark purple, 

 bloom thin, blue ; stalk three-fourths of an inch long, cavity slight ; 

 flesh greenish-yellow, firm, rich, free from the flat, broad stone. 

 Season medium. Shoots smooth. Resembles the Purple Gage 

 externally. Often spurious. English. 



Lincoln. Large, oval, flattened at apex ; red purple, slight bloom ; 

 flesh amber, juicy, sweet, free. Very prolific. 



Lombard.* (Bleecker's Scarlet.) Size medium, sometimes rather 

 large, round-oval, slightly flattened at ends, suture obscure; skin 

 violet-red ; stalk very slender, half to three-fourths of an inch 

 long, cavity broad ; flesh deep yellow, pleasant, not rich, but of 

 fine quality. Season medium. Hardy, very prolific, well adapted 

 to light soils. Shoots quite smooth or glossy, bright purple. 

 Origin, Albany, N. Y. 



This is a strongly fixed variety, and has in many instances pro- 

 duced seedlings very closely resembling itself. Largely grown 

 for market, but rots badly. Valuable as a stock for poor growing 

 varieties. Fig. 747. 



Manning. (Large Long Blue, Manning's Long Blue Prune.) 

 Large, long, oval, slightly one-sided, suture obscure ; stalk very 

 long, slender, scarcely sunk ; skin dark purple, bloom thick, blue ; 

 flesh firm, rather juicy, nearly free from the long, pointed stone. 

 Rather late, ripens gradually. Shoots smooth. Tree very pro- 

 ductive. 



Marianna. Medium, round-oblong ; red, yellow specks, fine bloom ; 

 flesh soft, juicy, sweet, semi-cling. Not especially valuable for 



