PLUMS. 



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medium to large, oblong conic, with no tip ; skin deep yellow 

 overlaid with light red and many small golden dots ; flesh usually 

 firm, yellow, sweet, excellent, cling. Mid-season to late. One of 

 the best for any purpose. 



Earliest of All. (Yosebe, Wasse Smomo.) Fruit small, round 

 oblong ; skin pink-red ; flesh yellow-soft, sour, poor, cling. Very 

 early. Fruit drops when ripe. Its only merit is earliness. 



Engre.* Fruit flattened at both ends; skin dark red ; flesh soft, 

 yellow, cling, sour but not bitter, fair to good. Handsome, pro- 

 lific. Very early. Much superior to Earliest of All, and ripening 

 but a few days later. 



FIG. 782. Burbank Japanese Plum. 



Hale. Tree upright ; fruit medium to large, globular, not pointed ; 

 skin yellow, mottled and speckled with red, handsome ; flesh 

 yellow, soft, juicy, good, cling. Mid-season. Sometimes colors 

 poorly and drops prematurely. California. 



Kelsey. Tree an upright grower, with narrow leaves ; fruit very 

 large, heart-shape, tapering, lop-sided, with a deep suture ; skin 

 bright reddish-purple on yellow ground ; flesh yellow, cling, very 

 good. Late. Tender in the North. Valued in California. The 

 first Japanese plum distributed. 



Maru. Medium, globular, with an obtuse point ; skin maroon red ; 

 flesh yellow, soft, sweet; good, cling. Season of Abundance 

 and much inferior to that variety. 



Red June.* (Red Nagate, Nagate-no-Botankyo.) Tree very vig- 

 orous, spreading; fruit medium to large, oblong, heart-shape, 



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