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Tree inferior in size, spreading, open-topped, productive; branches and branchlets 

 slender, the branchlets marked by very conspicuous, large, raised lenticels; leaf -buds 

 plump; leaves folded upward, one and one-eighth inches wide, three inches long; 

 margin serrate; petiole tinged red, glandless or with from one to three globose glands 

 usually on the base of the leaf; blooming season late, of medium length ; flowers appear- 

 ing after the leaves, seven-eighths inch across, creamy- white as the buds unfold; borne 

 on lateral spurs, in threes and fours. 



Fruit early, season short; seven-eighths inch by three-quarters inch in size, ovate 

 or roundish-oval, light red changing to dark red at maturity, the skin speckled with 

 small red dots before fully ripe; skin tough, astringent; flesh light greenish-yellow, 

 very juicy, melting, sub acid except near the skin; poor; stone clinging, five-eighths 

 inch by three-eighths inch in size, large, elongated-oval, with smooth surfaces. 



COPPER 



Prunus domestica 



i. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 134. 1817. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 2:93. 1832. 3. Elliott Fr. Book 425. 

 1854. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 906. 1869. 5. Ant. Pont. Soc. Cat. 36. 1875. 6. Cornell Sta. 

 Bui. 131:183. 1897. 7. Waugh Plum Cult. 98. 1901. 



Coffer 2. French Copper 3, 4. French Copper i, 2, 6. 



It is supposed that Copper came from France but very little is actually 

 known regarding its history. The round early variety described by Coxe 

 and Prince is distinct from the Copper now grown in this country. It is 

 probable that the Copper of Downing and of the American Pomological 

 Society are either distinct, or are early strains of the fruit described 

 here, since both are mid-season plums while the variety of the following 

 description is distinctly late. This old sort has been recommended of 

 late by nurserymen and some plum-growers and it may be worth putting 

 on the markets again as the trees are extremely productive, the fruit 

 ships well, and its extreme lateness might extend the plum season. The 

 fruit is not fit for dessert but makes an attractive, dark red, well-flav- 

 ored sauce. 



Tree variable in size and vigor, round and dense-topped, productive; branches 

 numerous, with large lenticels; branchlets twiggy, marked with scarf-skin, glabrous 

 throughout the season; leaves folded upward, obovate or oval, one and one-half inches 

 wide, three and one-half inches long; upper surface rugose; margin serrate or crenate, 

 eglandular or with small dark glands; petiole pubescent, tinged red, glandless or with 

 one or two globose glands; blooming time mid-season, short; flowers appearing after 

 the leaves, seven-eighths inch across; borne singly or in pairs. 



Fruit very late, season of medium length; one and one-half inches by one and 

 three-eighths inches in size, roundish-oval, slightly necked; cavity almost lacking; 



