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6. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 381. 1857. 7. Cultivator 8:52 fig. 1860. 8. Hogg Fruit Man. 366. 1866. 

 g. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 924. 1869. 10. Pom. France f:No. 22, fig. 1871. n. Mas Le Verger 

 6:69, fig. 35. 1866-73. I2 - Oberdieck Deitt. Obst. Sort. 442. 1881. 13. Lauche Deut. Pom. No. 2, 

 PI. 4, 22. 1882. 14. Barry Fr. Garden 412. 1883. 15. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 360. 1887. 16. 

 Mathieu Nom. Pom. 436. 1889. 17. Wickson Cal. Fruits 358. 1891. 18. Guide Prat. 155, 362. 

 1895. *9- Oregon Sta. Bui. 43:23 fig. 1897. 20. Cornell Sta. Bui. 131:187, fig. 44. 1897. 21. 

 Was/t. Sta. Bui. 38:7, 8. 1899. 22. W. N. Y. Hart. Soc. Rpt. 44:92. 1899. 23. Waugh Plum Cult. 

 in fig. 1901. 24. U. S. D. A. Div. Pom. Bui. 10:6. 1901. 25. Mass. Sta. An. Rpt. 17:158. 1905. 

 AUesse Double 8, 9, 10, 15, 18. August Zwetsche 16. Auguste Zwetsche 10, 18. Blaue Riesen- 

 zwetsche 16, 18. Bleue d'ltalie 15. Couetsche d'ltalie 18. Couetsche Fellenberg 10, 18. D'ltalie 18. 

 Double Blackpruim 16, 18. Fausse AUesse 16, 18. Fellemberg 14. Fellemberg 8, 16, 18. 

 Fellenberg 5, 9, n, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23. Fellenburg 22. Fellenberg 5, 6, 7, 9, 17. Fellenburg 25. 

 Fellemberg 10, 18. Fellenberg Quetsche 16, 18. Fellenberger Zwetsche 12, 13, 16, 18. Grosse Friih 

 Zwetsche ? 1 6. German Prune 19, 22. Italienische Blaue Zwetsche u, 16. Italianische blaue zwetsche 18. 

 Italian Guetsche 10, 18. Italian Prune 6, 7, 10, u, 16, 17, 18, 25. Italian Quetsche 8, 9, 15, 16. 

 Italianische Zwetsche 18. Italienische Pflaumen Zwetsche 16. Italienische Zwetsche n, 13. 

 Italianische Zwetsche 10. Italianische blanc Zwetsche 10. Italienische Zwetsche 12, 13, 16. Large 

 German Prune 17. Prune d'ltalie 8, 9, 10, 16. Pftaume mit dem Pfirschenblatt 18. Pftaume Mil 

 dem Pfirsichblatt 16. Prwntf Suisse 6. Quetsche 18. Quetsche Bleue d'ltalie 10, n, 16, 18. Quetsche 

 d'ltalie i, 10, n, 15, 18. Quetsche d'ltalie 3, 8, 9, n, 16. Schweizer Zwetsche 12, 13, 16. Schwei- 

 zerzwetsche 18. SIMM Prune 17, 19, 22. Semiana 8, 10, 16, 18. Turkish Prune 22. Zwetsche 

 von Ddtlikon 16, 18. 



The Italian Prune is one of the most widely grown of all plums. Its 

 home is Italy and it is grown in all of the plum regions of continental 

 Europe ; is well known in England ; is third or fourth in popularity in the 

 Atlantic States of America ; is by long odds the leading plum in the Pacific 

 Northwest where it is chiefly used in prune-making and is grown some- 

 what for prunes and for shipping green in California. There are several 

 reasons why this plum is so popular. To begin with, it is finely flavored 

 whether eaten out of hand, stewed or otherwise prepared for the table 

 or cured as a prune. The fruit is a little too tart to be ranked as a first- 

 rate dessert plum and yet it is one of the best of the prunes for this pur- 

 pose, though it must be fully ripe to be fit for dessert; in cooking it changes 

 to a dark, wine color, very attractive in appearance, with a most pleasant, 

 sprightly flavor; as a cured prune the flesh is firm and meaty, yet elastic, 

 of good color and a perfect freestone, making when cooked the same attrac- 

 tive looking, fine -flavored, sprightly sauce to be had from the green fruits ; 

 the prunes from this variety, too, are noted for long-keeping. In the un- 

 cured state the variety keeps and ships well. The trees are usually large, 

 hardy, productive, well formed and bear regularly; yet they are not ideal 

 and the variety fails chiefly in tree-characters. The trees are often capri- 

 cious to soil and climate, do not always bear well, seem to be susceptible 

 to diseases, are preyed upon by insects and suffer in particular from dry 



