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VARIETIES OF PLUMS AND PRUNES 



As with other fruits, comparatively few varieties of the plum 

 are largely grown in California, and the list is continually being 

 reduced. The following tabulation is the result of a very wide 

 inquiry made during the year 1907: 



Simon (Pi-units Siinoni}. Medium to large, roundish, flattened, with cavi- 

 ties at base and apex ; brick red, small yellow spots ; stalk stout and short ; 

 flesh yellow, adhering to flattened pit ; largely grown for shipment in early 

 interior regions where it has good quality ; lacks flavor and cracks badly near 

 the coast. f 



Climax (Burbank). Large; very early; heart-shaped; deep red; flesh yel- 

 low. Popular for shipping in places where it does not crack badly. 



Clyman (California seedling introduced by Leonard Coates). Large, round- 

 ish oblong, flattened suture indistinct; mottled reddish purple, beautiful blue 

 bloom ; freestone ; flesh firm, dry and sweet ; prolific ; the leading early plum 

 for shipment. 



Red June (Japanese). Medium to large, deep red flesh light yellow, firm, 

 good quality. The best of the early Japanese plums. 



Tragedy (California seedling). Medium to large, suture shallow, wide and 

 extending beyond apex ; dark purple ; flesh yellowish green, sweet and well 

 flavored ; freestone. Very valuable for shipping from early regions in all parts 

 of the State. 



Abundance (Japanese) ; syns. Yellow-fleshed Bo tan, Mikado of Hinclay. 

 Large, globular with point at apex ; cherry color covered with white bloom ; 

 flesh yellow, juicy and rich. Popular for shipment from early regions. 



California Red (California seedling). Introduced by J. T. Bogue, of Marys- 

 ville. Large, light red, firm flesh and small pit. A good shipping plum. 



Peach (French, prune pechc). Very large roundish oblate, regular, flat- 

 tened at ends ; suture distinct, shallow ; color varying from salmon to light 

 brownish red; stalk very short, cavity narrow, shallow, flesh rather coarse, 

 juicy, sprightly, free from the nearly round, very flat, much furrowed stone; 

 shoots smooth. A prominent variety for early eastern shipment. 



Royalc Hativc (French). Medium roundish, slightly wider at base; light 

 purple, stalk half an inch long, stout, scarcely sunk; flesh amber yellow, with 

 rich, high flavor, nearly free from the small, flattened, ovate stone; shoot* 

 very downy. Grown as an early market plum and for eastern shipment. 



Bradshaw. Large, obovate, with obtuse suture on one side, sometimes with 

 very slight neck ; dark purple, with light blue bloom ; stalk three-'fourths inch 

 long; cavity narrow; flesh a little coarse, becoming light brownish purple, at 

 first adhering, but becoming nearly free when fully ripe; juicy, good, slightly 

 acid ; tree vigorous ; shoots purple, smooth. Reported from Sacramento county 

 as blooming late and seldom injured by frost. Not in high favor. 



Green Gage (French). Rather small, round; suture faint green, becoming 

 yellowish green, usually with reddish brown dots and network at base ; stalk 

 half to three- fourths inch, scarcely sunk; flesh pale green, melting, juicy, ex- 

 ceedingly rich, and flavor excellent ; shoots smooth. 



Burbank. Tree imported from Japan by Luther Burbank. Named "Bur- 

 bank" by Professor Van Deman. Tree usually vigorous, with strong, upright 

 shoots, and large, rather broad leaves ; comes into bearing very early. Almost 

 globular, being five and a half inches around horizontally, and five and 

 five-eighths inches around vertically; rich cherry red, slightly mottled with yel- 

 low and freely dotted with same tint; flesh deep yellow, juicy, very sweet, and of 

 fine, somewhat peculiar, but very agreeable flavor; pit is very small, three- 

 fourths by a trifle over half an inch in diameter. 



Duane's Purple (New York). Very large, oblong oval, longer on one side; 

 slightly narrowed towards the stalk; reddish purple, bloom lilac; stalk three- 

 fourths inch; slender; cavity narrow flesh juicy, moderately sweet, and mod- 



