1914 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



189 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



ABUNDANCE. 



One of the best of the Japan plums for the home garden. It is early in season, 

 being ripe about the middle of August, but matures unevenly. To get its best flavor it 

 should be picked while still firm, and ripened indoors like a Bartlett pear; it will color 

 beautifully, become very juicy, and the flavor will be sweet and rich. 



ORIGIN: one of Luther Burbank's importations from Japan in 1884. 



TREE: vigorous; productive, a six-year-old tree, at the Lake Huron fruit station, 

 bearing six 12-quart baskets of fruit in 1901; habit upright. 



ABUNDANCE. 



FEUIT: size medium to large; form roundish, narrowing toward the apex; color 

 bright red on a yellowish ground with numerous red dots; stalk strong three-quarters 

 of an inch long, inserted in a narrow, deep cavity; suture shallow, distinct; apex 

 pointed; pit oval; a partial cling. 



FLESH: color yellow; texture tender, very juicy; flavor sweet and delicious. 



VALUE: one of the best of the early plums. 



SEASON : mid-August. 



AITKEN. 



"Fruit large, oval; cavity narrow, medium depth; suture obscure; apex pointed; 

 color uniformly deep red all over; dots none; bloom none; skin thin; flesh deep yellow, 

 juicy, moderately sweet, not rich or high flavored; stone large, flat, oval, semi-cling, 



AlTKIN. 



no astringency; quality medium to above; season last week of August. Tree only fairly 

 productive. Nigra group. The earliness of this plum is the principal point for recom- 

 mendation." (Macown.) 



