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CHABOT (Yellow Japan, Bailey). 



This is the best Japan plum of its season, which is about two weeks later than 

 Burbank. 



ORIGIN: imported from Japan by Mr. Chabot, of Berkeley, Cal., and introduced to 

 the trade by Mr. Luther Burbank in the year 1896. 



TREE: very vigorous, head fine, large, symmetrical; productive; an early bearer. 



FRUIT: medium to large for a Japan plum; form oblong conical, almost heart 

 shaped; color red, with pinkish bloom and numerous minute yellowish specks; stem 

 three-quarters of an inch long, stout; apex a point in a narrow, deep depression; suture 

 traceable. 



CHABOT. 



FLESH: color yellowish; texture moderately firm and juicy; flavor sweet, perfumed, 

 very pleasant; clings to stone. 



QUALITY: dessert, good; cooking and drying, very good. 

 SEASON: early to mid September. 



COE (Coe's Golden Drop). 



A popular canning plum for the home garden; scarcely productive enough to be 

 recommended for the commercial orchard. 



ORIGIN: England. 



TREE: vigorous; fairly productive; class Domestica. 



FRUIT: large; form oval; suture distinct; neck short; sides unequal; color golden 

 yellow with dots of red next the sun; bloom yellow; stalk three-quarters of an inch long 

 stout, in a shallow cavity. 



FLESH: cling; color yellowish; texture firm, not fine grained; flavor sweet and 

 pleasant. 



