1914 FBUITS OF ONTARIO. 213 



FRUIT: roundish; size medium; skin greenish, yellowing towards maturity, with a 

 thin whitish bloom and a few red dots; stem three-quarters of an inch long, set in a 

 small, abrupt cavity; suture traceable. 



FLESH: color pale green; texture melting and juicy; flavor rich, sweet and excel- 

 lent; pit mostly free. 



QUALITY: cooking or canning, best; dessert, very good. 



VALUE: home market, first class. 



SEASON: mid to late August. 



SATSUMA (Blood). 



One of the most satisfactory of the Japan plums; commercially valuable in the 

 Niagara district. Highly esteemed for canning, and for jelly. 



ORIGIN: imported by Luther Burbank from Japan to America in 1886; called "Blood" 

 from the blood-red color of the flesh. 



TREE: habit spreading; fairly vigorous; ordinarily very productive; self sterile, 

 and should be planted with other varieties. 



SATSUMA. 



FRUIT: oblate, slightly conical; size large; stem about three-quarters of an inch in 

 length, stout, set in a deep cavity; suture traceable; skin thick; color dark red, with 

 whitish bloom and many dots. 



FLESH: cling; color dark red; texture firm; flavor pleasant when well ripened; a 

 little acid. 



QUALITY: cooking, very good. 



VALUE: market first class. 



SEASON: late September. 



SHIPPERS' PRIDE (Pride). 



An excellent market plum; a good shipper and fine for canning; 



ORIGIN: New York State. 



TREE: very vigorous; very hardy; very productive. 



FRUIT: size large; form roundish oval; color dark purple. 



FLESH: firm, juicy; flavor sweet. 



QUALITY: dessert fair; cooking, good; excellent for canning 



VALUE: market, first class, being a fine shipper. 



SEASON: early to mid-September. 



