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WASHINGTON. 



Not productive enough, nor good enough a shipper to be popular in the commer- 

 cial plum orchard; but, on account of its large size, beauty and excellence of quality, 

 a universal favorite for the dessert table. 



ORIGIN: New York City, as a sucker from a grafted tree, which was purchased from 

 a market woman by a Mr. Balmer. He first fruited it in 1818, and the plum was at 

 first called Balmer, after him. 



TREE: a strong, vigorous grower; fairly productive; foliage remarkably large, broad 

 and glossy. 



FRUIT: size large; form -round oval; suture traceable, very distinct near the stem; 

 color dull yellow, changing to deep yellow, marked with crimson dots and covered with 

 pale bluish, grey bloom; stem three-quarters of an inch long, set in a wide, shallow 

 cavity. 



WASHINGTON. 



FLESH: yellow; texture firm; flavor rich, sweet and luscious. 

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

 VALUE: homo market, first class. 

 SEASON: late August. 



WHITAKER. 



The best of its class fruited at the St. Lawrence station. 



ORIGIN: a seedling of Wild Goose; raised by J. T. Whitaker, Texas; closely resem- 

 bling its parent. 



TREE: vigorous; rapid grower; spreading habit; healthy; foliage bright green, free 

 from shot-hole fungus; late bloomer; class Chickasaw. 



FRUIT: oval; size medium; cavity shallow; suture traceable; color bright red, with 

 many white dots and thin bluish bloom; skin thin. 



FLESH: color yellow; texture moderately firm, juicy; flavor sweet and good. 



QUALITY : good. 



VALUE: market, second class. 



SEASON : September. 



WICKSON. 



Among the largest and finest of the Japan plums, but not productive enough to be 

 profitable as a market variety. Introduced with a great flourish and largely planted, 

 but in most cases it has proven a disappointment. 



ORIGIN: grown from seed of Kelsey, by Luther Burbank, of Santa Rosa, Cal.; from 

 its habit the tree appears to have some relation to Prunus Simoni. 



TREE: habit very upright, bearing fruit mostly on fruit spurs; hardy; blooms early 

 and abundantly, but sets very little fruit; should be planted with such productive sorts 

 as Burbank for cross pollination; class Japanese. 



