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time on the tree. Tree of moderate size, and of a spreading habit 

 of growth. Fruit pale yellow, mottled with red on shaded side r 

 clear bright red mottled with deeper red on the side next to the sun. 

 Flesh amber colour, firm, rich, sweet, fine flavour, small stone. 



MORELLOS. 



MORELLO, L. Fruit large, dark red, almost black if left to 

 hang for a long time. Flesh deep purplish red, tender, juicy, and 

 briskly acid. Tree of spreading habit, and great bearer. One of 

 the best for culinary purposes, or making " cherry brandy." 



SELECT PLUMS AND PRUNES (Primus, sp.). 



E., M., L., denote early, medium, late respectively ; K. cooking ; 

 D. dessert fruit. 



The distinction as plums and prunes of species of the same 

 genus of plants is somewhat recent. They used to be called plums 

 by English-speaking people, just as in France they are all known as 

 prunes. In France, however, the fruit when dried and cured are 

 known as pruneau, and it is thus that in America and other 

 countries the word prune is specifically given to those plums which 

 will cure into a firm, meaty, dried fruit, from which the seed is not 

 removed. 



In the descriptions of suitable varieties given below, prominence 

 has been given to those which are dried into prunes, as they also 

 happen to constitute excellent dessert fruit, and being meaty, sweet, 

 and firm, they pack and carry well. 



Such varieties as the Robe de Sergent, Fellenberg or Italian 

 Prune, and Silver Prune, a seedling of Coe's Golden Drop, have been 

 left out, as they are shy and disappointing bearers, although they 

 are of excellent quality. In California they are now being as 

 rapidly replaced by more profitable sorts as they were extensively 

 planted a few years ago. 



Plums have been classified into different families such as : 



1st. Primus domestica, native of Asia, and the parent of 

 European varieties such as damson, greengages, and 

 varieties commercially known as prunes. 



2nd. Prunus cerasifera, of which the niyrobolan or cherry 

 plum is the type. These are natives of South- 

 Eastern Europe and South- Western Asia, and are 

 used mostly for stocks ; they are the parents of 

 Mariana and other varieties, which are either offshoots 

 of this species or hybrids. 



3rd. Prunus triflora, or the Japanese type. 



4th. Prunus simoni, or the apricot plum, a native of China. 



