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JAPANESE PLUMS. 

 (Prunus triflora.} 



The names so com- 

 monly applied to 

 Japanese plums as 

 Botan, Satsuma, Hat- 

 taiikio, etc., really refer 

 to districts or to classes, 

 thus : Satsurna origi- 

 nates from the island of 

 that name; Hattankio 

 is called after " hatan," 

 an almond, which this 

 large oval-pointed plum 

 resembles. Many 

 hybrids have been raised 

 and named in Cali- 

 fornia ; none of these 

 plums make a large tree 

 on their own stocks ; 

 they grow larger on 

 peach. The best of these, 

 in the order they ripen, 

 are : 



RED JUNE (syn. 

 Shiro-Smomo) E., Fig. 

 1. Ripens first. Tree of 

 spreading habit, foliage 

 dull, fruit deep crimson 

 all over while still firm ; 

 shaped much like a 

 small Kelsey, that is, 

 with very marked and 

 lengthened apex. A 

 sure cropper. 



BOTAN OR ABUND- 

 ANCE, E. -Glossy foli- 

 age and inclined to grow 

 upright. Fruit roundish 

 with very little point 

 and gets dull red on one 

 side. Ripens a week 

 after Red June is gone, 

 and gets soft very soon 

 after ripe. A strong 

 grower. 



BURBANK, E., Fig. 

 2. Tree, imported from 

 Japan, vigorous, with 



