THE PLUM 101 



Green — Green Gage, McLaughlin, Gen. Hand and 

 Washington. 



Purple — Bradshaw, Lincoln, Quackenboss, Smith's 

 Orleans, Fellcnberg (Figure 51), Kingston. 



Bed — Pond's Seedling, Victoria. 



Japanese Varieties — The varieties of this group 

 vary in color from yellow to very deep shades of crim- 

 son. The fruit is of much better quality if allowed 

 to become soft on the tree, or if kept a considerable 



Fig. S3— Hawkeye Plum 



time after being picked before it is sold. As with the 

 last group the color of fruit depends much upon the 

 length of the season and the crop on the trees. The 

 following are some of the best : Abundance, Eed June, 

 Chabot, Burbank, Satsuma (for canning) (Figure 52), 

 Wickson, October Purple. Many new varieties of great 

 promise have been recently introduced, but their value 

 for any given locality can only be determined by further 

 trial in each locality. 



