270 Popular Plums and Prunes. 
VARIETIES OF PLUMS AND PRUNES. 
As with other fruits, comparatively few varieties of the 
plum are largely grown in California, and the list is continually 
being reduced. The following tabulation is the result of a very 
wide inquiry made during the year 1899. 
PLuMS AND PRUNES APPROVED BY CALIFORNIA GROWERS. 
Interior | Mountain 
valley valleys Southern 
and and California, 
foot-hills. | plateaux. 
Upper Central 
VARIETIES. Coast Coast 
valleys. valleys. 
Abundance ex. savenccsesc 
Agen, Prune d’.. 
Bradshaw ......... 
Clyman .... 
Columbia.. 
Damson.... 
Duane Purple.... 
German Prune... 
Giant 
Golden Drop, Coe’s 
Golden Prune ............6. 
Green Gage ....... bs 
Imperial Epineuse.. 
Italian Prune ......... 
PéaChes.. ser aeerueeays 
Pond (Hungarian).. 
Red June ...........eee 
Robe de Sergeant. 
Royale Hative..... 
Tragedy...... 
Washington . 
Wickson...... 
Yellow Egg .... 
Simon (Prunus Simoni).—Medium to large, roundish, flattened, with 
cavities at base and apex; brick red, small yellow spots; stalk stout and 
short; flesh yellow, adhering to flattened pit; largely grown for shipment in 
early interior regions where it has good quality; lacks flavor near the coast. 
Clyman (California seedling introduced by Leonard Coates).—Large, 
roundish oblong, flattened; suture indistinct; mottled reddish purple, beau- 
tiful blue bloom; freestone; flesh firm dry and sweet; prolific; the leading 
early plum for shipment. 
Red June (Japanese).—Medium to large, deep red, flesh light yellow, 
firm, good quality. The best of the early Japanese plums. 
Tragedy (California seedling).—Medium to large, suture shallow, wide 
and extending beyond apex; dark purple; flesh yellowish green, sweet and 
