168 REPORT ON THE No. 24 



DisTHiCT LiSTSj Recommended by the Experimenters, 



Lake Rurun District: By A. E. Sherringtoiij Walkerton, Ont. 



Commercial and Domestic: Red June, Ogon, Burbank, Bradshaw, Imperial Gage, 

 Gueii, Shipper Pride, Victoria, Quackenboss, Yellow Egg, Monarch, Grand Duke, 

 Satsuma. 



Georgian Bay District: By Jbhn Mitchell, Clarksburg. 



Commercial and Domestic: Red June, Burbank, Washington, Bradshaw, Imperial 

 Gage, Quackenboss, Arch Duke, Diamond, Monarch, Yellow Egg, Coe, Satsuma, Reine 

 Claude. 



BwVington District: By A. W. Peart, Burlington, Ont. 



Commercial: 



European: Bradshaw, Imperial Gage, Lombard, Yellow Egg, Glass, Reine Claude, 

 Japanese : Red June, Abundance, Burbank, Chabot, Satsuma. 



Domestic: Abundance, Saunders, Bradshaw, Imperial Gage, Smith Orleans, Lombard, 

 Yellow Egg, Satsuma, Reine Claude. 



Niagara District: By Linus Woolverton, Grimsby, Ont. 



Commercial: Red June, Burbank, Bradshaw, Chabot, Gueii, Coe, Quackenboss, 

 Satsuma, Reine Claude. 



Domestic: Abundance, Washington, Y'ellow Egg, Shropshire, Quackenboss, Sat- 

 suma, Reine Claude. 



St. Lawrence District: By Harold Jones, Maitland, Ont. 



Domestic: 



Note. — The European and Japanese varieties are only recommended for the home 

 •garden in the St. Lawrence District, as they have not proved entirely hardy nor very 

 productive. 



American: Milton, AVhitaker, Hammer. 



European: Gueii, Lombard, Shipper Pride, Glass. 



Japanese: Red June, Burbank. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



AITKEN. 



'"Fruit large, oval; cavity narrow, medium depth: suture obscure; apex pointed: 

 color uniformly deep red all over; dots none; bloom none; skin thin; flesh deep yellow, 

 juicy, moderately sweet, not rich or high flavored; stone large, flat, oval, semi-cling. 



AlTKEN. 



no astringency ; quality medium to above; season last week of August. Tree only 

 fairly productive. Nigra group. The earliness of this plum is the principal point 

 for recommendation." (Macoun). 



