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cavity very shallow and narrow, abrupt; suture shallow to medium; apex bluntly 

 pointed; color purpUsh-black, overspread with very thick bloom; dots numerous, small, 

 light brown, somewhat conspicuous; stem inserted at one side of the base, one inch 

 in length, pubescent, adhering well to the fruit; skin thin, somewhat tough, separating 

 readily; flesh greenish-yellow changing to yellow, juicy, firm, subacid, slightly aromatic; 

 very good to best; stone free, smaller than the cavity, one inch by five-.eighths inch 

 in size, irregular-oval, flattened, roughened and pitted, necked at the base, abruptly 

 tipped at the apex; ventral suture prominent, heavily ridged, sometimes strongly 

 winged; dorsal suture widely and deeply grooved. 



JAPEX 



Triflora X 



1. N. Y. Exp. Sta. Rpt. 12:611. 1893. 

 Japanese Seedling X. 1. 



This- plum, parentage ttnknown, was received from Burbank by the 

 New York Experiment Station in 1893 for testing, under the name Jap- 

 anese Seedling X. While in no way wonderfully remarkable, its earliness, 

 attractive color, good quality and pro4uctiveness have been such that it 

 has been retained, the cumbersome name having been changed to Japex. 

 The majority of the characters of the variety are plainly those of Triflora, 

 yet the fruits in appearance would lead one to call it a Domestica. 



Tree very large, vigorous, vasiform, very productive; branches slender, sparingly 

 thorny; leaf-scars thick; leaf -buds unusually short; leaves obovate or ovate, two and 

 one-quarter inches wide, four inches long; margin finely serrate varying to crenate, 

 with few dark glands; blooming season short; flowers appearing before the leaves; 

 borne in clusters on lateral buds and spurs, singly or in pairs. 



Fruit very early, season short; one and one-eighth inches in diameter, roundish, 

 dark purplish-red or purplish-black, covered with medium thick bloom; flesh light 

 yellow, very juicy, somewhat melting, sweet next to the skin, but tart near the pit, 

 aromatic; good; stone clinging, three-quarters inch by one-half inch in size, oval. 



JEFFERSON 



Prunus domestica 



1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 279, 280 fig. 108. 1845. 2. Horticulturist i:ii, 93. 1846. 3. 

 Floy-Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 420. 1846. 4. Thomas Am. Fruit CuU. 325, 326, fig.* 251. 1849. 

 5. Mag. Hon. 16:453 fig. 25. 1850. 6. Hovey Fr. Am. 2:1, PI. 1851. 7. Am. Pom. Sac. Cat. 

 54. 1852. 8. Elliott Fr. Book 411. 1854. 9. Thompson Gard. Ass't 518, PI. i. 1859. 10. Mas 

 Le Verger 6:17, PI. 9. 1866-73. ^i- P<»"- France 7:No. 28. 1871. 12. Hogg Fruit Man. 707. 

 1884. 13. Gaucher Pom. Prak. Obst. No. 95, Col. pi. 1894. 14. Cornell Sta. Bui. 131:188. 1897. 



Bingham incor. 2, 8. Prune Jefferson 11. 



