Moore's Arctic. Hardy. Dark, Septem. 
ber and October. Fruit medium size or bulow. 
.Skin purplish black, with a thin, blue bloom. 
Flesh greenish yellow, juii-y, sweet and of 
pleasant flavor. >Tree healthy, vigorous, an 
abundant and a young; bearer. Origin, Maine. 
Mr. Charles Downing speaks of it as follows: 
A uew, liardy Plum, whieh originated m\ the 
highlands of Aroostook county. Me., wliere, 
unprotected and exposed to Arciic cold, it has 
formally years borne enormous crops, and is 
said to be the hardiest Plum known. 
Moore's Arctic. 
Niagara. Purple. September. Fruit is 
of extra large size and first rate flavor. Color 
dark purple. Good bearer; not liable to rot. 
Freestone. E. Moody & Hon, of Loekport, N. 
Y., say it is one of the most profitable va.ie- 
ties to grow, and ranks very high. 
Prince Englebert. Dark purple. End of 
August. Fruit very large and long, ('i>lor 
deep bluish ]iurple with a dense bloom. Flesh 
juicy, melting. Quality rich and e.xcellent. 
Freestone. Tree very vigorous. Desirable and 
decided! ij proji I abtc as a markel Plum. 
Prince's Yellow Gage. Yellow. Early 
August. Fruit medium size, oval, slightly 
broadest at the base. Surface gok'en yellow, 
slightly clouded, bloom white, 
copious. Flesh deep yellow, rich, 
sugary, melting, sometimes rath- 
er dry. Origin, Flushing, L. I. 
Pearl Prune. Color light. 
Procured from Luther Kurbank, 
who describes it in the follow- 
ing language : 
A seedling of the well-known 
French Prune, whicli it surpas- 
ses considerably in size of fruit, 
which is haiKlsoiiic, ftattened, 
ovoid in fc»rni ; white, semi- 
transparent, with a heavy while 
bloom. In honeyed sweetness, 
combined with a peculiarly at- 
tractive frat'ranee and tlavi r,it 
surely excels all other Prunes 
or Plums. The fruit, when cur- 
ed, produces one of the mort 
exquisitely delicious Prunes in existence, hut 
requires care in liaiKlliiit^, uiul will not cure 
writ in Ihnopen air. S|)e(.-ially reconiniended 
for market and home use. 
Purple Egg. See Hudson River Purple 
Prunes. See Fellemburg Prune, German 
Prune, Giant Prune, Italian Prune, Pearl 
Prune, and Teiinant Prune. 
Quackenboss. Dark purple. Late Sep- 
tember. A popular Hudson river variety. 
Fruit large, oblong, oval. Color deep purple. 
Flesh greenish yellow, .iuicy and sweet, slight- 
ly coarse in texture, with a sprightly flavor. 
Partly freestone. Origin, Albany, N, Y. 
Reine Claude de Bavay. L'ght. Sep- 
tember. Fruit large, round oval shape. Color 
greenish yellow, spotted with red, with small 
violet colored veins. Flesh .juicy, melting and 
sugary, with a rich, excellent flavor. Tree 
vigorous and reinarkobli/ productu'C of fine 
J'niit. 
Red June. Japanese. Deep red. Season 
very early. Fruit medium to large size, long 
conical. Color deep vermilion red, with hand- 
some bloom; very showy. Flesh light lemon 
yellow, slightly subacid, of good and pleasant 
quality. Small ])it and half cling. Tree vig- 
orous, hardy, upright, spreading and hand- 
some. 
Satsuina. Japanese. Red. Midseason, 
Fruit medium to large, broadly conical, with a 
blunt point; suture very deep. Color very 
dark red, with greenish dots and blue bloom. 
Flesh blood red, rather coarse and acid, fair to 
good in quality ; clings to the pit. Midseason. 
Tree very productive. 
Shiro. Japanese family. Clear light yel- 
low. August and September. Luther Bur- 
bank, its originator, describes the fruit as 
' Medium to large size. Color clear light yel- 
low with an almost impercejjtible thin white 
bloom and so transparent that t lie pit can be 
seen through the flesh, which is ,-)uicv, rich, 
pleasant subacid, cliugstfuie. The fruit will 
keep in good condition at leasta iiKinth." 
Shiro is described as being a strong growing 
tree and very productive. 'Origin California. 
f 
Red June. 
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