Newark, New York State 
deep yellow, jiucy and pleasant; good 
quality. Tree a great bearer and hardy. 
Valuable most anywhere. This variety 
is sold very extensively. Origin, Albany, 
Moore's Arctic. Hardy. Dark. September 
and October. Fruit mediuin size or be- 
low. Skin purplish black, with a thin, 
blue bloom. Flesh greenish yellow, juicy, 
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 new, hardy 
Plum, which originated on the highlands 
of Aroostook County, Me., where, un- 
protected and exposed to Arctic cold, 
it has for many years borne enormous 
crops, and is said to be the hardiest Plum 
known." 
Reine Claude de Bavay. Light. Septem- 
ber. Fruit large, round oval shape. 
Color greenish yellow, spotted with red, 
with small violet colored veins. Flesh 
juicy, meltmg and sugary, with a rich, 
excellent flavor. Tree vigorous and re- 
markably productive of fine fruit. 
Red June. Japanese. Deep red. Season 
very early. Fruit medium to large size, 
long conical. Color deep vermilion red, 
\\-ith handsome bloom; very showy. Flesh 
light lemon yellow, slightly sub-acid, 
of good and pleasant quality. Small pit 
and half cling. Tree vigorous, hardy, 
upright, spreading and handsome. 
Satsuma. Japanese. Red. Midseason. 
I'ruit medium to large, broadly conical, 
with a blunt point; suture very deep 
- Color very nlark red, with greenish dots 
and blue bloom. Flesh blood red, rather 
coarse and acid, fair to good in quality; 
clmgs to the pit. Midseason. Tree very 
productive. 
SW^per's Pride. Red. First to middle of 
September. An unusually thrifty grower 
Very productive. Fruit of large size 
and nearly round. Color hght red, white 
bloom. Flesh red, firm, sweet, juicy. 
Quahty fine. Excellent for canning. An 
unusually good shipper, being a long 
keeper. A splendid market plum. Orig- 
inated near Lake Ontario, N. Y 
Shropshire Damson. Purple. October. 
I'ruit 18 small size, roundish, but larger 
than the old-fashioned Damson. Color 
purple. Flesh amber colored, juicy 
quality good. Tree -sagorous, hardy, 
productive. Of great merit for preserv- 
ing. English origin. 
Weaver. Hardy. Dark red. Midseason. 
Dr. Ennis, of CUnton, Iowa, kindly fur- 
nishes the following description: 
It is one of our ordinary wild Plums, 
of fine size, good flavored and wonder- 
fully productive. The tree is very hardy, 
never injuring even in our severest winters. 
Size medium, oblong, flattened. Color 
dark red, with purple bloom. Pit free. 
A good cannmg Plum. \Miere good 
cultivated Plums can be raised, this 
Plum may not have much value, but in 
the west and extreme north it is valu- 
able. Productiveness is increased by 
plantmg a number of them near to- 
gether or grouping them with other kinds 
m a cluster. Origin, Iowa. 
Wickson. Japanese. Deep red. Late Sep- 
tember. Fruit is ■ very large size, often 
8 to 9 inches around. Color deep ma^ 
roon red, covered with a hght bloom. 
Flesh firm, and a long keeper; has an 
aromatic, almond-like flavor; meat is 
a deep, dull yellow; pit small. Fruit 
in shape is oblong, pointed. The Cornell 
Uiii\-ersity Experimental station reports 
that the tree has been perfectly hardy 
with them. Tree is a good and upright, 
compact grower, something of a vase 
shape; fruit evenly distributed over the 
tree, and is very productive. An enormous 
bearer. "Wickson bears the largest Plums 
we have ever seen; 22 degrees below 
zero did not even brown the pith of the 
late shoots." — Rural New Yorker. 
Wild Goose. Light red. Middle August. 
Fruit medium size, roundish. Skin thin, 
shiny, bright hght red. Flesh yellow, 
pulpy, very sweet, juicy when fully ripe. 
Pit clings. It is ad\'ised to pick the 
fruit 3 or 4 days before ripening, and 
ripen in the house; if left to hang on the 
tree too long they become too soft for 
shipping. The tree is a poor self fertiUzer 
and should have other plum trees, with an 
abundance of pollen, planted near. Origin, 
Tennessee. 
Yellow Egg. Yellow. Late August. Fruit 
very large and beautiful, oval, narrow 
at ends. Skin hght yellow, with thin 
white bloom. Flesh firm, coarse, acid, 
becoming sweet by ripening. Excellent 
for cooking. Vigorous and productive. 
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