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WILEY <fc CO., CAYUGA, N. Y. 
Fruit large, roundish-oval. Skiu dark purple, covered with a thick, blue 
bloom ; flesh pale yellow, a little coar.se, rather firm, juicy, sweet, sprightly 
sub-acid ; free stone. Season last of August and first of September. 
Hudson River Purple Egg, Large, dark purple fruit. Fine grower 
and productive. Last of September. 
Lombard. Medium, round, oval ; violet-red ; juicy, pleasant and good ; 
adheres to the stone. Tree vigorous and productive. Last of August. A 
valuable market variety : one of the most hardy and popular. 
ADDITIONAL VARIETIES. 
Reine Claude. Shropshire Damson. Shippers' Pride. 
Washington. Yellow Egg Imperial Gage. 
Spaulding. Qen. Hand. 
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Il^^rdy Japan Pluin$« 
I^Another season has fully convinced us of the great merit of these plums. 
Abundance, Burbank and Wickson hold first place. Their keeping qualities 
are marvelous. We have kept .them in perfect condition for ten days after 
fully colored and developed. 
WICKSON. 
Red June. A vigorous, hardy, upright, spreading tree, as productive as 
Abundance ; fruit medium to large, deep vermilion red. with handsome bloom, 
very showy; flesh light lemon yellow, slightly sub-acid, of good and pleasant 
quality; half cling, pit small. Ripens a few days after Willard, and is the best 
in quality of any of the early varieties. When a little better known likely to be 
in great demand for orchard planting. 
Abundance. Medium in si/.e (or large when thinned), varying from 
nearly spherical to distinctly sharp-pointed, the point often oblique; ground 
color rich yellow, overlaid on the sunny side with dots and splashes of red, or 
in some specimens nearly uniformly blush red on the exposed side ; flesh deep 
yellow, juicy and sweet, of good quality when well ripened; cling. A strong- 
growing, upright tree, with rather narrow leaves, and a decided tendency to 
overbear. This is the best known of all Japanese Plums in the north, and its 
popularity is deserved. Has thus far been more extensively planted than any 
other. Season August 5 to 15. 
