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NOTES ON PLUM CULTURE. 
pubescent on inner side; young wood glabrous. Fruit of 
medium size, round, waxy yellow shaded with red; skin 
thick; flesh juicy, sweet and rich; suture obsolete; stone 
roundish-oval with convex sides, semi-cling. Ripe August 
25. Very productive. A good variety. 
LEONARD. (Primus Americana.) 
Trees of same size and appearance as those of Le Due. 
Leaves large, rather short and broad, doubly and sharply 
serrate, stalks glandular. Fruit medium in size, round, 
dark red and mottled red on green ground; flesh not firm, 
quality only fair, acid; stone cling, small, smooth, roundish- 
oblong, with a rather sharp margin. Ripe September 1. 
LITTLE BLUE DAMSON. (Pranas clomestica.) 
Represented by three trees grown at the station, two of 
which are on Marianna stocks, one on Prunus Americana. 
They were set in 1895. There is no appreciable difference 
in size, but the one on Primus Americana is overtopping the 
stock and will probably be short-lived. In habit the trees 
are upright and the growth is vigorous. Leaves of medium 
size, dark glossy green, only moderately crinkled, stalks 
usually without glands. Fruit small, oblong, cavity scarcely 
apparent, no suture; color very dark blue, almost black with 
heavy blue bloom; stem short and stout, flesh firm, decid¬ 
edly acid; stone free, small, oblong, flat, rough. An abund¬ 
ant bearer, but fruit too small to be valuable. 
MARION. (.Prunus Americana.) 
drees forming round, symmetrical heads; leaves of 
medium size, oval, sharply serrate, the teeth overlapping; 
stalk slender, glandless, or occasionally with one or two 
small glands; young shoots slender, glabrous. Fruit medium 
to large, round, flattened at lower end; purplish-red on 
orange ground, bloom thin; stem long and slender; skin 
thick; flesh sweet, juicy, of good flavor; stone semi-cling, 
rounded at base and pointed at the stem end; sides convex, 
margin rounded. Ripe September 15. Productive. 
