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NOTES ON PLUM CULTURE. 
CLARK. WILD GOOSE GROUP. (Prunus hortulana) 
Trees well formed and of moderately vigorous growth. 
Kills back at the tips each year. Leaves of medium size, 
rather broad for the species; fruit of medium size,-nearly 
spherical, but somewhat irregular; color red in the sun, 
shading to light red on green ground in the shade; suture 
distinct; flesh firm, orange-red, very acid; stone cling. Ripe 
Aug. 30. The quality of the fruit does not commend the 
variety. 
CLINTON. MINER GROUP. {Primus hortulana var. Minert.) 
Trees planted in 1894. A vigorous grower, but has 
killed back repeatedly; worthless here, 
COE'S GOLDEN DROP. (Primus doruestica.) 
This well-known English variety is perfectly hardy in 
tree, but the fruit buds are yearly killed to such an extent 
that it is not at all productive. Trees are upright in habit 
.and of slow growth. Leaves of medium size, dull dark 
green, obtusely crenate, stalks glandular, pubescent, as are 
also the lower surfaces of the leaves; young wood dark pur¬ 
plish-red, glabrous. Fruit large, roundish-oblong, projected 
into a slight neck, and indented at insertion of stem, suture 
deep, sides somewhat unequal; color pale yellow or green¬ 
ish; flesh firm, of excellent quality; stone free, nearly straight 
on one edge, curved on the other, margin*irregular, sharp, 
rough. Ripe September 20. 
COLORADO QUEEN. (Primus Americana.) 
Trees planted in 1894 are well formed and of vigorous 
growth, much inclined to the production of long drooping 
or pendulous branches. Leaves of medium size, broad, 
sharply serrate, light green, stalks slender, young wood light 
colored, glabrous. Fruit below medium in size, spherical, 
slightly indented at lower end; color dark purplish-red over 
yellow ground which shows as small dots; suture hardly 
apparent; stem long, rather stout; skin thin, flesh juicy, sub¬ 
acid, of fair quality; stone circular, convex. Ripe Septem¬ 
ber 4. 
