FRUIT DEPARTMENT — Japanese Plums 
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JAPANESE PLUMS, continued 
distant markets. 
sively for many years, we consider it the most de- 
sirable for shipping North and West. Fruit should 
be thinned, otherwise the size is reduced and the 
quality is inferior. 
America. Fruit very large; glossy coral red. 
Flesh light yellow; best quality. Very hardy. No 
doubt will prove a very valuable sort. Ripe last of 
June. 
Apple (from L. Burbank, 1898). Fruit large, 2% 
inches in diameter; reddish purple when ripe; flesh 
firm, pale red, sweet or subacid, rich, high-flavored; 
nearly freestone; ripens after Burbank. 
Burbank. In general characteristics resembles 
Abundance or Yellow-Fleshed Botan. Color cherry 
red, mottled yellow; shape usually more globular; 
flesh, flavor and quality are identical, but its period of | 
maturity here is from 2 to 3 weeks later, or middle to | 
last of July. The tree is of very vigorous habit, 
slightly differing in foliage. Valuable also for North- 
ern states. 
Chabot. Two and one-half inches long by 2 inches 
broad; yellow ground, nearly covered with carmine- 
red ; flesh orange-yellow, very solid, subacid; quality 
very good; clingstone. Maturity end of July. This 
is identical with Bailey of several growers. 
Chalco (L. Burbank, 1898). A cross between 
Prunus Simoni and Japan. Fruit large, flat, deep 
reddish purple; flesh yellow, very sweet, rather firm, 
exceedingly fragrant; almost stemless; ripens well 
when picked green, and keeps nearly or quite a 
month. 
Doris. Medium size; juicy, sweet; good quality. 
Remains on tree for a long time. Ripe July 30. 
Douglass (Synonyms: Munson, of Professor Bailey; 
Hytan-Kayo, of Texas growers). Large, pointed; 
dark, purplish carmine, with blue bloom; juicy, 
sweet; very good; clingstone. July 20 to August 1. 
Exceedingly attractive as to color. 
Georgeson, or Hattankio No. 1. Usually round, 
1% to 1% inches in diameter; clear gold or yellow; 
flesh firm, yellow, sweet, and of gage flavor; cling- 
stone. July 1 to 10, or two weeks later than Kerr. 
Hale. Large, round; orange, overspread with red; 
flesh yellow, soft and juicy; slightly subacid, with 
delicious peachy flavor; cling. 
Tree vigorous and very produc- 
tive. Ripe July x. 
Kerr, or Hattankio No. 2. 
Variable in shape, usually point- 
ed, 134 by 11% inches, but per- 
fectly round specimens are often 
produced upon the same tree. 
The pointed form is the Hat- 
tankio-Togari (Togari means 
pointed); the round form is 
sometimes called Hattankio- 
Maru (Maru means round). 
Skin bright yellow; flesh yellow, 
juicy, subacid, gage flavor; 
quality very good. Clingstone. 
Maturity from June 10 to 20. 
Very prolific; an excellent early 
market as well as dessert fruit. 
After fruiting this variety exten- | 
| blue bloom. 
Kelsey. This we consider the most remarkable va- 
riety of this section. It sustains every point of excel- 
lence claimed for it by the introducers. Size large to 
very large, often 7 to 9 inches in circumference; heart- 
shaped; color greenish yellow, overspread with red- 
dish purple and blue bloom; flesh very solid, yellow, 
rich and juicy, and with excellent flavor; pit very 
small; adheres slightly to the flesh. For canning or 
evaporating it is also most valuable. Maturity mid- 
dle of July to end of August. 
Mikado. Very large; greenish yellow. Nearly 
round. Rapid grower. Ripe July ro. 
Ogon (Shiro-Smomo, or the White Plum). Medium 
to large, round, golden yellow; flesh yellow, firm, 
subacid; quality good; freestone. June 15. Tree of 
vigorous growth; a good cooking fruit. 
Red Nagate, or Red June, or Long Fruit. 13% by 
1% inches, pointed ; skin thick, purplish red, with 
Flesh yellow, solid, somewhat coarse- 
grained, juicy, subacid, with Damson flavor; cling- 
stone; quality good. Maturity roth to end of June. 
Very prolific, showy and attractive in color. It ripens 
| a week before Abundance, and is the earliest large- 
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fruited market variety. 
brought high prices. 
Simonii (Apricot Plum). 
A good keeper, and has 
Fruit large, flat, bright 
red. Flesh yellow, firm, of excellent quality. Shy 
bearer. 
Satsuma, or Blood Plum (Yonemomo). Large; 
skin dark purplish red, mottled with bluish bloom; 
shape globular, or with sharp point; flesh firm, juicy, 
dark red or blood color, well flavored and firm; 
quality very good; pitsmall. Unsurpassed in quality 
for canning. Maturity middle of July. Tree very 
vigorous. One of the most valuable varieties for this 
section, and adapted to the Middle and Northern states. 
Wickson. Fruit large to very large; obconical; 
waxy white when half grown, then the color gradually 
changes to pink and to a dark crimson-purple; flesh 
very firm, yellow; juicy, subacid and highly flavored; 
pit small; clingstone; quality best. July ro to 25. 
White Kelsey. Similar in shape to Kelsey, but 
creamy white color when ripe. 
Yeddo. A form of Kelsey, but deeper yellow and 
later. 
WICKSON PLUMS. 
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