. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. SUGAR TENNANT 217 inches in diameter, round-oblate; suture a distinct red line; color light to dark red over a yellow ground, mottled, covered with thick bloom; skin astringent; flesh dark golden-yellow, very juicy, tender and melting, sweet next the skin but tart near the center, with a characteristic flavor; good ; stone clinging, broad-oval, strongly flattened, with smooth surfaces. SUGAR. Fig. 207. P. domestica. Sugar Prune. The introduction of Sugar was pre- ceded by very flattering accounts. Possibly expectations in the East were too hi
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. SUGAR TENNANT 217 inches in diameter, round-oblate; suture a distinct red line; color light to dark red over a yellow ground, mottled, covered with thick bloom; skin astringent; flesh dark golden-yellow, very juicy, tender and melting, sweet next the skin but tart near the center, with a characteristic flavor; good ; stone clinging, broad-oval, strongly flattened, with smooth surfaces. SUGAR. Fig. 207. P. domestica. Sugar Prune. The introduction of Sugar was pre- ceded by very flattering accounts. Possibly expectations in the East were too high; for eastern plum-growers have been greatly dis- appointed in this plum as compared with its. 207. Sugar. (XD parent, Agen. The fruits of Sugar in the East are not larger than those of Agen, while in California they are said to be twice or three times as large; the flavor is not so pleasant, although in California the fruit of Sugar is said to be of better quality than that of Agen. The trees of the two plums are much alike, though those of Agen are larger and more productive than those of Sugar as grown in New York. The variety was introduced by its originator, Burbank, in 1899. Tree of medium size, vigorous, spreading, dense-topped, hardy, productive. Leaves oval, 2^ inches wide, 5 inches long; apex abruptly pointed; base acute; mar- gin serrate, with small dark glands; petiole 1 inch long, covered with thick pubescence, tinged with red, glandless or with 1-3 small, globose, greenish-yellow glands. Fruit midseason ; small, oval, halves equal cavity shallow, narrow, abrupt; suture shallow, often a line; apex roundish or pointed; color dark reddish- purple, changing to purplish-black, covered with thick bloom ; dots numerous, small, light russet; stem slender, long, pubescent, adhering; skin thin, tender, separating readily; flesh golden-yellow, juicy, coarse, fibrous, ten- der, sweet, mild ; good to very good ; stone light colored, with a tinge of red, thin, of medium size,
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