. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 220 WILD GOOSE WOLF tender in tree and bud, hardy only where the peach can be grown; it blooms too early to be safe from frost; it is susceptible to brown-rot;. 211. Wickson. (xn the trees are late in coming in bearing and are not reliable m fruitmg; the fruits ripen un- evenly; and the trees are not of good form for heavy crops. In California, however, Wickson is one of the leading Japanese sorts, and is apparently growing m favor. Wickson is the best known of Burbank's many plums. It was first described in 1S92. Tree medium to large, vigoro
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 220 WILD GOOSE WOLF tender in tree and bud, hardy only where the peach can be grown; it blooms too early to be safe from frost; it is susceptible to brown-rot;. 211. Wickson. (xn the trees are late in coming in bearing and are not reliable m fruitmg; the fruits ripen un- evenly; and the trees are not of good form for heavy crops. In California, however, Wickson is one of the leading Japanese sorts, and is apparently growing m favor. Wickson is the best known of Burbank's many plums. It was first described in 1S92. Tree medium to large, vigorous, with narrow, upright head, dense-topped, tender to cold, an uncertain bearer. Leaves oblanceolate, 1 inch wide, 3 inches long, thin; apex taper-pointed : base cuneate; margin finely serrate, with reddish glands; petiole % inch long, faintly tinged red, glandless or with 1-9 small, reniform, greenish or yellow glands. Flowers appearing after the leaves, intermediate in size, white. Fruit early midseason; 2% inches in diameter, obliquely cordate, halves unequal ; cavity deep, abrupt, with concentric rings: suture prominent and deep, with a prolonged tip at the apex; color dark red over a yellow ground, in- distinctly splashed with darker red, mottled with thin bloom ; dots numerous, small, yellow, densely clustered about the apex; stem thick, \i inch long, glabrous; skin thin, tender, separating easily; flesh amber-yellow, juicy, coarse, fibrous, firm, sweet, pleasant but not high in flavor ; good ; stone clinging, oval or ovate, pointed, with pitted surfaces. WILD GOOSE. Fig. 212. P. Munsoniana. Wild Goose was the first of the native plums to be generally grown as a distinct variety. It is probably a parent of more sorts than any other variety of the several cultivated native species; most of its offspring so strongly re- semble it that its name has been given to a group of closely related sorts. In spite of the great number of native plums that have been introduced in recen
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