. California prune industry. History and importance of the prune industry, methods of cultivation, varieties, picking, curing, packing, and production. Prune industry; Fruit-culture. Fig. 11. Fruit long, oval, and swollen on one side, a little narrower at the point. Skin fine, easily removed, turns dark brown on the sunny side. Bloom is light blue. The meat is greenish yellow, tender, quite sweet, losing its sweetness through an agreeable acid taste. Separates readily from the stone. Hungarian Fig. 12. The fruit is large, long, rounding, at the stem very narrow. The fruit is thicker tha
. California prune industry. History and importance of the prune industry, methods of cultivation, varieties, picking, curing, packing, and production. Prune industry; Fruit-culture. Fig. 11. Fruit long, oval, and swollen on one side, a little narrower at the point. Skin fine, easily removed, turns dark brown on the sunny side. Bloom is light blue. The meat is greenish yellow, tender, quite sweet, losing its sweetness through an agreeable acid taste. Separates readily from the stone. Hungarian Fig. 12. The fruit is large, long, rounding, at the stem very narrow. The fruit is thicker than wide; thickest in the middle. Skin is thick and tough, tasteless, and is easily removed; color dark violet-blue, with a reddish shine. On the sunny side there are many red dots and liver-spots. The meat is greenish yellow, coarse, shining, and of a juicy, sweet-wine taste. A freestone. 2—J. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. State Board of Horticulture; Lelong, Byron Martin, 1856-1901. [from old catalog]. Sacramento, A. J. Johnston, supt. state printing
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