. The American fruit culturist. muchused for stocks. V. The Japanese Plums—Prunus triflora. These fruits were imported into the United States about twenty-five years ago, and have grown steadily in popularity. They aregenerally of large size, brilliantly colored, and variable in seedlings and hybrids from this stock are being are not all equally adapted for all sections of the are not hardy North, some bloom too early, and others do notdo so well in the Southern States as farther North. 548 PLUMS. AMERICAN GROUP—PRUNUS AMERICANA. Division I. Red, Purpl
. The American fruit culturist. muchused for stocks. V. The Japanese Plums—Prunus triflora. These fruits were imported into the United States about twenty-five years ago, and have grown steadily in popularity. They aregenerally of large size, brilliantly colored, and variable in seedlings and hybrids from this stock are being are not all equally adapted for all sections of the are not hardy North, some bloom too early, and others do notdo so well in the Southern States as farther North. 548 PLUMS. AMERICAN GROUP—PRUNUS AMERICANA. Division I. Red, Purple, or Blue. American Eagle, good. Early. Very large, roundish-oblong ; purplish red, cling,Missouri. Beach Plum. Small, round ; dark purple, covered with bloom;flesh brittle, juicy, sweet, freestone. Grows wild on the sanddunes of the coast from Maine to Virginia. It is a stragglingbush, usually three to five feet high. Com-monly gathered to preserve. Ripens in August. Fruit ofPriuiiis Mariiima. little 738. It is. Beaty. Large, round-oblong ; red, purple ;flesh firm, good, cling. Texas. Cheney.* Large to verj- large, round-oblong ; dull purple red ; skin thick ; fleshfirm, sweet, good, cling. Ripens in Chippeway. Small, oblong ; dark red ; skinthick ; flesh firm, sweet, free. Cottrell. Large, round-oblong; red, skin thin ; flesh rich, good, cling. Minnesota. fig. 738.—Beach Plum. Deep Creek.* Medium, round-oblong, flat-tened, sutured ; dull purple-red, glaucous; skin thick; fleshfirm, very sweet, good, free ; stalk short. Kansas. De Soto.* Medium to large, round-oblong, slight suture; red,slight purplish bloom ; skin thick ; flesh orange color, firm, juicy,good, cling. Mid-season. Wisconsin. Hawkeye.* Large, round-oblong; purple-red; skin thick ; fleshfirm, good, cling. Mid-season. Iowa. Illinois. Large, oblong, dark red ; skin thick ; flesh firm, Illinois. Itaska. Medium, oblong, purple-red ; skin thick ; flesh firm,
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