Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . arance of a yellow-red fruit, bearing a thin bloom andhaving many yellow specks ; flesh .soft and juicy, yellow, cling,of good quality, but the skin sour ; ripened with us this yearon the 24th of August. The fruit has a very slender stem anddrops easily from the tree. The tree is a moderately spreadinggrower, being intermediate in habit between the Georgeson andAbundance. The fruit is of good quality, but for the last twoseasons it has failed to color well and has dropped trees have not been very productive, although they haveborne fo
Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . arance of a yellow-red fruit, bearing a thin bloom andhaving many yellow specks ; flesh .soft and juicy, yellow, cling,of good quality, but the skin sour ; ripened with us this yearon the 24th of August. The fruit has a very slender stem anddrops easily from the tree. The tree is a moderately spreadinggrower, being intermediate in habit between the Georgeson andAbundance. The fruit is of good quality, but for the last twoseasons it has failed to color well and has dropped trees have not been very productive, although they haveborne for three consecutive years. From its behavior thus far,we are of the opinion that the Hale should not be put in thefirst or leading list of Japanese plums for western New follows the Georgeson, being in condition for eating when thelast specimens of the Georgeson are passing. 148 Bulletin 175. 16. WicKSON.—Fig. very large, tapering from toward the base, and longheart-shaped with a deep strong suture ; color usually a deep. 37. —Hale. Of excellent quality ; medium-late. maroon red, but sometimes tending to yellowish red ; flesh veryfirm and meaty, dull yellow, rich but with an aromatic almond-like flavor, cling, the pit small. The tree is a very narrow Fourth Report on Japanese 149 upright grower with narrow yellowish green leaves. The fruitis borne far down on the old wood and not in clusters. Althoughit is said by Mr. Burbank that this plum was grown fromBurbank seed fertilized by Kelsey pollen, I believe that it hasSimonii blood. The character of the foliage and bloom, thehabit of the tree and its method of fruit-bearing, together with the
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