Archive image from page 229 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhar00hedr Year: 1922 194 CHALCO CLIMAX splashes of russet, and have a heavy but del- icate bloom. To secure the best coloring, the fruit must be picked before ripe and be ma- tured in dark storage. Early picking is neces- sary-, also, because the season of ripening is long, and the fruit drops badly if permitted to hang on the trees until fully ripe. Unfortunately, the quality of the fruit belies its appearance, 187. Chabot. (XD being at best not above average. The plums are firm, ship
Archive image from page 229 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhar00hedr Year: 1922 194 CHALCO CLIMAX splashes of russet, and have a heavy but del- icate bloom. To secure the best coloring, the fruit must be picked before ripe and be ma- tured in dark storage. Early picking is neces- sary-, also, because the season of ripening is long, and the fruit drops badly if permitted to hang on the trees until fully ripe. Unfortunately, the quality of the fruit belies its appearance, 187. Chabot. (XD being at best not above average. The plums are firm, ship well, and keep rather better than those of any other variety of its species. The trees are hardy and dependable in bearing, but are not productive. The blossoms of Chabot open late, so that this sort escapes frosts which injure other varieties of its species. The stamens are often short, undeveloped, and wholly or in part sterile. Chabot was im- ported from Japan by a Mr. Chabot, Berkeley, California, and was introduced by Luther Bur- bank in 1886. Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, open-topped, slow-growing, hardy, productive, susceptible to attacks of shot-hole fungus. Leaves obovate, peach-like, IV4, inches wide, 3 inches long, thin ; apex acutely pointed ; base cuneate; margin finely serrate, with small, amber or dark red glands; petiole i/ inch long, slender, pubescent along the upper surface, heavily tinged with red, glandless or with 1-6 small, globose or reniform, greenish-brown glands. Fruit midseason; 1 inches in diameter, cordate or roundish, halves equal ; cavity deep, flaring, with concentric, russet rings; suture dis- tinct ; apex roundish or pointed; color light and dark shades of red over yellow, mottled, with occasional splashes of russet; bloom heavy; dots numerous, small, russet or yellow, conspicuous, clustered around the apex ; stem thick, Vz inch long, adhering to the fruit; flesh golden-yellow, very juicy, coarse, fibrous, tender, melt- ing, sweet,
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