. Descriptive illustrated catalogue of Pomona Nurseries and amateurs' fruit guide for the extreme Southern States. Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Fruit Southern States Catalogs; Ornamental trees Southern States Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Southern States Catalogs; Roses Southern States Catalogs. 24 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF Satsuma, or Blood Plum. Syno- nyms: Shirata, Bene, Uwase, Yone- momo. Large, skin dark, purplish red, mottled with bluish bloom; shape glob- ular or with a sharp point; flesh firm, juicy, dark red or blood color, well flav- ored, firm; quality very good, pit small. Maturity
. Descriptive illustrated catalogue of Pomona Nurseries and amateurs' fruit guide for the extreme Southern States. Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Fruit Southern States Catalogs; Ornamental trees Southern States Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Southern States Catalogs; Roses Southern States Catalogs. 24 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF Satsuma, or Blood Plum. Syno- nyms: Shirata, Bene, Uwase, Yone- momo. Large, skin dark, purplish red, mottled with bluish bloom; shape glob- ular or with a sharp point; flesh firm, juicy, dark red or blood color, well flav- ored, firm; quality very good, pit small. Maturity in Georgia in 1889 two to three weeks before Kelsey. Tree very vigor- ous. We believe this will prove one of the most valuable varieties of this sec- tion, and probably adapted to the Mid- dle and Northern States. Burbank. Introduced by Luther Bur- bank, who says it is the best of all plums. Mr. Burbank having intro- duced from Japan several of our best varieties that are now being cultivated in this country, when he speaks in that manner of a fruit it should bear some weight upon the minds of planters. This variety fruited very satisfactorily with us last season, a two-year-old tree having matured over thirty perfect spec- imens that were all gone before the first of July. Another remarkable point in. Kelsey Japan Plum. V V. Ogon. Medium, round, golden yellow; flesh yellow, firm, sweet; quality good; freestone. June 15th; the earliest of this class; tree of moderate growth. Long Fruited. A vigorous grower, resembling the Botan, but has not yet fruited with us. Yellow Japan. Tree of vigorous frowth, somewhat resembling Kelsey, ut much larger leaves; fruit when ripe yellow, beautifully transparent, and red on sunny side, almost globular. Hoyo Smomo. Thought to be identi- cal with UraBeni. favor of this plum as a market variety is its excellent keeping qualities, which far exceed any of the other Japan or American varieties, and would allow its being placed on distant markets in
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