Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . ;- should be spread Fourth Report on Japanese Plums. 131 under the tree to catch it. The tree is a decidedly uprightgrower, with small and yellowish green deeply serrate leaves,prominent stipules and reddish twigs. After having tested fouror five crops of this plum, we are convinced that its chief merit isearliness and that it is too poor in quality to be recommended,particularly since the Engre is of better quality and practicallyof the same 25.—Lulls. The largesl of the very early Japanese plums. 2. Engre.—Fig. 24, right. About one-third l
Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . ;- should be spread Fourth Report on Japanese Plums. 131 under the tree to catch it. The tree is a decidedly uprightgrower, with small and yellowish green deeply serrate leaves,prominent stipules and reddish twigs. After having tested fouror five crops of this plum, we are convinced that its chief merit isearliness and that it is too poor in quality to be recommended,particularly since the Engre is of better quality and practicallyof the same 25.—Lulls. The largesl of the very early Japanese plums. 2. Engre.—Fig. 24, right. About one-third larger than Earliest of All, not round butsomewhat flattened endwise, the sutnre usually rather prom-inent ; color a very little darker than luirliest of All ; flesh softand yellow, cling, sour but with almost no almond flavor, andthe skin tongh. Engre is practically of the same season asEarliest of All, although this year it was about one day later. 132 Bulletin 175. It is a distinctly better plum. We recommend it for being veryearly. With us it has been a prolific bearer, and the fruits areattractive. Its quality is not as good as that of Burbank andAbundance, but its great earliness commends it. 3. lyUTTS.—Fig. sse-Bota n kio. Under the name Wasse-Botankio, we have fruited an excellentearly plum for two seasons. It seems to have such distinctmerit that we think it worthy general introduction, and I there-fore take pleasure in naming it for Mr. Henry Lutts, of Youngs-town,
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