. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 206 KELSEY LATE MUSCATELLE delicate blush and bloom, and is large for a plum in the Reine Claude group. It fails as a market variety because the trees are late in coming in bearing, a little particular as to soils, and not quite hardy. Both tree and. 199. Jefferson. (Xl) fruit are too delicate for market-growers and market-men. As to its value for private places, there can be no doubt—it is one of the choicest varieties. Jefferson was raised by Judge Buel, Albany, New York, about 1825. Tree medium to large, vigorous, spreading, open- topped,
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 206 KELSEY LATE MUSCATELLE delicate blush and bloom, and is large for a plum in the Reine Claude group. It fails as a market variety because the trees are late in coming in bearing, a little particular as to soils, and not quite hardy. Both tree and. 199. Jefferson. (Xl) fruit are too delicate for market-growers and market-men. As to its value for private places, there can be no doubt—it is one of the choicest varieties. Jefferson was raised by Judge Buel, Albany, New York, about 1825. Tree medium to large, vigorous, spreading, open- topped, hardy, productive. Leaves obovate, 1% inches wide, 3% inches long, thick; apex and base acute; margin serrate, with small, dark glands; petiole % inch long, tinged purplish-red along one side, with 1-3 small, yellowish glands. Flowers 1 inch across, white. Fruit midseason; 1^ inches in diameter, round-oval, halves equal; cavity shallow, narrow, abrupt; suture very shailow, indistinct ; apex round; color bronze- yellow, sometimes with faint pink blush on the exposed cheek; dots numerous, verj' small, gray or reddish; stem 1 incii long, thinly pubescent; skin thin, tough, adhering; flesh deep yellow, juicy, firm but tender, sweet, pleasant; very good; stone semi-free, ilattened, broadly oval, abruptly tipped, with a short neck at the base, blunt at the apex, with rough and pitted surfaces. KELSEY. P. salicina. Botankin. Hat- tankio. Kctsey's Japan. Smomo. Togari. This variety is not much hardier than the fig, and cannot be safely planted north of Wash- ington and Baltimore. The tree is vigorous, well formed, and productive, having for its worst fault susceptibility to shot-hole fungus. The plums are large, very attractive in color; and the flesh is firm, with a rich, pleasant, aromatic flavor, making the fruit very good in quality. In the South, both curculio and brown-rot attack the fruits rather badly. Kel- sey, the first of the Japanese plums introduced into America, was bro
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