Archive image from page 249 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhar00hedr Year: 1922 212 PEARL POOLE PRIDE PEARL. P. domcstica. The rich, golden color, large size, fine form, melting flesh, and sweet, luscious flavor of the fruits, place Pearl among the best dessert plums. The tree- characters, however, do not correspond in de- sirability with those of the fruits. The trees, while of medium size and seemingly as vigor- ous and heaJthy as any, are unproductive. Where this defect does not show, the variety becomes at once one of great value. The fruits
Archive image from page 249 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhar00hedr Year: 1922 212 PEARL POOLE PRIDE PEARL. P. domcstica. The rich, golden color, large size, fine form, melting flesh, and sweet, luscious flavor of the fruits, place Pearl among the best dessert plums. The tree- characters, however, do not correspond in de- sirability with those of the fruits. The trees, while of medium size and seemingly as vigor- ous and heaJthy as any, are unproductive. Where this defect does not show, the variety becomes at once one of great value. The fruits of Pearl are said to cure into delicious prunes. This variety ought to be very generally tried by commercial plum-growers, and is recom- mended to all who grow fruit for pleasure. In 1898, Luther Burbank introduced the variety as a new prune from the seed of the well- known Agen. Tree of medium size, vigorous, vaslform, dense-topped, hardv. Leaves broadly oval, 1 inches wide, 3 inches long,' thick, leathery; apex abruptly pointed; base abrupt; margin serrate or crenute, with small, blacK glands; petiole inch long, thick, pubescent tinged red, glandless or with 1-3 small, globose brownish glands. Flowers showy, 1 inches across, white, with a tinge of yellow at the apex of the petals. Fmit mid- season ; 1 inches by lA inches in size, round-oval, compressed, halves unequal ; cavity shallow, narrow, abrupt ; suture a line; apex depressed; color golden- yellow, obscurely striped and splashed with dull green, mottled, overspread with thin bloom; dots numerous, small, white, clustered about the apex; stem thick, inch long, thickly pubescent, adhering well to the fruit; skin tough, separating readily; flesh deep yellow, juicy, a little coarse and fibrous, firm but tender, very sweet, with a pleasant, mild flavor, aromatic; very good to best; stone clinging, long-oval, slightly necked at the base, bluntly acute at the apex, with rough sur- faces. PETERS. P. domestica. Peter Yellow Gag
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