. The American fruit culturist. purpose. Earliest of All. (Yosebe, Wasse Smomo.) Fruit small, roundoblong; skin pink-red ; flesh yellow-soft, sour, poor, cling. Veryearly. Fruit drops when ripe. Its only merit is earliness. Engre.* Fruit flattened at both ends; skin dark red; flesh soft,yellow, cling, sour but not bitter, fair to good. Handsome, pro-lific. Very early. Much superior to Earliest of All, and ripeningbut a few days Fig. 782.—Bur bank Japanese Plum. Hale. Tree upright; fruit medium to large, globular, not pointed ;skin jellow, mottled and speckled with red, handsome; fleshy
. The American fruit culturist. purpose. Earliest of All. (Yosebe, Wasse Smomo.) Fruit small, roundoblong; skin pink-red ; flesh yellow-soft, sour, poor, cling. Veryearly. Fruit drops when ripe. Its only merit is earliness. Engre.* Fruit flattened at both ends; skin dark red; flesh soft,yellow, cling, sour but not bitter, fair to good. Handsome, pro-lific. Very early. Much superior to Earliest of All, and ripeningbut a few days Fig. 782.—Bur bank Japanese Plum. Hale. Tree upright; fruit medium to large, globular, not pointed ;skin jellow, mottled and speckled with red, handsome; fleshyellow, soft, juicy, good, cling. Mid-season. Sometimes colorspoorly and drops prematurely. California. Kelsey. Tree an upright grower, with narrow leaves ; fruit verylarge, heart-shape, tapering, lop-sided, with a deep suture ; skinbright reddish-purple on yellow ground ; flesh yellow, cling, verygood. Late. Tender in the North. Valued in California, Thefirst Japanese plum distributed. Maru. Medium, globular, with an obtuse point; skin maroon red ;flesh yellow, soft, sweet, good, cling. Season of Abundanceand much inferior to that variety. Red June.* (Red Nagate, Nagate-no-Botankyo.) Tree very vig-orous, spreading; fruit medium to large, oblong, heart-shape, 37 578 PL UMS. with a distinct suture, often lopsided; skin uniform bright red,very handsome; fiesh yellowish-white, semi-cling, firm, juicy,good. One of the best second
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