Plum tree, "Broken Heart"

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of plum tree which is somewhat similar to the Elephant Heart Plum Tree (unpatented) from which it is a scaffold mutation but which is distinguished therefrom by having a greenish-yellow skin color, a prominent suture line, and a unique, attractive orangish-yellow flesh having red striations which extend from the pit cavity to an area adjacent to the skin surface and which is further aromatic and of excellent eating quality.

Having thus described and illustrated my new variety of plum tree, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of plum tree substantially as illustrated and described which is somewhat similar to the Elephant Heart Plum Tree (unpatented) from which it is a scaffold mutation, but from which it is distinguished by bearing fruit which is greenish-yellow in external coloration with a pronounced purplish-red suture line, and by its unique orangish-yellow flesh which has red colored striations that extend radially from the pit cavity to an area just adjacent to the surface and which is further ripe for harvesting approximately August 6 through August 16 at Visalia, Calif.