Melrose plum tree

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of plum tree which is somewhat remotely similar to the "Black Beaut" plum tree in that it produces fruit which are mature for harvesting and shipment approximately simultaneously with the fruit of the "Beaut" plum tree, but from which it is distinguished by having a greater regularity of bearing, due to the production of pollen, and wherein the fruit has a more uniformly dark purple skin coloration, a more balanced flavor and a smaller pit without a tendency to fragment.

Having thus described and illustrated our new variety of plum tree, what we claim as new and desire to be secured by Plant Letters Patent is: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of plum tree substantially as illustrated and described which is somewhat remotely similar to the "Black Beaut" plum tree, in that it produces fruit which are mature for commercial harvesting and shipment approximately June 1 to June 5 in the San Joaquin Valley of central California, or approximately simultaneously with the fruit of the "Black Beaut" plum tree, but which are distinguished therefrom in that, among other characteristics, the fruit has a more uniformly dark purple skin coloration and a more balanced flavor while having a greater regularity of bearing.