Plum tree, "Scarlet Sun"

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of plum tree which is somewhat similar to the Roysum Plum Tree (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,619) from which it was derived as a sport, but from which it is distinguished by producing a fruit which ripens several weeks earlier than the Roysum Plum Tree and which is not self-fruiting and has a flesh which is a moderate orange-yellow in color and has a distinctive flavor.

Having thus described and illustrated my new variety of plum tree, what is new and desired 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 similar to the Roysum Plum Tree (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,619) from which it was derived as a sport, but from which it is distinguished by bearing a bright red, quite large plum which ripens for harvesting several weeks before the Roysum Plum Tree, about August 20, at Del Rey, Calif., and which is further distinguished from the Roysum Plum Tree by being not self-fruiting and having a moderate orange-yellow colored flesh and a distinctive flavor.