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Welch: — A large, handsome, yellow freestone ripening in early Octo- 

 ber on young trees. It promises to be a valuable late sort. 



PLUMS. 



The plums made the best showing of any of the tree fruits, many 

 of the varieties requiring heavy thinning to keep the limbs from break- 

 ing. The spraying to control the curculio and brown rot was attended 

 with the usual good results. One of the most marked examples of the 

 value of Bordeaux mixture in controlling brown rot on the plum was 

 shown this season in the test between copper sulphate and lime, or the 

 regular Bordeaux mixture, and sulphate of iron and lime, the latter 

 showing practically no benefit. In another experiment a number of 

 trees were sprayed before the buds started with copper sulphate solu- 

 tion, using 2 pounds to 50 gallons of water, and check trees of the same 

 varieties were sprayed with Bordeaux mixture just before the blossoms 

 opened. There was no noticeable difference in fruit or foliage between 

 the trees upon which the different mixtures were used. The varieties 

 which gave the heaviest yields this season were Lombard, Monarch, 

 Coe, Field, Archduke, Grandduke, Spaulding, Agen, Burbank No. 7, 

 Hungarian, Kingston and Middleburg. Many other varieties gave par- 

 tial crops. 



New Vm^ieties. 







Three varieties fruited for the first this season : 



October Purple: — Keceived in 1900 from D. Wiley and Co., New 

 York. A Japan plum originated by Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa, 

 California. Fruit large, roundish, slightly conical; color purplish with 

 numerous yellow dots. Flesh yellow, clinging to the stone, firm; flavor 

 sweet, pleasant. Ripe September 20. Its large size, handsome appear- 

 ance, good quality and late ripening make this a very promising new 

 variety. ' 



Apple: — Received in bud from Stark Brothers, Louisiana, Mo., in 

 1900. A small, red, Japan plum; form oval; tapering to the apex; tex- 

 ture tender, juicj-, with a pleasant, vinous flavor; flesh yellow, semi- 

 cling. Ripe August 15. 



Foote: — Of the Damson type, being larger than Shropshire and re- 

 sembling French Damson in color, shape and size. Form roundish-ob- 

 long; color black, with blue bloom; texture firm; flesh rather dry, 

 greenish-yellow. Cling; pit small, oval. Ripe September 5. Requires 

 further trial. 



The following varieties have given the best results for home and mar- 

 ket purposes : 



Japan Varieties. 



Red June, Abundance, Burbank and Satsuma, Climax and October 

 Purple. The two last named are among the most promising new kinds 

 of this type of plums. 



