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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Just before the blossom buds opened, one tree of each variety of plums on trial was 

 sprayed with Bordeaux mixture. This application was made for the purpose of testing 

 its efficacy in the control of brown rot, but the setting of fruit was so light that the 

 benefit, if any, could not be detected. Later spraying for the rot with a weak solution of 

 copper sulphate was also planned, but was abandoned because of the light crop. 



Below are given descriptions of varieties which have proven, after several years of 

 trial, to be among the most reliable and profitable kinds in the Station collection. A 

 number of these are now largely grown for the home and market and all are considered 

 desirable for such purposes. 



VARIETIES FOR HOME USE AND MARKET. 



Red June. — The best early Japan plum on trial. The tree is a fairly vigorous grower 

 and an abundant bearer. Fruit, medium in size, cordate, elongated at apex; color, red, 

 attractive; quality, quite good; season, late July. Valuable for early market. 



Abundance. — One of the best known and most extensively grown of the Japan plums. 

 Tree readily distinguished by its upright, vigorous growth and reddish colored shoots. 

 Fruit, yellow, shaded with red, somewhat tender, juicy, of good quality. Season early 

 August. 



Satsuma. — A vigorous, upright, spreading grower, usually quite productive. Fruit, 

 large, roundish; color, dark, purplish red; texture, tender; flavor, mild, vinous. Flesh 

 of this variety is dark purple. The best variety in the Station collection for culinary 

 purposes. 



Burbank. — A remarkably vigorous, spreading grower, very productive. Fruit, round- 

 ish, tapering slightly toward apex; color, dark red on yellow ground; texture, tender; 

 adherence, cling; quality, good. Stands shipment well and is particularly valuable for 

 market. Trees require severe heading in to keep them within bounds. Season late 

 August. 



TABULATION OF PLUMS, 1901. 



Abbreviations: Form— 1, long; o, oval; ob, obovate; r, roundish. Color— b, black; g, greenish; 

 p, purple; r, red; w, whitish; y, yellowish. Adhesion— c, cling; f. free; s, semi-cling. 



Names. 



Arch Duke 



Baker (Damson). . . 



Berckmans 



Chase 



French Damson... 



Hale 



Lincoln 



Lombard 



Red June 



Victoria 



Wangenheim 



Youngken 



5" 



EUROPEAN PLUMS. 



Bradshaw. — A valuable early market variety, ripening the last of August. Tree 

 upright, slightly spreading, vigorous, productive. Fruit, large, very attractive, oval, 

 reddish purple, of good quality. 



Lombard. — An old, well-known variety, extensively grown. Ripens at a time when 

 plums are usually plentiful and most apt to be cheap. However, the Lombard some- 

 times fruits when nearly all other varieties fail, as has been the case this season, and it 



