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STATE HORTICULTURAL. SOCIETY. 



SECTION III.-PLUMS. 

 In the grading of plums no reference is had to the prevalence of the curcnlio in the district; nor yet to 



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d. depressed, 

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Names. 



ABBEEVIATION8 FOE THIS SECTION. 



Form. 



ob. oblate, 

 ov. oval. 



1. long. 

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obo. obovate. 

 r. roundish. 



Bavay's (Green Gage).. 



Bradshaw 



Coe's Golden Drop 



Damson 



Duane's Purple 



German Prune 



Green Gage 



Imperial Gage 



Jefferson 



Lombard 



Peach Plum 



Pond, Fonthill. 



Prince's Yellow (Gage) 



Quackenboss 



Washington 



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Use and 



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The leading plum growers of Oceana county recommend for market 

 plums: Bradshaw, Duane's Purple, Lombard, Pond's Seedling, Quacken- 

 boss, Bavay's Green Gage, and Shropshire Damson. Wherever they have 

 been tried in the state, these varieties seem to do well. 



The Wild Goose and other Chicasa varieties have been largely planted 

 in some places, but seldom set fruit. The Eollingstone, Pottawattamie, 

 Maquoketa and other Americana varieties, as well as many Eussian sorts 

 are being tested, and we hope to find some valuable ones among them. 



THE PLUM CURCULIO. 



No curculio-proof plum has yet been discovered, but by careful attention 

 the "Little Turk" can be kept in check by jarring. When only a few plums 

 are grown, the keeping of chickens under the trees will assist in keeping 

 the curculio in subjection. Paris green has also been successfully used in 

 fighting the curculio. The experiments have not been carried far enough 

 to settle definitely the amount that should be used. One pound to 300 or 

 350 gallons of water is the strength generally used on plum trees, but in 

 some instances reports of injury to the foliage have been received. This 

 may have been owing to some variation in the composition of the Paris 

 green or to a mistake in mixing. It would be well for plum growers to 

 experiment in a small way with mixtures of from one poimd of Paris green 

 to 300 gallons of water, to one pound to 500 gallons and note carefully the 



