322 State Horticultural Society. 



I live, we are growing; the Red June, Abundance and Burbank with 

 wonderful success. 



Mr. Karnes: As far as I know in this western country. Friend 

 Augustine, the Japanese plums are not a success, although there are 

 some still planting them. 



Now, just a short talk on European varieties. They are like the 

 Japanese, too much subject to rot. We have one plum in this coun- 

 try that has given a few crops of remarkably fine plums. They are 

 of good quality and good sellers, and all right in every respect, if you 

 could ripen them, but they rot. If there is any way of spraying them 

 to prevent their rotting, or any way to prevent them rotting, they 

 are all right. I refer to the Lombard plum. 



There is another thing I can't see any diflference in, in the fruit. 

 It is the Bradshaw and the Lombard, and also one labeled New 

 York State Prune by the nurseries. I can see no difiference in them. 

 They may be the same thing. As far as the fruit is concerned, I 

 defy any expert to tell the difiference. 



A Queston : Have you had any experience with the German 

 Prune plum? 



Mr. Karnes : It is not a success in this country. I have seen 

 some grown, but not very many. 



This year there are three trees of Green Gage plums in this city, 

 and they had as fine a crop of plums as a man would care to look at. 

 They were large, and the trees were well filled, and of as fine quality 

 as a man could desire, but they are not a success here ordinarily. 

 It was a warm season, and we had dry weather. Californians want 

 dry weather during their fruit ripening season, and if we could have 

 California weather here we could raise California plums. I have 

 tried a number of the European varieties, but none of them have ever 

 succeeded. 



Now, just a word or two about one or two other things. I have 

 a small plum orchard, a few hundred trees along the side of the 

 chicken range. I never spray plum trees for plum curculio, or for 

 any other purpose. Early in the spring I sow a little millet and a 

 little rye along through the plum trees, and let the chickens do the 

 scratching, and I have never been troubled with plum curculio. 



Another thing, I think is the best scavenger we have, is the pig 

 during the fruiting season. There are always a few bruised plums, 

 and a few not fit to put in the basket for marketing, and a few pigs 

 that can be turned in and let run for an hour or two will pick up 

 everything in the way of a wasted plum in the orchard. 



A Question: Do you ever cultivate a Damson plum orchard? 



