Japanese Plums. 55 



" This is very marked, not only in outside rows, but in the cen- 

 ter of the block. Wlierever I have an old tree of Satsuma, im- 

 mediately surrounding that tree the Kelseys bear well. 



*' It does better with very little pruning. 



" It must be sprayed \Vith a good fungicide once or twice a year 

 to keep in check the shot-hole fungus. 



" It succeeds best in heavy, moist land, and preferably in the coast 

 or bay counties. 



" In marketing it, great care must be taken as to when the fruit 

 is picked. Some seasons it colors much more than others, hence 

 the danger of waiting for color. 



'" I pick mine tlie very hour (if possible) that the slighest color 

 is apparent. They will color up afterwards in the boxes before 

 they reach destination — referring, of course, to the eastern mar- 

 kets. 



" My trees are picked over seven or eight times. 



^' When the fruit sets very thickly it must be well thinned. 



" The prices have been very satisfactory to me. I am well repaid 

 for the extra labor, the fruit netting me four cents to eight cents 

 per pound. 



'" Conditions and surroundings vary so much that I would not 

 advise one way or the other. Almost any variety of plum or prune 

 could be grafted on Kelseys, where they are not profitable. Why 

 not use Robe de Sargent, especially if the root is peach? 



"A double- worked Robe de Sargent tree is best, as it makes a 

 larger tree, and larger fruit as well as more of it. 



'' It will not unite directly on the peach, as is generally known, 

 hence the suggestion to double work, using the Kelsey on peach 

 root. 



^LEONARD COATES. 



" Napa, Cal., September 9, 1895." 



George S. Higby, Foway, San Diego Co., California, writes as 

 follows of the Kelsey : " I had the honor, I believe, of exhibiting 

 the first specimens of Kelsey in San Diego county. The Kelsey is 

 fast becoming a popular fruit in this county, and is adapted both to 

 the sea-coast and inland valleys. I think that in the near future it 

 may take a position equal to the French or California prune as a 

 dried fruit. A well ripened Kelsey has very few superiors." 



Kerr (Bailey, Cornell Bulletin ^%jp. 25, 1894). 



Hattonkin No. 2. . 



Hattonkin, of Berckmans and others. 

 "Medium to large, generally] very strongly conical with a deep 

 suture ; color orange-yellow, with a creamy bloom ; flesh juicy and 

 sweet, good in quality ; cling ; early. 



