Japanese Plums. 55 



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

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

 mediately surroundinsj that tree the Kelseys bear well. 



" It does better with very little pruning. 



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

 to keep in check the shot-liole fungus. 



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

 or bay counties. 



" In marketing it, great care mast 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 the 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 th-e 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 62, J9. 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. 



