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Columbia, Bradshaw, Glass Seedling, York State Prune, Lucy Gray, Peter's Yellow 

 Gage, Klondyke, Large Golden Prolific, Riley Damson, Apple, Mathews, Sutton, 

 iraperial Peach, October Purple, Climax, Clyman, Ickworth, Paynes, 

 Thanksgiving, Sultan, Stella, World Beater, Poole Pride, Hawkeye, Daisy, 

 Omaha, Belle de Louvain, Hunt Hybrid, Wolf, Darwin Peach, Goliath, 

 Femmonzi, Wyedale, Belle, Gisborne, Splendor, Improved French Prune, 

 Silver, Uncle Ben, Sergent, Cox's Emperor, Belgian, Curlew, Sugar Prune, 

 Pacific Prune, Belle de Paris, Saratoga, Reine-Claude, Gabriel Combes. Also we 

 have twelve trees of each of eight leading varieties planted in rows side by side. - 

 These are used for the thinning and spraying experiments. 



For discussion of the industry we divided the Province into three divisions: — 



(1) The colder parts where plums are at present grown only in home gardens 

 — a large part of Eastern Ontario and Northern Ontario. 



(2) The Western part of Eastern Ontario and a large share of Western 

 Ontario where plums are grown locally to supply the trade. 



(3) The commercial districts, including Lincoln, Wentworth, some favored 

 spots on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay and along the shores of Lake Erie and 

 Ontario in various places. 



For district number one, the following varieties are recommended : American 

 and Nigra varieties: Cheney, Wolf, Stoddard, Hawkeye, De Soto, Quaker. The 

 domestica varieties are a doubtful proposition, but the following are worthy of 

 trial : Mount Royal, Perdrigon, Glass and Early Red. 



For district number two, the following are recommended: Glass, Lombard, 

 Bradshaw, Mount Royal and Shipper's Pride. For district number three, the fol- 

 lowing are recommended : Reine Claude, Bradshaw, Damsons, Monarch, Grand Duke, 

 German Prunes and Italian Prunes. To this list might be added : Shiro, Burbank, 

 Quackenboss, Lombard, Coe's Golden Drop and Smith Orleans, and for deep, dry, 

 warm peach soils, Washington. 



It is suggested to the intending planter that he read the short description here 

 given and pick from the list the varieties that seem best adapted to his particular 

 conditions and markets. It is recommended also that the planter limit the number of 

 his varieties to about from four to seven rather than plant a few trees of each of a 

 large number of varieties. 



The following is the writer's choice of seven varieties for an orchard of seven 

 hundred trees: Shropshire Damson 125, Monarch 125, Grand Duke 125, German 

 Prune 125, Reine Claude 100, Bradshaw 75, and Shiro 25. 



If I desired to experiment I would add a few trees each of Fellenburg and 

 Emerald, and if I had the proper soil some Washington. 



Any of the varieties given in the descriptive list may be experimented with 

 in the home garden. 



(5) SOME GLEANINGS AND SUGGESTIONS. 



(1) But little attempt has been made to improve our native varieties, and 

 still less attempt has been made to introduce the best that we now have into 

 the gardens and home plantings of the Northern parts of the province. A few 

 trees would add to the interest of the garden, and would in no way interfere with 

 the commercial side of the business. 



(2) The tendency is to drop the once greatly lauded Japanese varieties and 

 the poorest of the earlier domestica varieties for heavier planting of Reine Claude, 

 Bradshaw, Monarch, Grand Duke, Italian Prunes, German Prunes and Damsons. 



