370 State Horticultural Societv. 



BEST PLUMS FOR MISSOURI. 



Question — I would like to ask what are the best varieties of plums 

 for central Missouri. Will the Japanese varieties succeed along the 

 Missouri river hills? 



Answer — Among the best varieties of plums for central Missouri 

 are Shropshire Damson, which is about the most profitable European 

 plum here ; Wild Goose, Wayland and Miner among the Americans, and 

 Abundance, Chabot and Burbank among the Japanese. The Wayland 

 ripens late, when the weather is cool for local preserving. The Japanese 

 varieties are about as hardy as the peach and thrive wherever hardy 

 peaches may be grown. The three sorts named do especially well in 

 central Missouri and are large and fine appearing. 



BEST VARIETIES OE CHERRIES. 



Question — What are the best varieties of cherries for southeast Mis- 

 souri ? I want to plant out a small orchard. I am told that the sweet 

 cherries will not do well in the west. 



Answer — The Early Richmond and English Morello are the best 

 commercial cherries for Missouri. Sometimes the Montmorency and 

 some other sorts do well enough to justify plating of them, but the two 

 first named are generally the most profitable. The sweet cherries do 

 not thrive well in the West. — American Truck Farmer. 



MANAGEMENT OE HILLSIDE ORCHARDS. 



(Edwin H. Riehl, North Alton, 111.) 



Hillsides planted to fruit trees will, under proper management, often 

 yield better profits than they could be made to do in any other way. I 

 have found, as a rule, that the best results from hillside orchards are 

 obtained when only an occasional cultivating is given, and that, quite 

 shallow. Holes should be dug large, and in planting, the trees should be 

 placed near the lower side of the hole, so as to be certain about getting 

 trees in to the proper depth. Most of and the longest roots should be 

 turned toward the upper side of the hole. And, in many cases, but little 



