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These are lees hardy than any other type except 'the Japanese, 

 but they are so superior in size and quality that they will continue to 

 be more largely grown in New York than any others, till a new collec- 

 tion of hybrids is raised up to surpass them. 



As a market fruit, the plum is of secondary importance, classing 

 after apples, pears and peaches, and even after cherries and berries. 

 'While it thrives on a variety of soils, it prefers a clay loam. Asa 

 stock, the Myrobalan is most largely used in the Northern states. In 

 the South, the Peach and the Mariana are preferred as stocks upon 

 which to bud plums. A few such varieties as Eeine Claude, German 

 Prune and Copper grow so crooked that it is best to graft them into 

 the tops of some straighter growing kind rather than to bud them. 



Plant plums when two years old from the bud, in north and south 

 rows, 12 feet apart, putting no two trees of the same variety next to 

 each other in the row. 



The only pruning necessary is to keep the top in shape, cut out 

 dead branches and keep down black knot. Give good tillage, spray 

 for black knot, also using the knife, and both jar and spray for curcu- 

 lio. For fruit rot, both thin and spray. 



Fully half of this bulletin is devoted to a description of varieties 

 of the European type of plums, richly illustrated by cuts of the fruits, 

 stones, etc. Those recommended are Field, Lombard, Bradshaw, Coe's 

 Golden Drop, Hudson River, Purple Egg, Italian Prune, Ecu pire. Grand 

 Duke, Arch Duke, Monarch, Eeine Claude, Copper, French Damson 

 and Farleigh. Of the Japanese, Red June, Abundance, Burbank and 

 Chase are recommended, Red June promising to be the best of early 

 plums for New York, — Western Fruit Grower. 



WILD GOOSE PLUM. 



Are there any richer or better plums than the Wild Goose, suited to this climate and 

 reliable bearers? Would It do to cut ofif the top of a M^Ud Goose tree, let it sprout, and 

 then bud In August with some other variety? If so, where could buds be obtained? 



R. B. Robinson, Barton Co., Mo. 



Reply by Prof. J. C. Whitten, Horticulturist of Missouri Agricul- 

 tural Station: The Wild Goose is one of the best of our American 

 plums. It is well, however, to plant others in order to have early and 

 late plums. Among the Japanese sortg Abundance and Burbank are 

 about the best for Missouri. Among the Europeans, Lombard is good- 

 Other good plums are Miner, De Soto, Wayland, Shropshire, Damson 

 and Golden Beauty. The above list will furnish a succession of differ- 

 ent kinds of plums from July to October. The main branches of old 



