CHAPTER XXVII 



VARIETIES OF PLUMS 



Fifteen" species of plums and varieties to the number of more 

 than 2,000 are now under cultivation. Of all drupe-fruits plums 

 furnish the greatest diversity of kinds. Species and varieties 

 give a greater range of colors, forms, sizes, flavors, aromas, and 

 textures than any other hardy fruit. The plants are quite as 

 diverse as the fruits : some plums are true trees with stout trunks 

 and sturdy branches, while others are shrubs with slender 

 branches. In geographical distribution, wild and cultivated 

 plams encircle the globe in the north temperate zone, the species 

 and varieties being adapted to great diversities of soil and cli- 

 mate. Varieties to the number of thirty-four from twelve species 

 are described in this text, all of w^hich have come under the 

 author's observation as grown at the Experiment Station, 

 Geneva, Ncav York. 



INDEX TO VARIETIES OF PLUMS 



Abundance, 590 

 Agen, 577 

 Arch Duke, 572 

 Bavay, 567 



Bavay's Green Gage, 567 

 Bradshaw, 579 

 Burbank, 591 

 Coe's Golden Drop, 563 

 De Soto, 595 

 Fellenherg, 568 

 Forest Garden, 592 

 French, 582 

 French Prune, 577 

 German Prune, 569 

 Giant, 580 

 Giant Prune, 580 

 Golden Drop, 563 

 Grand Duke, 575 

 Green Gage, 566 

 Gueii, 573 

 Hungarian, 576 

 Imperial Epineuse, 581 



Italian Prune, 568 

 Jefferson, 565 

 Lombard, 578 

 Miner, 593 

 Mirabelle, 584 

 Monarch, 574 

 October, 589 

 Ogon, 585 

 Pacific, 571 

 Petite Prune, 577 

 Pond, 576 

 Quackenboss, 570 

 Red June, 588 

 Reine Claude, 566 

 Satsuma, 586 

 Shropshire, 583 

 Silver Prune, 563 

 "Washington, 564 

 Wickson, 587 

 Wild Goose, 594 

 Willamette, 571 

 Yellow Egg, 562 



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