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markets during the past year. In western New Yorkandsome parts . 
of New England a few were grown. With native American species _* 
| much better suecess is generally attained, because the larva of the a 
~ eureulio for some reason does not thrive so well as in the European a 
- _ species. Wild Goose, Miner, DeSoto, Newman, Marianna, and Rob- — ay 
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that mistakes have been made in sending some other variety of Japan- | _ 
grown near each other they seem to bear better than where only one ~~ 
variety is planted, and it is thought this is the result of cross-pollena- 
tion ‘However this may be, | would advise mixed planting, judging 
by the reports of many growers and by my own experience. In any ~~ 
~ ease no harm can result, and the grower will have a succession of fruit: ~ 
Japanese plums are being more generally planted, and especially « 
in the South. That there may be varieties from Japan which will > — 
prove to be hardy in the North is possible, but as yet Lam byno 
means certain that any such which bear good fruit have been intro- 
duced. . i rr 
The following varieties are mentioned, for reasons stated inthe de- © 
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This plum was described in my annual report of last year. An- | Ay 
other year’s experience has proven it to be gradually becoming more 
and more popular in the Southern States and California. Itcon- - — 
tinues to bear well, but is not exempt from the attacks of curculioin 
regions where that insect abounds. Specimens from Prof. J. N.. 
Whitner, of Lake City, Fla., were badly stung. ; Nag 
The colored plate of this variety which appearson another page (Fig, 
1, Plate 1) was made from specimens sent by Prof. E. Hilgard, of — 
Berkeley, Cal. The size, shape, and color of the fruit, as well asthe 
leaves and bark, resemble the specimens as near as they could be © — 
made, and are in no sense overdrawn. eo: 
The flesh is quite firm, of a delicate yellow color, and clings tothe — 4 
stone. The flavor is equal to that of the ordinary varieties cultivated — ©. 
in the’United States. In each specimen examined by me there has ~ 
been a peculiar cavity of an irregular shape near the seed, similar 
to that shown in the illustration. It seems to be a characteristic of. 
the variety. 
The tree is of upright habit and thrifty in_ growth. The leaves =, 
are rather narrow and lanceolate, like those of Wild Goose and other . 
native American plums. a, 
Owing to the early blooming of the Kelsey the fruit crop is often | 
cut off by frost, especially in the Gulf States. I desire to reiterate sg 
the statement of last year that the tree is about as tender as the fig, 
and will not endure the winters north of Texas, Tennessee; and South | 
Carolina. Even there the trees are sometimes tender, ca 
Owing to its very late ripening the fruit would not mature in the 
Northern States, even if the trees would grow there. Therehas been. ~ 
some difference of opinion as to its hardiness, and some have claimed 
that trées of Kelsey have withstood the winters of New York and 
New Jersey. In view of the fact that Kelsey trees have been posi- 
tively known to have been killed by the winters of northern Texas,. 
it is quite probable that those in New York and New Jersey sore- 
ported are spurious. If this should prove to be true, it is evidence “- 
ese plum to the above States under that name. 
