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good crops this season without being sprayed, and similar cases nearer home 

 have come to my notice. 



The Abundance and Burbank are often listed as "yellow, overspread with 

 red," which, while strictly true, as seen here, is misleading, giving to many the 

 idea that they are getting a yellow plum, while, in fact, the color is red. If de- 

 scribed as red on a yellow ground, it would be better. — J. M., in Practical 

 Farmer. 



PLUMS HAKDY IN NEW YORK. 



A correspondent of the Rural Nev Yorker wanted a list of the early to 

 medium late plums that would stand the climatic changes in Jefferson county, 

 New York, and the editor prints the following: "A list of plums that are very 

 hardy is easy to arrange, but most such kinds are of the native species and ripen 

 within a rather short time, which latter is an objection. Wolf, Rockford, Stod- 

 dard, Forest Garden and Hawkeye are among the best of this class. Of the 

 European type, Arctic, Lombard and German Prune are said to be the hardiest 

 by those who have thoroughly tested them. It has been found that Burbank, 

 which is one of the Japan type, is quite hardy and exceedingly productive." 



THE UNCLE BEN AND DAMSON PLUMS. 



The California Fruit Grower has (or did have) a sample of Uncle Ben 

 plums, raised near Napa, Cal., and describes it as follows: 



"The Uncle Ben was about two and one-half inches around in two directions, 

 each at right angles to the other; in color it was a deep yellow spotted with 

 red; the flavor was exquisite; the ripest among the samples was a golden, bloom- 

 surfaced bag which was filled, grape-like, with a sweet, delicious juice; the 

 stone was small and easily freed from the surrounding nectar. It should prove a 

 valuable plum around Thanksgiving time." 



The same authority, speaking of the Damson plum, says: "It is perhaps the 

 hardiest and healthiest tree of the P. domei<.tica family. It should prove a 

 great aid when planted with self-sterile varieties that bloom with it. Used as a 

 stock for double-working, it could scarcely be beaten. Moreover, the Damson as 

 a source of profit is not to be despised." 



A LIST OF SUCCESSFUL PLUMS. 



H. E. VanDeman, in Green'' s Fruit Groiver, says: "Plum growing for 

 profit is becoming far more common than formerly in the East and South, because 

 of the introduction of the Japanese and American types. They are but little 

 affected by the curculio, which is the bane of the plum growers east of the Rocky 

 mountains, where the European type is a most eminent success. The two 

 former classes are very popular in the markets because of the bright red color of 

 nearly all of their varieties, and their hardiness and fruitfulness make them 

 satisfactory to the growers." 



American. — Milton, Wooton, Whitaker, Rockford, Stoddard. 



Japanese. — Red June, Abundance, Burbank, Wickson, Hale. 



European. — Clyman, Bradshaw, German Prune, Grand Duke, Monarch. 



A COMPARISON OF VARIETIES. 



A "press bulletin" from the Ohio Experiment Station contains the following 

 list of plums most desirable in the state of Ohio, and says: 



"Those varieties which are denominated as American are natives of this coun- 

 try, and, as a rule, are hardier than either European or Japanese varieties. The 

 American sorts are subdivided into several classes, but no classification is at- 

 tempted here. Because of reliability most of them may be safely planted, but 

 they are less salable than the European varieties; hence, as an orchard venture, 



