TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Part I 



Description, Nomenclature and Classification 



CHAPTER I 



PAGES 



Systematic Pomology and the Plums i-8 



The modern neglect of systematic pomology — The 

 subdivisions of systematic pomology — How to de- 

 scribe fruits — Blank forms — Naming fruits — Nomen- 

 clature — Concerning rules — The Lazy Club rules for 

 pomological nomenclature — The classification of va- 

 rieties — Pomological and botanical types — The ap- 

 plication of these principles in this book. 



CHAPTER II 



Plum Botany 9-19 



Plum growers are mostly botanists — the basis of bo- 

 tanical judgments — Botanical classification the foun- 

 dation of horticultural classification of plums — Bo- 

 tanical science not infallible — The genus Primus — 

 Rosaceae vs. Drupaceac — Names and descriptions 

 cf species and botanical varieties. 



CHAPTER III 



The Domestica Plums . 20-29 



Origin and wanderings — Introduction into Europe — 

 Several types — The Reine Claude, or Green Gage 



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