258 Plums and Plum Culture 



land varieties are entirely at home, and furnish the 

 real basis of the commercial plum interests. Many 

 hybrids are appearing in this section; and especially 

 those of Chicasaw, Wildgoose and Japanese blend- 

 ings seem to be of peculiar promise here. Gonzales, 

 Excelsior, and Golden are worthy of special mention. 

 The following recommendations from growers and ex- 

 perimenters of experience should be carefully con- 

 sidered. 



A. L. Quaintance, Georgia Experiment station, recom- 

 mends Wildgoose, Wayland, De Caradeuc, Abundance, Bur- 

 bank, Red June. 



G. L. Taber, Glen St. Mary, Fla., specially recommends 

 Excelsior and names after that the Japanese varieties, Bur- 

 bank, Abundance, Kelsey and Berckmans. 



Professor F. S. Earle, northern Alabama, names Red 

 June, Abundance, Burbank, Chabot, Wayland and Golden 

 Beauty, "the last two for southern markets only." 



O. M. Morris, horticulturist of the Oklahoma Experiment 

 station, recommends Wildgoose, Weaver, Wooten, Pottawat- 

 tamie and Golden Beauty. 



T. V. Munson, northern Texas, an expert pomologist of 

 wide reputation, recommends Milton, Clifford, Abundance, 

 Burbank, Chabot, Miner. 



F. T. Ramsey, central Texas, names Gonzales, McCartney, 

 Hale, America, Apple, Captain, El Paso, Fanning, Indian 

 Chief, Lonestar, Mason, Robinson, Wildgoose, Wooten, Wick- 

 son, Chabot, Burbank, Arkansas. 



VARIETIES FOR HOME USE 



It is a generally accepted principle among po- 

 mologists that, in selecting varieties for home use, 

 the grower may exercise his personal preferences to a 

 much greater degree, that he may make a longer list, 

 and that he may include many varieties of less thrift 

 and prolificacy than could be admitted to a commercial 

 orchard. This means, in a general way, that the lists 

 given above may be merely expanded somewhat ac- 

 cording to individual tastes; but that the market list 

 may nevertheless serve as a safe basis for making up 

 the home-use list. 



