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Orchard and Garden Management 



HEN Henry Ward Beecher was 

 editor of a column of horticul- 

 tural notes in the Western 

 Farmer and Gardener of 

 Indianapolis, Indiana, — that is 

 to say, about the year 1850, — 

 he wrote these words: "A 

 few plum trees will suffice for 

 a private family, and the fruit 

 must be earned by careful watchfulness. . . Plum 

 orchards are not to be thought of." 



Nevertheless, extensive plum orchards are now 

 fruiting in many parts of North America, — on the Pa- 

 cific coast, in Texas, Iowa, New York, Ontario. Many 

 more are being planted. The management of plums 

 in orchard plantations has therefore become an 

 important branch of contemporary horticultural 



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