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the care required by the small fruits during the summer months is about the 

 same for all, consisting of regular cultivation and hoeing, and at least one appli- 

 cation of some approved fungicide after the crop is gathered. While almost any 

 of the copper compounds used for this purpose would answer, Bordeaux mixture 

 is generally preferred, as it is cheaper, and is not only more effective, but it 

 sticks more firmly to the plants, and in consequence the results are much more 

 lasting. — Prof. Taft, in American Agriculturist. 



THE LOMBARD PLUM. 



SUPPOSE it is unnecessary to extol the virtues of this well known 

 variety, but I so often see others planting orchards with other varieties 

 that it must be many do not yet understand what they want. An orchard 

 o?" good Lombard trees will yield results satisfactory to any one. I do 

 not mean to advise that no other varieties should be planted. This is 

 a mistake in any fruit orchard. But the Lombard should be in the 

 It stands, in my estimation, at the high water mark. Three varieties 

 of plum trees should at least be planted in every plum orchard, and for general 

 market use none better can be found than the Lombard, Niagara and Damson. 

 The Bradshaw is a plum of a very fine quality, and has the advantage of 

 producing a crop early in the season, but these qualities are offset by its shyness 

 in bearing. Its crops are not large or verj* regular. If it could be made pro- 

 lific it would be an excellent variety. Almost the same can be said about the 

 Yellow Egg and the Washington. They are excellent plums, very large and 

 delicious, but they are not profitable for market use. A few trees for home con- 

 sumption would be appreciated on any farm. The Purple Egg is also a fine 

 large plum, but the tree rots so badly that it nearly discourages one in raising it. 

 If the trees could be hardened in some way so that the rot would not attack 

 them, this variety would be exceedingly desirable. Genii is a large purple plum 

 that has this same fault of being attacked by disease. The black -knot is sure to 

 kill the trees early in life. The Green Gage and Imperial Gage are splendid 

 plums for canning and should be raised largely for this purpose. 



The Shropshire Damson is a splendid market plum. It is a small purple 

 plum, and rather coarse to suit the writer's taste, but it sells well and is a very 

 prolific bearer. A garden of these trees will pay any one. The Lombards are 

 the most desirable market plums going, and with a little proper care the trees 

 can be kept free from disease. Both of these varieties are good bearers, the 

 trees are moderately hardy, and comparatively free from all diseases. As the 

 black-knot is the great trouble with most growers of plums, the trees that are 

 very susceptible to this disease should not be selected. There are others that 

 are quite proof against it and most other parasites. — Germantown Telegraph. 



