72 THE BOOK OF PEARS AND PLUMS 



1889 an election of sorts was made with the following 

 result : 



Dessert Plums 



Votes. 



Jefferson . . . .72 



Coe's Golden Drop . . .69 



Green Gage . . . -57 



Kirke's . . . -57 



Early Transparent . . .25 



Oullin's Golden Gage . . .16 



Reine Claude de Bavay . . 14 



Culinary 



Votes. 



Victoria . . . .74 



Pond's Seedling . . .54 



White Magnum Bonum . . 52 



Early Prolific . . . .40 



Goliath . . . .31 



Early Orleans . . . .27 



The friend who sent me this list remarks: "Newer 

 plums supersede some of these. Czar does not crack 

 with the wet as Orleans does. I prefer Diamond to 

 Goliath." Kirke's is better on a wall than in the open. 

 The same may be said of Oullin's ; neither are grand 

 croppers. Reine Claude de Bavay is a late gage, richly 

 flavoured, but not a good cropper. 



GATHERING, PACKING, MARKETING 



A step ladder or a Heathman's combined ladder is 

 best for gathering as plum wood is often brittle. Look 

 over the trees several times and gather gradually. Fruit 

 for home use should not be gathered until it is ripe, but 



