THE 



Canadian Horticuijurist 



SEPTEMBER, 1902 



Volume XXV 



Number 9 



BEAD SHAW PLUM 



(NIAGARA, BLUE IMPERIAL.) 



CONSIDERED by many one of the most 

 valuable of the European varieties, 

 whether for home use or market, because of 

 its fine quality, its large size and beautiful 

 appearance. 



Tree. — Erect, vigorous, very productive, 

 somewhat subject to black knot. 



Fruit. — Large, 2^ x ly^ ; stalk one inch 

 long, slightly curved ; color, reddish purple, 

 with blue bloom, apex round, slightly de- 



pressed ; suture on one side, broad and 

 shallow. 



Flesh. — Color, yellowish, juicy, tender ; 

 flavor, rich and sweet ; pit, long thin oval, 

 i/i ^ Hy partial cling. 



Quality. — Dessert, very good ; cooking 

 very good. 



Value. — Near markets ; first-class. 



Season. — August 15th to 30th. 



^0tjes and ^ommj£^nts 



PLUM GROWING L\ ONTARIO 



A GREAT advance in plum growing has 

 been made in Ontario during the last 

 twenty years. Before that fruit growing had 

 scarcely developed into a special line of agri- 

 culture, and plums especially were neglected 

 because it was generally supposed that the 

 curculio would take them all, as it already 

 did the fruit of the few trees of the garden. 

 But by and by it was found possible to grow 

 the plum in such a quantity as to feed both 

 man and curculio, until now some growers 



even count this insect a friendly helper in 

 thinning the crop. 



Encouraged in this way large orchards 

 have of late been planted in many parts of 

 Ontario, especially along the southern shore 

 of the Georgian Bay, and the north shore of 

 Lake Erie and the shore bordering the head 

 of Lake Ontario. 



THE EUROPEAN PLUMS 



FOR excellence of quality no class of 

 plums can be compared to the Euro- 

 pean or Domestica class. For hundreds of 



