VARIETIES OF PLIMS 1167 



once that it is the tree that gives this plum its great value. The 

 fruit is excellent for all culinary purposes and especially so for 

 can 11 ing. The chief objection to the plum is that the fruits run 

 small. They are also rather too tart for dessert fruits. 



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Grand Duke is the favorite late shipping plum in New York. 

 Its great popularity is due to its large size, pleasing shape, hand- 

 some plum-purple color and its firm meaty flesh that fits the variety 

 for shipping. The flavor is not pleasant, and the plum is no more 

 than a second-rate dessert fruit although it is very good in what- 

 ever way cooked. The trees are seldom large and vigorous enough 

 to be called first-class although usually hardy ; they come in bearing 

 slowly but bear regularly and abundantly and hold the crops 

 well. The 'plums are usually free from rot and remain in good 

 condition a long time. Grand Duke deserves its popularity as a 

 market plum in riiis state. - 



GUEII 



(Jueii is one of the standard plums of its season in New York, 

 many growers holding that it is the best general purpose plum of 

 all the Domesticas. This popularity is due to its being a money- 

 maker, as few would care to grow it for home consumption. The 

 quality of the fruit is poor, and it cannot be called a particularly 

 good-looking plum, but the variety bears early and abundantly; 

 the trees are large and vigorous, healthy and hardy, and the plums 

 are hardly surpassed for shipping, especially at the time at which 

 the crop comes on the market, about midseason, the best shipping 

 plums maturing a little later. The fruit is frequently subject to 

 brown rot. Its color is a dark purple-black overspread with thick 

 bloom. 



ITALIAN PRUNE 



Italian Prime is one of the most widely grown of all plums not 

 only in New York but the world over. Several qualities make it 

 popular. It is finely flavored whether eaten out of hand or in 

 whatever way prepared for the table; it keeps and ships well; it 

 is a handsome plum-purple in color; the trees are large, hardy, pro- 

 ductive, and well formed, and bear regularly. Unfortunately, the 

 trees are capricious as to soils and climates, do not always bear 



